If you’ve spent time mulling over the problem of the number of pickled peppers in Peter Piper’s peck, according to Rebecca Rupp, the answer in jalapenos is something around 225.
People are plain fascinated with peppers, or to be formal, Capsicum, from the Greek kapto, to bite, as indeed sampling many of the fruits will reveal. And hot or not, one in four people eat peppers every day, according to The Cambridge World History of Food.
