Birds do not experience the sensation of heat when consuming spicy foods due to the fact that they are generally not sensitive to capsaicin, the compound responsible for the spiciness in chili peppers. While capsaicin acts as a deterrent to mammals due to its heat-inducing properties, birds are largely unaffected by it. In fact, some […]
Facts
Spicy facts about the chilli peppers.
Hot Sauce Day
Today is international hot sauce day as Wilbur Lincoln Scoville was born on 22 January 1865. He was a pharmacist who devised the test and scale to measure the heat of chilli peppers. Scale unit is known as Scoville Heat Unit ( SHU).
Fresh peppers and it’s dried counterparts
Did you know that dried peppers might have a completely different name that its fresh original? I wasn’t able to find a good reason why is that so (other than “To confuse the gringos.”😉 Anyhow, here is a list of fresh chilli peppers and its dried counterparts. Take it as a cheat-sheet for all the […]
The science of spiciness – Rose Eveleth
Here is the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into why some people continue to pay the painful price for a little spice.
What Happens to Your Heart When You Eat Spicy Food Everyday
Spicy food is not only about loosening clogged nose and turning up body heat. It means more than what we believe it to be. Let’s dive deeper into a different type of health benefits of spice and spicy foods. When you consume spicy food regularly, several things can happen to your heart, both short-term and […]
First Chilli Wine
Did you know that the first official chilli wine was produced in Slovenia? It all started back in 2014 with a simple rhetorical question “Why don’t we make a chilli wine?” After the initial idea and a few semi-successful attempts, Vizjak farm joined forces with Winery Kolar and produced two flavours of it: Semi-Sweet White […]
China as a place of chilli origin?
Did you know that chillies were so quickly incorporated into the foods of Asia that 18th-century taxonomists mistook China for the origin of one of the species (Habanero), and called it Capsicum chinense?
Do you like spicy foods? It may help you live longer
Did you know that eating hot peppers and more spicy food might help you live longer? Medical science is working on a hypothesis that consumption of hot and spicy chilli peppers is associated with a significant reduction in total mortality. Medical researchers found that consumption of hot red chilli peppers is associated with a 13 […]
Chilli peppers have a lot of vitamin C
Many people think that the best source of vitamin C is provided by fruits such as lemons and oranges, but really there are a lot of foods that beat it. Red chilli peppers, for example, have about 143 mg of the good stuff, compared to a lemon’s 53 mg.