detail in chapter 13.
Pepper Terminology
In the United States, pungent capsicum
fruits are generally called “peppers,” or
“hot peppers,” terms that stem from the
early Spanish identification of capsicum
pungency with black-pepper pungency. The
native Nahuatl word was chilli, which gave
rise to Spanish chile, and in turn to
American chili (both a capsicum-flavored
stew and the powder used to make it).
Chile the country got its name from an
entirely unrelated word (Araucanian for
“the end of the earth”). Given the many
possibilities for confusion, I agree with
Alan Davidson and others that we should
refer to pungent capsicums with the
original and unambiguous Nahuatl name
chilli.Mahleb Mahleb or mahaleb is the dried