Jumanos

Did the Virgin Mary invent chili? I first heard of this on an episode of Tasting History with Max Miller.

He talked about Sister Mary of Agreda, who was reported to be bilocating from her convent in Spain to the Jumanos Indians in New Spain.

All I've been able to learn about her is from Wikipedia, where it says she is a venerable of the church from the 1600s.

Apparently, the Jumanos Indians reached out to friars in the area that they had been visited by a lady in blue to seek help.

And according to Max Miller, the Lady in Blue also gave them the recipe for chili.

According to Wikipedia, Sister Mary also wrote books about the Virgin Mary.