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.
Iâve mentioned before the difference between chile and chili, but didnât have a good reference for the claim. In case you missed it the last time: The hot peppers used in spicy dishes are chile peppers; the meaty (well, usually meaty, though you can do a vegetarian version) prepared food you eat with nachos is chili.