Category Archives: Mild-tasting Bell Pepper
What makes chili peppers taste hot?
Chili is the Mexican name for a “hot” red pepper used to flavor foods such as tamales and stewed meat dishes called chili con carne. Chili peppers get their hot, biting taste from a spicy sap, or resin, that the pepper fruit makes while it is growing. Many people get used to this strong, burning …
