Traditional Communal Pepper Roasting

HARO, SPAIN - OCTOBER 15: Blackened peppers are cleaned by hand as Elderly Spaniards maintain a centuries-old tradition of roasting sweet peppers over an open fire to preserve the fruit ahead of the coming winter on October 15, 2016 in the Rioja region capital of Haro, Spain. Peppers were brought to Spain, and the Old World, from Mexico and South America by Columbus in 1493 returning from the voyages of discovery. At the end of summer, when the peppers are the ripest, reddest and juiciest, villagers gather to roast them over an open fire, to peel off the blackened skins, tear the flesh into strips, and to bottle to store for the winter. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)