Article: In praise of (very hot) sauces.

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Why we enjoy the idea of burning off the roof of our mouths, gasping for air and turning bright red by putting hot pepper spices on our food is not an easy thing to understand, except that it might just have something to do with its being the perfect excuse to quench the heat with a cold beer or two.

It is also a way to prove one's gustatory macho, and no one can debate that chili peppers have a highly stimulating effect on the entire body. Yet, except in Central America and South America, chili peppers are a relatively recent arrival in the world's kitchens, the first Capsicum annum being brought to Europe in 1514. There weren't ...

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