Cayenne Pepper is traditionally used in Mexican and Italian cooking. Taste and Aroma

Cayenne Pepper has little aroma, but it is extremely hot to taste. History/Region of Origin

Cayenne Peppers were grown for thousands of years in the West Indies and Central and South America. Spanish explorers looking for black pepper misnamed them as pepper, and introduced them to the rest of the world. One of Columbus’ passengers, de Cuneo, wrote how the Native Americans ate pepper-like fruit “like we eat apples.”