Texas Siftings says : " Almost every article of food used by the Mexicans has red pepper in it in some shape; and, not only Mexicans, but Americans use pepper freely, either in its ground form, sprinkled over meat and vegetables, or, in the pod, boiled in soup. The Mexicans call it chili. The well-known author, Mr. N. Webster, calls it Capsicum frutescens (Sol-anacaae). When a stranger, for the first time, tastes a Mexican dish seasoned with Capsicum frutescens, he wants the fire department called out at once. These little Mexican peppers are so hot that you have to put on two pairs of buckskin gloves and wait for a frost before you can pick them."