Jalapeno pepper (February 1937)

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   ProQuest is now at April 1937.
   Merriam-Webster has 1939 for "jalapeno."  OED has 1949.  The (Popik) Online Historical Dictionary of Food and Drink has--no, wait a minute, I do parking tickets.



      Strength of Rail Group Features Market Rally
       GEORGE T HUGHES.       Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles, Calif.: Feb 9, 1937.                   p. A17 (2 pages) :
(Continued on Pg. 21--ed.)
   PEPPERS--Mex. Cal. Wonders, 6 at 7 pound; green chili and yellow chili, 11 at 12; Jalapeno peppers, 9 at 10 pound.


      Rediscovering Los Angeles
       TIMOTHY G TURNER.       Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles, Calif.: Dec 2, 1935.                   p. A1 (1 page):
   Dishes that are called "Spanish" by Americans are usually not Spanish, but Mexican.  Those black beans are quite typical of Mexico.  Garbanzos (chick peas) are the true Spanish vegetable.  Likewise tamales and enchiladas are unknown to the Spanish, being as Mexican as doughnuts and popcorn are Yankee.  As for chile con carne, that is a dish that is not known in either Spain or Mexico.  It is rather bad Spanish, for why should the sauce be put before the meat?  Yet it is a dish of native origin, and not synthetic like the mock Chinese chop suey.  Chile con carne is probably a local native Texan dish which has spread along the border but not into Mexico.
   The little cafes like "El Capricho de los Dorados" that are found in the Mexican districts of Los Angeles have all these dishes and many more, tacos and menudo and the fiery mole.  You have your choice of French bread or the native tortilla, the pancakelike corn bread that is as typically Mexican as can be.  Some serve the Mexican "comida corrida," which has few or none of those native folk dishes, formulated in Roman times which beings with a soup and ends with a sweet.