Why do we love chilli?

Re:Why do we love chilli? by billjings on Friday April 28, 2017 @08:09PM (#14224184)

This British spelling is driving me crazy. Here's my understanding of how chile is meant to be spelled:

Chile: the spicy fruit that we use to burn ourselves silly. Jalepeño chile, Habañero chile, etc.

Chile #2: the sauce made in New Mexico from red or green chiles, often Hatch chiles

Chili: a delicious stew made with three primary ingredients:

1. Beef 2. Chiles, either powdered or fresh 3. A very strong opinion as to what constitutes chili

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Re:Why do we love chilli? by jean- on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:03PM (#14224633)

> Habañero chile

A bit off-topic, but since you mention spelling: "habañero" is one of my favourite hyperforeignisms in the English language. Wikipedia even uses it as an example in the first paragraph here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperforeignism . Such an interesting linguistic phenomenon!

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Re:Why do we love chilli? by simplehuman on Friday April 28, 2017 @08:14PM (#14224205)

Chile #3: the south american country

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Re:Why do we love chilli? by ianai on Saturday April 29, 2017 @11:34AM (#14227004)

I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

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