jcold_2000 asked:
Before I broke up with my ex she had bought one of these necklaces that had a chile pepper on it while on some modeling shoot in los angeles. I didn’t think much of it but i have since seen them on other girls as well. what is the point of them, and why are they popular all of a sudden. Who made them popular?
Before I broke up with my ex she had bought one of these necklaces that had a chile pepper on it while on some modeling shoot in los angeles. I didn’t think much of it but i have since seen them on other girls as well. what is the point of them, and why are they popular all of a sudden. Who made them popular?
Tags: Chile Pepper, Girls, Necklaces
Chile is definitely an important part of our culture here in New Mexico. Today, of course, it is an ingredient in many of our local dishes, and agriculturally it is the largest crop we cultivate here. Most of the chile is grown in the southern part of the state, near Hatch. But long before we started putting it on our cheeseburgers, it was a part of the culture. The Pueblos have used it as a componenet of their diet for over 1000 years. They recognized its healthful benefits and its curative properties which modern medicine only recently came to fully recognize. (Chile has more vitamin C than oranges and it acts as an expectorant so it is the ideal food to consume when you have a cold. The capsaicin in chile is beneficial for arthritis, which is why many commercial muscle or arthritis creams contain that ingredient.) Chile ristras are strung out to dry, and often one ristra is left hanging on the door post after the others have been taken in for the winter. This serves primarily as decoration today, but was used as a symbol of prosperity and hospitality - if you had food spare you were considered rich - or served as a welcoming sign.
I hope this helps answer your question.
It sounds stupid…but now that i know to be on the lookout - ill be sure to make fun of some people that are wearing one…
I saw some really cool ones on ebay. here’s a direct link