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TSI Reading: Red Hot Chili Inferences 2 Views
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According to this passage, chili peppers were most likely
(A)too spicy for Europeans to handle
(B)significant to European culinary culture before the time of Columbus's voyage
(C)more popular in Asia than in European countries
(D)imported to Spain and Portugal from the Americas
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Okay sy reading shmoop er's let's Go right to the
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question here According to this passage chili peppers were most
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likely what Well let's See go back and read here
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Upon reaching the new world christopher columbus was one of
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the first european to encounter the fruits of the capsicum
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species calling them peppers because they had a spicy hot
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taste unlike anything else in europe The time shortly after
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chili peppers were added to the dishes prepared in spain
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and portugal and their culinary used soon spread across europe
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and then into asia Interesting So asia got spicy later
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knowledge of the significance of chili peppers in earlier times
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is limited despite the influx of explorers to the americas
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after columbus first voyage it's not as if every european
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was crossing the atlantic just to try chilli peppers right
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stands to reason that chili peppers and were imported to
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spain and portugal from the americas Maybe a european started
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growing them on their own at some point but in
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last peppers were imported Well there's no way that anyone
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in the eastern hemisphere could have gotten their hands on
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him So it kind of nixes everything else Too spicy
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Doesn't say anything about that significant to european culture before
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the voids will know they weren't there More popular in
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asia Well what there was in america Well so that's
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