"El ají, que es su pimienta". El pimiento americano como alternativa fallida a la pimienta asiática: Usos, textos y representaciones
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The opportunity to find an alternative route to the Asian spices was one of the main arguments put forward by Christopher Columbus for the voyage that would take him to the New World. The importance of spices in Europe since Antiquity explains this motivation and, therefore, the Admiral’s encounter with the American chili aroused hopes of a stable trade in this spice. However, the constant abundance of this spice in its place of origin and the ease of its cultivation in Europe dashed his hopes. In spite of this, the American chili was imposed as a cheap alternative to pepper in Spain and, in the long run, already as a vegetable, it ended up becoming a basic ingredient in European gastronomies. This is testified by numerous texts and artistic works of the time.
Author: Quintanar Cabello, Vanesa
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7113145989