The History Of Chillies & How They Conquered The World In 50 Years
Once Columbus returned to Europe at the end of his second journey in 1496 he is believed to have had chillies with him. Over the next few pages we'll look into some of the early history and then some of the details of this rapid distribution and who the major players were. We'll also look at the impact the arrival of the chilli had on various cultures.
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Chillies have a long, long history and are in fact one of the oldest crops cultivated by man. Many of the uses we know of for chillies such as the combination of chilli and cocoa, and the chipotle (smoked chilli) were developed thousands of years ago.
