chilis being a post-columbian food that originate in the americas means a bunch of south asian food is only possible because of trade routes established by settler colonialism, which is wild, bc even if my family didn& #39;t leave india our daily habits would be contingent on genocide

like is it not ridiculous that the south asian diaspora has a global reputation for spicy cuisine but attachments to that aspect of cultural identity are predicated on the violence of settlement and slavery? and that goes for a lot of other asian food too! blows my mind lol