Chili Pepper News

You may have noticed a new chicken chain floating throughout the US. Nando’s hails from Southern Africa, but they specialize in Portuguese flame-grilled chicken. If your African history isn’t up to scratch, just know that the Portuguese colonized a few areas of the continent, including Mozambique and Angola. Unless you have a strong stomach (and you might just if you’re a chili head), the details of Portugal’s withdrawal from the continent aren’t for you. It wasn’t very pretty.

Seriously. Google returns well over a million results for “chili pepper burn” as if it’s a totally normal phenomenon. Of course, Google gives a lot of options for even the most inane questions, so it’s not as if we can use the search engine as any sort of proof. But, a lot of people have tried a lot of solutions to relieve the pain that comes with eating chili peppers and the capsaicin found inside.

In the States, it’s completely obvious that chili peppers are growing in popularity. They’re everywhere in one form or another. They’re in spicy sandwiches and cropping up as sauce offerings on the side. Hotter wings are on the menu. Even Wendy’s is offering hot as hell fries. Like we said – obvious. We’re not the only country adopting the hot food trend. Across the Atlantic, British restaurants are picking up on the trend. They’re even making it easier to indulge at home.

You’ve seen a lot of hotter food entering the market and the menus of your favorite restaurants. That’s hardly a secret. But, have you taken any time to look at the growing trend of snack foods that incorporate sweet and spicy flavors? There are a lot of options. Doritos, for example, have a Spicy Sweet Chili flavor, and you’ll find plenty of mango salsas mixed with hot peppers for dipping. Take a look at the beef jerky aisle next time you’re at the grocery store; you’ll find a similar trend beginning to develop.