cayenne

     

Coorinates: 4°55′22″N 52°19′37″W / 4.9227, -52.3269

Trivia about cayenne

  • From S. American work “kyinha”, this type of pepper makes your mouth hot & beans “chili”
  • Capital of French Guiana & the name of the island it’s on, it gave its name to a kind of pepper
  • Often used in cajun recipes, this chili pepper is also known as a bird pepper, ginnie pepper or finger chili
  • This red hot chili pepper bears the name of the capital of French Guiana
  • This red-hot, pungent powder made from various tropical chiles originated in French Guiana