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Jorge Muñoz hasn’t lost touch with his home region. Just the fact of mentioning a local ají pepper which is native to the Trujillo area of Northern Peru brings back childhood memories...

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“Jorge Muñoz, when was the last time an ají pepper made you cry?”

“The last time an ají pepper made me cry was not because it was too hot or too spicy, but because of the emotion I felt about trying it once again.
It was a so-called ‘Ají Mochero’. I tried it in a rural area near the city of Trujillo (in Northern Peru). And I belong to a group of people who are fighting for its recognition with a ‘designation of origin’, which would be a first-time occurrence for an ají chili pepper.
So, the whole project sort of makes me cry internally. I feel emotional about it, because it has allowed me to rediscover produce from the area which I’m from.
And I was able to try it right there, in that same area.
So, that ají pepper is not widespread in a commercial sense. And ají peppers coming from that area which you would find in Lima are not the same. They don’t have the same flavor.
So, what made me feel emotional was the ability to try the ‘Mochero Ají Pepper’ right there, in the rural area where it is originally from and to smell its aroma. And that experience made me cry.”

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