2477: Scotch Bonnet Sep 23, 2021

The Scotts are not known particularly for their spicy foods, and yet there is a hot, caribbean pepper named the Scotch bonnet. This is not because it has any particular relation to Scotland, but because of its supposedly similar resemblance to the tam o'shanter hat (also known as toorie bunnet): a round, woolen cap with a pom-pom. This name itself comes from the name of the hero in a poem by Robert Burns, perhaps the most famous writer in Scottish history.