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What wars have been caused by peppers in history?
15 1 1 year, Portugal took the lead in returning to Europe loaded with precious spices such as pepper from Indonesia, and Spain later joined in the looting of pepper, fought against Portugal and eventually annexed Portugal.

/kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, Britain began to join in and rob the Spanish fleet, and Spain never recovered.

By the beginning of the17th century, the Netherlands, known as the "sea coachman", had driven the British out of Indonesia. In European history, major events such as the Crusades and the discovery of America were filled with the pungent smell of pepper.

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The origin of pepper's name

According to legend, Chili peppers were brought back to China by Tang Xuanzang when he came back from the Western Regions.

In ancient China, people had a habit of naming western or northern things, which they often called "Hu". Because this thing has the same characteristics as pepper and pepper, it has a pungent smell, so it has the name "pepper"

In daily life, black pepper and white pepper are the most common. In fact, in the pepper family, there are green peppers and red peppers.

Green peppers are rare. It is made by freezing immature green fruits, soaking them in salt water or vinegar, and finally retaining the green color of peppers. Green peppers mainly appear in Thai food. Red pepper is a rare variety of pepper, and in the total export of pepper in the world, red pepper is less than 1%.

The taste of black pepper is more spicy than that of white pepper, which can remove fishy smell and is mostly used in cook the meat and seafood. White pepper is less spicy than black pepper, so it is more suitable to match vegetarian dishes, and it is also a good choice to refresh noodle soup.

The smell of pepper is particularly volatile, so it should be avoided to stew at high temperature for a long time when cooking, and it should be sealed when storing to avoid moisture and light. At the same time, in order to ensure the excellent taste of pepper, do not leave the packaged pepper for a long time.

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