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Chili peppers also are known as Cayenne pepper. Red Chili peppers or Red Cayenne pepper is from the genus Capsicum annum. It is not the most used Chili pepper in Thailand though you will find it a lot. It is not the hottest of chilis it has a Scoville scale from 30,000 to 50,000 SHU….
Cane sugar
Cane sugar is made from sugar canes. Thailand is one of the worlds biggest producers of sugar canes. Sugar is believed to be one of the oldest ingredients with a track record dating back to 8000 BC Sugar is the same addictive as cocaine and we already have a craving for sugar as newborn. You…
Pepper, black
Black pepper has been a valued spice during the times. Black pepper starts out as a little green fruit, called a drupe. The drupes are picked when still unripe. First, they are cooked briefly, to prepare them for drying. Heating them both to rupture the cell walls and clean the dudes. The drupes are dried…
Chinese Broccoli
It is believed that Chinese Broccoli is a descendant of cabbage. The early Portuguese explorers first brought cabbage to Asia. Through years of breeding Chinese Broccoli have been developed from the cabbage the Portuguese had brought cabbage with them. Unlike broccoli where you only eat the head are you also eating the stems and leaf on…
Cauliflower
Cauliflower is a highly modified plant, with a very long history. Its ancestry can be traced back to ancient Anatolia, in the region of the Black Sea also called Asian Turkey, where it has been grown for more than a 1000 years. In the 12th century, three varieties came to Spain. In the 16th century, they have spread…
Garlic
Garlic originates from central Asia, and have a history of human use for more than 7000 years. Garlic has been used both as a food and in prevention and treatment of disease. It is one of the plants with the longest history in medical use. There has been found a history of the use of…
