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Piment is French for Chilli, pimento in Portuguese and is the same in
Spanish. The English use the word pepper to denote black pepper grown in Goa
and everywhere and the Spanish use the word pimenton for the pepper plant.
The French use poivre for black pepper (there are other colours like white
and green). Simon Pimenta could have been named after the chilli. Though
Prof. Frank De Souza taught me, I do remember reading his essay which must be
interesting. He was a good Prof.
Many years ago, when I first came to the West, I came to like smoked
meat which was a Yiddish preparation. It is served in a sandwich of rye
bread. I used to order a sandwich, a coffee and two pickled banana peppers.
The Whites would stare at me wondering what I would do with the chillies.
When the saw me eating then one after the other without any effect, they
would calm down as if having witnessed a fire eater performing a trick. When
I return to that city, I always make it a point to order the same snack
topped with a coffee.
Much obliged for the info.
Edgar Martins
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