[Sca-cooks] long pepper?

[Terry Decker]

Long pepper (Piper longum) is a South Asian pepper related to black pepper
(Piper nigrum).  It was imported in Antiquity along with black pepper. and
the trade continued into the Middle Ages.  There are some recipes which call
for it specifically.  I seems to have lost some of its popularity in the
Renaissance.

Bear


>so.... having just won the al-barran midwinter bid (feed 300)...
>and living in the heart of chili-head-ania.....
>
>tell me more or where i can find more about long pepper?  and does it fit
>into 12th/13th cent euro food?   (christ-mass in the time of the
>troubadours)
>
>if i can give the chili heads a fix, so to speak, mebbe more will enjoy
>their medieval chow! 8)
>
> cailte