# Is Korea the only cold weather spicy cuisine?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-korea-the-only-cold-weather-spicy-cuisine/753117 "2016-04-25T19:47:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-korea-the-only-cold-weather-spicy-cuisine/753117/21 "2016-04-28T15:03:09Z")

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[This article](http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-black-pepper-won-europe-from-a-better-pepper) says that, over several centuries, black pepper displaced a plant called long pepper as the European pepper of choice.

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