UMary Allen
Upelepele uyisitshalo. Ngokuvamile lisho upelepele omnyama. Kunezinye izitshalo noma izinongo ngezinye izikhathi ezibizwa ngokuthi upelepele. Upelepele omnyama uyisinongo esibalulekile sokwenza into inambitheke kakhulu.
Isitshalo sikapelepele sivela e-Asia. Wawusetshenziswa futhi lapho njengomuthi esikhathini esidlule: Upelepele kuthiwa usiza ekulweni nesifo sohudo nezinye izinkinga zokugaya ukudla, izinkinga zenhliziyo, nezinye izifo eziningi. Eqinisweni, upelepele ngokuvamile ungaba yingozi ezifweni ezinjalo.
EYurophu, upelepele wawuthandwa njengesinongo, kodwa wawubiza imali eningi. Ekupheleni kweNkathi Ephakathi, kwakunzima ukumbamba ngoba kwakungasenakwenzeka ukusuka e-Arabia ukuya eNdiya. Imikhumbi enamasaka kapelepele kwase kudingeka ihambe izungeza i-Afrika. Lapho uChristopher Columbus ehambela eMelika, wayethanda nopelepele. I-Chili, i-paprika eshisayo, yafika kamuva ivela eMelika. Ufake ingxenye kapelepele njengesinongo.
Izitshalo zikapelepele zikhwela ezihlahleni, zingafika kumamitha ayishumi. Ama-peppercorns, okwenziwa ngawo isinongo, akhula abe ngama-spikes amancane. Namuhla, upelepele uvela kakhulu eVietnam, Indonesia nakwamanye amazwe ase-Asia, kodwa futhi evela eBrazil.