The word bagasse, from the French bagage via the Spanish bagazo, originally meant ârubbish,â ârefuse,â or âtrash.â Applied first to the debris from the pressing of olives, palm nuts, and grapes, the word was subsequently used to mean residues from other processed plant materials such as sisal, sugarcane, and sugar beets.
How to Neutralize Acid in Chili Peppers. Stop burns from peppers like the habanero. Photo Credit Hemera Technologies/PhotoObjects.net/Getty Images. If you enjoy cooking and eating hot chili peppers, it is very easy to get a burn from these fruits because of the capsaicin compound they contain. Capsaicin interacts with your mucous membranes and stimulates your pain receptors, which is why you feel the acidic burn when you handle, cut open or consume a pepper.
In general, the smaller the chili, the hotter they are. A lot of Chinese dishes call for either long hot green peppers or small red chilis, both of which can be found in any grocery store. Hunan and Sichuan cuisine also make use of the dried red chili pepper, which can be found in most Asian groceries.