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My tolerance goes up and down with the chile harvest. I don't have many fresh hot peppers and i used up my frozen reserves so my tolerance is kinda low right now and will have to build it up again. I've never hit a plateau though, there is always something hotter for me that is. I can't afford...

Wild chiles originated in South America that is true, most the most current evidence shows that chiles were first domesticated in what is now Mexico. I am highly doubtful of your lawyer claim for the word avocado in english but i will look into that. Nahuatl isn't wriiten with the latin...

People often say i eat a lot of chile and hot sauce. I often eat a few different types of chiles and hot sauce at a meal. It might be breakfast and I'll have scrambled eggs, beans, chilaquiles (made with california chile) , and cheese(cotija). I'll have some fresh salsa on it that i usually make...

The Piquin is my favorite. I like it green then blistered to make sauce, red and fresh popped your mouth while eating, dried and toasted to make sauce, dried and powdered. It is the best all around chile with enough heat to get the job done with. The Chiltepin would be my second favorite it has...

Thanks everyone, I already found some debate to post on.

The word "chile" or chili" is not of Spanish origin. The spaniards kept many indigenous names for the new world products with alterations in the pronunciation. They most likely got the name from the nahuatl speaking peoples of the central valley of Mexico, probably either the Mexica (Aztec) or...

Been eating chiles since i was 5 or 6 but only started actively growing them a couple of years. I'm refining my growing process from throwing seeds in pots and walking away to buying a heat pad, germination trays and researching different chiles. A long way from the method i grow up seeing from...