[Sca-cooks] red tower feast?

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Also, as I remember it, Columbus uses the generic "pimiento," which covers
> all red, yellow or green peppers and all spice, not just Capsicum annum.
> Could be Columbus found Scotch bonnets.

I've seen some references to the idea that the 'pepper' that Columbus
found and imported a sample of was allspice.

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