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emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoPepper is from south Asia, and was available to the ancient Romans through Arab traders.
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emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoPepper is from south Asia, and was available to the ancient Romans through Arab traders.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper
may want to edit Wikipedia then
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s bell pepper.
(Black) Pepper = Piper nigrum, native to south Asia, used across large parts of the world since antiquity.
Bell pepper or chilli = Capsicum annuum, native to Central America, now also grown in Eurasia.
expatriado@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i thought we were referring to the items on the picture, were black pepper isn’t displayed, but bell/chilli peppers are
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I thought we were talking of pepper. Bell pepper is a different plant.
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But if Columbus was right then the Americas and Asia is the same.