When I found this quote by searching Google Books, I immediately copied it into my archives. It’s from Charles Fletcher Lummis, in A Tramp Across the Continent, 1892. I’ve included a brief biographical note after the quote. Just at sunset we came to the two houses which comprised Carnöe, and were hospitably taken in by the poor Mexican at the second. I … Read More
Historical and Hysterical Reactions to Eating Chile
It was pure chile—red pepper. It was fire itself. I was burning all the way down and up and every other way…