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Chili powder comes from different chili peppers; grown, dried and crushed into a powder. Its used to season many Mexican, Chinese and American Indian foods. There is a capsacin scale that determines how HOT the pepper is when used as a seasoning, i.e. cayenne pepper. Many fresh peppers are also used to spice up foods, such as pimiento or jalapeno.

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