Mexico’s fiery love affair with scorching peppers
Step right into a scorching world the place ardour and ache entwine. As historical because the Mexica pyramids and as thrilling as a curler coaster, the historical past of scorching peppers unveils a secret: there’s a purpose we love to show up the warmth! In Mexica cosmology, scorching peppers had their very own goddess, Tlatlauhqui cihuatl ichilzintli, or “Respectable Girl of the Little Pink Chili”, the sister of the extra well-known Tláloc, god of rain. In 1566, Spanish conquistador Bartolomé de las Casas famously wrote that “With out chili, Mexicans don't imagine they're consuming.” The Mexicas are stated to have used chile smoke as a disciplinary punishment. (Artes de México/Códice Mendoza) Over millennia, our Mesoamerican ancestors discovered to domesticate and eat chiles, native to South and Central America. Recognizing their…
