SC - Pepper substitute, was salmon recipe?

[David Dendy]

If you are allergic to black pepper, and want period substitutes, try grains
of paradise (which is of the ginger/cardamon family, and so shouldn't be a
problem), or szechwan pepper (much used in the Orient -- it is of the
prickly ash family, again unrelated to the "pipers") or Ethiopian pepper
(xylopia aethiopica, which was quite popular in the Moslem world, and is
again of a different family). If you need supplies, the first two we have
always in stock, and we have Ethiopian pepper arriving next week (we will be
adding it to our catalogue).

Your humble and obedient servant,
Francesco Sirene
David Dendy / ddendy at silk.net
partner in Francesco Sirene, Spicer / sirene at silk.net
Visit our Website at http://www.silk.net/sirene/

>
>And as a general question -- what sorts of seasonings would I
>substitute for black pepper (or white pepper, or red pepper, etc.) in
>recipes, period or not?  I know many on this do not approve of any
>substitution in period recipes, but believe me, if anyone in a period
>household had their mouth burn like mine does when I eat pepper, THEY'd
>have made some other seasoning choice!  So assuming I can only cook
>perioid anyway, what other things might I try, in period or mundane
>recipes?
>
>-- Harriet (who has not done much adventurous cooking, being inhibited
>by lack of knowledge and a timidity instilled by a world where black
>pepper is so trendy it's in EVERYTHING)
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