{"id":12289,"date":"2021-01-13T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/?p=12289"},"modified":"2020-12-28T10:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T08:04:16","slug":"hot-chili-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.howlanders.com\/en\/mexico\/hot-chili-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do Mexicans like spicy so much?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico is a paradise of spicy food<\/b>. There is no dish on a Mexican family’s table that doesn’t have some spice in it.<\/p>\n

In today’s post, we tell you why they like hot chili so much in Mexico<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pre-Hispanic time<\/h2>\n

If there is something more known about Mexican culture around the world, besides the Mayan culture, it is the use of spicy food in all its meals.<\/p>\n

This consumption of spicy bell pepper in Mexico<\/strong> goes back many years, even to pre-Hispanic times.<\/p>\n

It is said that chile, along with corn and beans<\/b>, were the first crops to be domesticated<\/b> in these regions through the planting method known as chinampa. As a result, the use of these foods became very popular and began to be used by all of society.<\/p>\n

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Today, these three ingredients are still some of the most consumed by Mexican society. If you make any of the excursions in Riviera Maya<\/a>, it will be impossible to find you a place to eat without some of these three ingredients.<\/p>\n

Why do you like so much the hot chili in Mexico?<\/h2>\n

Although tradition could be one of the reasons, there is a scientific explanation<\/b> that demonstrates why the popularity of hot chili in Mexico<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Within each hot pepper<\/strong>, there is a component called capsaicin<\/strong>, which is what causes the burning sensation<\/b> when you eat it. To fight the burning, the brain releases endorphins<\/b>, which is the substance that generates the sensation of pleasure<\/b>.<\/p>\n

That is to say when the chili pepper bites you in the mouth<\/b> (and not only in the mouth), the brain tries to fight it<\/b>. As consequence, it ends up producing a pleasant sensation that invites you to take more<\/b>. This causes an increase in the levels of serotonin<\/b>, which is the substance that gives us the sensation of wellbeing, which can cause this addiction<\/b>.<\/p>\n

To be even more exact, the Mexicans and all the other brave people who eat so much spicy food, have an addiction to the feeling of well being produced by eating chili<\/b>.<\/p>\n

This addiction has led to the use of spice in all kinds of foods, even in Mexico, there is a variety of beer<\/b> that is made spicy<\/b>. Is alcohol better combined with spice?<\/p>\n

If you are planning to visit Mexico for the first time<\/a>, you should get used to the spicy one because it will be difficult to eat some of its dishes without chili.<\/p>\n

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Hot chili pepper scale<\/h2>\n

To find out which is the chilliest in the world<\/strong>, there is a chilliest scale<\/strong>. It is called the Scoville Scale<\/b>, and it measures the amount of the substance capsaicin<\/strong> found in each of the chili varieties.<\/p>\n

Within this scale, 16 million units are the maximum possible result. Although the Havanese chili<\/strong> is one of the most popular<\/b> it is not one of the hottest. It has a capsaicin content of about 300,000 units.<\/p>\n

In the number one position of the hottest chili in the world,<\/b> it is known as the Carolina Reaper<\/b>. It is produced mainly in South Carolina (USA) and contains 2.2 million units on the Scoville scale<\/b>, i.e. 2,200,000 units of capsaicin.<\/p>\n