Chilli-Labor/atory

in a bakery / in einer Bäckerei

In the beginning of April, the chile peppers were finally put outside… from where, I have yet to find out. It is rather strange, as rooms aren’t really heated around here. Clearly, though, these chile peppers weren’t started here.

A few days later, they had established themselves well:

Fascinating.

There are stories of cowboys putting chile pepper powder into their socks to warm the feet.

China has taken that idea a step further:

You can find clothes like this, with capsaicin worked into the textile in order to get a warming effect…

So, female underwear that, for once, is cute and yet meant to get the wearer hot, not the onlooker.

The uses to which chile peppers can be put

Fiery Foods and Barbecue SuperSite – China and the World – of Chile Peppers.

Nicht nur, dass sich Chilli in der chinesischen Küche gerne wiederfindet, es wird auch für seine verschlankende Wirkung geschätzt. Und nein, nicht weil das Essen so scharf gerät, dass man es nicht mehr essen kann…

Der neueste Streich: Watson’s, so etwas wie Schlecker in China, hat gar seine eigene Reihe schlankmachender Körperpflege ins Angebot genommen. (Übrigens angeblich mit Chilli-Extrakt aus Frankreich. – Gute Kosmetik kommt doch aus Frankreich, oder?)

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Not only do we find chile peppers in Chinese cuisine, it’s also valued for its slimming properties. And no, not because the food gets so spicy, one can’t eat it…

The latest: Watson’s, China’s Walgreen’s, if you will, has introduced its own line of slimming products . (According to the packaging, with chile pepper extract from France. – Isn’t all good cosmetics from France?)

Den Artikel über meine Abenteuer auf der “Jagd” nach Chilli in China gibt es auch in deutscher Übersetzung, nämlich auf Harald Zoschke’s Pepperworld

Article on my adventures looking for chile peppers in China, getting to know their diversity, for the Fiery-Foods and BBQ Super Site

Times Online reports on a new measure by traffic police, aimed at reducing traffic fatalities caused by sleepy drivers: hand out chile peppers!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5892371.ece

A short piece on the chile pepper-inspired, ristra-like good luck charms in China, written for the Fiery-Food and Barbecue website’s blog here