Fruit (& Vege) Loop - Chilli Pepper:green(Canty) Traditional Cache
Team_Gaters: Placed in 2014 and this one found over 220 times. The Fruit & Veges around the loop are now pretty deteriorated, no longer water proof & generally quite gross - No longer bright, crisp and fun to find. A lot of new houses around the road now too. Time to archive the series....(cache has been removed)....
Fruit (& Vege) Loop - Chilli Pepper:green(Canty)
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A healthy food choice to complement the nearby Lolly Scramble trail. Fruit (and Vegetables) help form the basis of a healthy diet, they contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fibre that help protect you from chronic diseases, which can be painful, debilitating and even fatal in some cases.
Simple hides with quirky containers. BYO pen.
The chilli pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. In New Zealand they are more commonly just called chilli’s without the word "pepper".
The substances that give chilli peppers their intensity when ingested or applied topically are capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) and several related chemicals, collectively called capsaicinoids.
Chilli peppers originated in the Americas and were brought to Asia by Portuguese navigators during the 16th century. India is currently the world's largest producer, consumer and exporter of chili peppers.
Red chilies contain large amounts of vitamin C and small amounts of carotene (provitamin A). Yellow and especially green chilies (which are essentially unripe fruit) contain a considerably lower amount of both substances. In addition, peppers are a good source of most B vitamins, and vitamin B6 in particular. They are very high in potassium, magnesium, and iron. Their very high vitamin C content can also substantially increase the uptake of non-heme iron from other ingredients in a meal, such as beans and grains.
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