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Feelings and thoughts inspired by chili peppers

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Apr 27, 2024
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“Pepper and Lemon on a White Tablecloth” (1901), Odilon Redon

Are peppers shy?

Weirdly, to me, they look like it. They’re diminutive. They’re nubbly in a teenager-y kind of way, still transforming. But if I snack on one, sauté it, blacken it on the burner—man, that aroma, the electric burn, is intoxicating.

I have a high tolerance and love for peppers, h…

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