By Sarah Fiorello

Allium cepa ‘Stuttgarter’

Enslaved people made cough syrup by combining raw or cooked onions with sugar or honey, and vinegar or turpentine.


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Fish Pepper

Capsicum annuum ‘Fish Pepper’

African Bird’s-eye pepper

Capsicum frutescens ‘African Bird’s Eye’

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus