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    PEPPERS PLEASE!

    Nov 23, 2021 3 minutes

    These brightly coloured fruits packed full of flavour and punch are used in so many dishes all around the world. Originating in South America but brought to Europe by Christopher Columbus, peppers can be grown easily at home!

    Variants of the pepper that host a fiery taste are chillies and the active ingredient in chillies is capsaicin. When eaten, this compound triggers pain receptors whose normal evolutionary purpose is to alert the body to dangerous physical heat. This is the spicy taste many of us love.

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