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Chili or Chilli?

Chilli- A less used term, chilli often pertains to the dried powdered spice which is a blend of dried chiles and other spices.
However, the pedantic will point out that the Nahuatl Indians who have lived in Central America and Mexico since antiquity called the plant "chilli" and that was the original source of the word.

The words "Chili", "Chilli" or "Chile" are often used synonymously, erronously and has sparked more than one dispute. Depending on what part of the country you are in, who is in the room and what exactly you are referring to, you could be correct by spelling it chili, chile or chilli. Also, as a curious side note the variant spelling "chilly" has been used in early reference books, but is now considered obsolete.

Below is a summary of the prevailing consensus of proper usage:

Chile - refers to the plant or fruit of the plant species Capsicum. This is the Spanish spelling for the plant and is in common use through out the southwest USA. Of course, Chile also refers to the that long skinny chile shaped country in South America.

Chili - Often refers to the venerable hot and spicey American dish made from chiles and meat - and sometimes beans. Chili is short for chili con carne.

Chilli is also the favoured spelling in Australia and New Zealand.

O.K. then what about the term "pepper", which is often used to describe the fruit of the Capsicum species and spice derived from the true pepper plant "piper nigrum". These two species are not at all closely related, and have originated on two different continents.

However Christopher Columbus thinking he had discovered the westward route to the far east instead of a new world; starting naming things according to his misconception, such as Indians and Peppers. Unfortunately, both misapplied terms stuck and are still with us today.