Mary Allen
He mea kanu ka Pepa. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka pepa ʻeleʻele. Aia kekahi mau mea kanu a mea ʻala ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia he pepa i kekahi manawa. He mea ʻala koʻikoʻi ka pepa ʻeleʻele e ʻono ai i kahi mea wela.
No Asia mai ka mea kanu pepa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ma laila ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā ma mua: Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka Pepper e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe me ka ʻai ʻana, nā pilikia puʻuwai, a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe he nui. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, e pōʻino pinepine ka pepa i ia mau maʻi.
I ʻEulopa, ua kaulana ka pepa ma ke ʻano he mea ʻala, akā nui ke kālā. I ka hopena o ka Middle Ages, ua paʻakikī ke hopu iā ia no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hele hou mai ʻArabia a i India. Pono nā moku me nā ʻeke pepa e holo a puni ʻApelika. I ko Christopher Columbus huakaʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika, ua hoihoi pū ʻo ia i ka pepa. ʻO Chili, ka paprika wela, i hele mai ma hope mai ʻAmelika. Ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i ka pepa i mea ʻala.
Piʻi nā mea kanu Pepper i nā kumulāʻau, a hiki i ʻumi mika. ʻO ka peppercorns, kahi i hanaʻia ai ka meaʻala, ulu i nā'ōpuʻu liʻiliʻi. I kēia lā, loaʻa mai ka pepa mai Vietnam, Indonesia, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma Asia, akā mai Brazil pū kekahi.