And every Indian must have his ginger, garlic, red chilli, and turmeric, and his chupattis of unleavened bread.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
There was an Old Person of chilli, Whose conduct was painful and silly; He sat on the stairs, eating apples and pears, That imprudent Old Person of chilli.
"Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1"
Edward William Cole
Bandelier, in his report of his tour in Mexico, tells us that "his host at Cochiti, New Mexico, could not sell an ear of corn or a string of chilli without the consent of his fourteen-year-old daughter Ignacia, who kept house for her widowed father."
"The Truth About Woman"
C. Gasquoine Hartley