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Parrots & Peppers? No Sweat!

Parrots & Peppers? No Sweat!

It’s no secret that hot peppers, more specifically capsaicin the compound in hot peppers that makes them so spicy can be harmful to mammals including humans if not consumed with care (make sure you use gloves while cooking with them). Animals can have allergic skin reactions to peppers if eaten or touched and of course be hard on their digestive systems as well. Birds, however, are immune to capsaicin.  

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Historically Bland Diets That Could Have Used Hot Sauce

Historically Bland Diets That Could Have Used Hot Sauce

Historically speaking we are lucky to be living in the times of spicy foods and hot sauce. Back in the days poor pilgrims and pirates were eating non-flavorful foods plus having to deal with scurvy and dysentery (remember Oregon Trail?!). Let’s take a culinary journey back to the days of our ancestors when they could have used a little Mad Dog Colon Cleanser to kickstart that covered wagon.

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Oscars on Fire!

Oscars on Fire!

While the red carpet is buzzing about who is wearing who and who is dating who, we’re most concerned about who likes it spicy…and even those who don’t. Here is a list of some of your nominated actors and actresses who are turned on or turned off by hot and spicy foods:

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How Peppers Were Used in Mexico’s Early Times

How Peppers Were Used in Mexico’s Early Times

Like many early cultures, Mexico’s handmade artifacts were a significant indicator of a country’s cultural development. Pottery was a striking example of how the early people cooked, ate, transported water, drank, stored food, and even held the remains of loved ones.

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