Are there any cultures which eat hot chile peppers raw by themselves?

[Horatio_Hellpop]

A raw, spicy green pepper is a popular appetizer in Korea. I don’t care for it much, but my Korean hosts gobbled them down nonchalantly.

[jasg]

Only if you want the peppers to get jalapeño face…

[jayjay]

It’s anecdotal, and second-hand, but my mother used to tell me about her father eating hot Italian peppers raw out of hand, like they were popcorn.

[Rushgeekgirl]

@Jormungandr

My father, who grew up in Mexico, told me about a visit his family made to a paternal cousin. For dinner, all the family had to offer were onions and grilled peppers (unaware of what type) with tortillas.

My SO is from Mexico and he’d eat them straight out of our garden. He said when he was a kid they often had nothing but peppers and tomato salsa with tortillas for months.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@panamajack

I met several people in India who would snack on hot peppers raw. People would sometimes have a little bowl of peppers that could be thrown into food or just eaten on their own like candy.

This is pretty common all over India.