Peppers: Comin' in Hot!

08/31/22 • 69 min

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Hi Listeners! Anna and Lia are ready to get jalapeño your business, because this episode is all about Peppers! In the Deep Dish, our Foodlosopher Anna Van Valin takes us through the science of what makes Chile peppers spicy, the chemical chain reaction that's triggered in your body when you eat a spicy pepper, and why in the world we keep eating a food that hurts to eat! Anna also tells us about pop culture pepper craze and how the latest YouTube challenges involving eating hotter and hotter peppers have contributed to the gendering of this spicy fruit! But first, our Chef-Creator Lia Ballentine gives us an epic list of pepper food holidays, talks about a festival dedicated to one of the most popular Chile peppers in the country, and tells us about the Black women entrepreneurs who made pepper pot stew the signature dish of Philadelphia—way before the Philly cheesesteak! So, are you ready to spice things up??? Listen today to get some pep in your step!
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* Check out the official website of the Hatch Chile Festival.
* Watch Mr. and Mrs. Bumblefoot get burned in the Paqui One Chip Challenge.
* Learn more about the history of Pepper Pot Stew.
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Every Day is a Food Day - Peppers: Comin' in Hot!

Transcript

0:00:00.0 Anna Van Valin: Here's how it works, you take an extract of the pepper, dilute it in sugar water over and over again until three out of a panel of five taste testers no longer taste it.

0:00:13.7 Lia Ballentine: Wait, so they have random taste test people.

0:00:17.0 AV: Yeah, this seems like a bad job, it also sounds like a combination... Like mad scientist, but sort of an S&M thing.

0:00:24.7 LB: