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.
Even so, it may be illuminating to see what chili powder is, what ingredients it's made up of, and in what proportions. As you can see, the single most prominent ingredient is cumin. Together, the cumin and garlic powder make up fully half of the mixture. What you can conclude from that is that chili powder is not especially hot. Thus, chili powder alone is not going to be the primary source of heat in your chili or tacos. It's more like warmth. Of course, if you make your own chili powder, you can make it as hot as you want.