Welcome to the Chile Zone - Chile Pepper's Home

A Good Hot Chile Pepper Burns At Both Ends

(adapted from what the English say about curries)

Chile or Chile Pepper:  any member of the genus Capsicum.  But more usually a pungent Capsicum, you would not call something as mild as a bell pepper a "chile." 

• chile pepper recipes - salsa, barbecue sauce, hot sauce
• origins of chile peppers
• origins of chile pepper cultivation
• lists of chile pepper cultivars and species
• the basic facts about chile pepper heat - Scoville Heat Units - HPLC
• origins of chile pepper heat - the Capsaicinoids
• antidotes to chile pepper heat
• medicinal uses of chile peppers

Chile Pepper uses:

• Spice
• Vegetable
• Medicine

Chile Pepper - spice

• Salsa
• Hot Sauce
• Barbecue Sauce
• Spice Oil
• Harissa

Chile Pepper - vegetable

• Salsa
• Chile Rellenos

Five Ways Hot Chile Peppers Can Make you Healthier -

Hot Chile Peppers:
• Provide soluble fiber (just like prunes but more fun)
• Ease Arthritis pain
• Relieve muscle and joint stiffness
• And headache pain
• Sweat out poisons