SC - oop - healthfulness of black pepper - a query

[Maggie MacDonald]

At 07:10 PM 10/25/00 +0000,Olwen the Odd said something like:
>When Charlie was still alive and I wanted to pepper anything, I had to use 
>white pepper as it was personally unhealthy for ME to use black.  This was 
>only because Charlie used to believe that pepper was sent from the demons 
>of h---.  Garlic too, I might add.  I never got caught and he ate 
>everything I put in front of him.  Surprizingly (NOT), the more white 
>pepper and garlic the entree had, the more he liked it!
>
>Olwen ;-)
>
>>"I use white or cayenne, black pepper is not as healthy"
>>
>>I have never heard this one  before (I seem to be on a faddish List or 2 -
>>the recipes are good, so I stay,  but shake my head a lot!) and I wonder if
>>people here would care to comment on the healthfulness or otherwise of black
>>pepper?
>>
>>Gwynydd

My grandmother always insisted that black pepper never digested, but simply 
balled up in your intestinal tract, and they would find a giant ball of it 
in your gut once you died. (Along with watermelon seeds and swallowed 
bubble gum).
Bless her heart.
Regards,
Maggie MacD.