[Sca-cooks] Hot Peppers

[johnna holloway]

There's also Long Pepper.
Both Piper longum and Piper Nigrum
were being grown in Asia and traded
throughout the various regions.

There are records that indicate what
the cultures of Southeast Asia were eating
prior to the introduction of the New World peppers.
The Europeans and missionaries who made the various
early voyages did record such things.

Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway

Terry Decker wrote:

> Szechuan pepper (zyanthoxylum  simulans) is native to Southeast Asia.  It
> has a small reddish berry-like fruit which is very aromatic.  It is not a
> capsicum.
>
> Of course, there is the question of whether or not Szechuan pepper was being
> used to spice foods.  Probably, but I haven't seen positive evidence of its
> use.Bear
>
> >Question: If capsicum peppers are New World, what were people in
> >southern Asia using to make their food hot?>
> >Thanks,>Irmele
>