It's been reported that Koreans lead the world in per capita consumption of hot peppers. The latest annual consumption number is 4 kilograms or 8.8 pounds of peppers per person.
One reason they lead the world now is the fact that capsaicin levels have more than doubled in the past 5 years in traditional cook-at-home Korean dishes such as Fermented Cabbage Kimchi. Also, Korean researchers have reported that pepper hot dishes in restaurants are rapidly growing in popularity.
Yes, the chile pepper is gaining ground throughout the world, not just in countries like Mexico and the U.S. Is this hard to understand? Not for a diehard chili head. How about you? Are the foods you eat getting "hotter?" Korea has set the bar higher for the rest of us, so we had better get with it. Right?!!!
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