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1 posted on 02/21/2007 1:00:47 AM PST by neverdem
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 02/21/2007 1:02:10 AM PST by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: neverdem

Indian food, with its spicy stereotype, couldn't have been so, before 500 years ago. Columbus brought the chilli to India, via Vasco Da Gama.


3 posted on 02/21/2007 1:17:06 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: neverdem
My theory is hot spices were used to make bad food edible...

No refrigerators...

The hotter the climate, the faster the food spoiled...
7 posted on 02/21/2007 2:03:13 AM PST by DB
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To: Graybeard58

Ping


11 posted on 02/21/2007 6:52:28 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: neverdem

alas...

Red Hot Chili Pepper Research Spices Up Historical Record
Eureka Alert | 2-15-2007 | Gregory Harris - U Of Calgary
Posted on 02/16/2007 2:14:32 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1786098/posts

...but keep 'em comin'.


12 posted on 02/21/2007 7:41:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: neverdem; blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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13 posted on 02/21/2007 7:41:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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