'Proof that Panamanian farmers cooked with chili years ago' Recipes and Food

Karen from Texas (Contact Member) -

Here's a link to a story that states that Panamanian farmers cultivated and cooked with prehistoric chili peppers over 6000 years ago!

• story here

Comment #1 Stephanie from Arizona (Contact Member) -

Does this mean that Panamanian food is typically spicy? I can't handle foods that have even a little bit of heat.

Comment #2 Lee from Montevideo, Uruguay (Contact Member) -

I never found food in Costa Rica or Panama to be spicy and not all restaurants had hot sauce. Places that were frequented by Americans usually had pepper, but others didn't.

Comment #3 RiverQueen from Universal Studios (Contact Member) -

Me neither, I can't take hot spices. I have a problem with my tongue. I take after my mother and have a lot of what look like slices in my tongue. One day I had a hankering for some pineapple and ate about 5 or 6 rings of it and my whole tongue started to bleed.

It is very sensitive to hot spices and even a little kill me so if their food is spicy I wouldn't get along very well in Panama.

Comment #4 Karen from Texas (Contact Member) -

Ohh, I love hot and spicy food! The hotter the better - although my stomach does not seem to agree with it at times. I thought for sure that Panamanian food would be spicy - especially after posting that article.

Comment #5 Dustin (63.176.159.41) -

I went to the website and didn't find anything on Panamanian farmers cooking with chili peppers over 6000 years ago. I got a news site.

Comment #6 Geri Lynn (63.176.159.118) -

Maybe the story or article wasn't on there anymore since they put new stories on the site. I don't know though maybe not.

Comment #7 Sandra/Sam (68.146.3.213) -

"Panamanian food is NOT"

spicy! Living as the only gringos in a Panamanian barrio and eating with our neighbours at least weekly, I can tell you that Panamanian food is quite bland. Yes, some restaurants will have hot sauce or pepper but not most of the tipica restaurantes. I think this is why Panamanians love ketchup if it is on offer; have even seen Panamenos put ketchup on bruschetta ;)

Regards

Sam

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