[Sca-cooks] Pepper

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 7, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

>> I hadn't seen that grains of paradise are dried berries before; I like
>> grains of paradise, but I hate black pepper, so now I'm curious, what
>> is black pepper ?
> 
> Long pepper, IIRC, is of the same genus as black pepper: piper longum as opposed to piper negrum... or has it, like the Pluto formerly known as a planet, been reclassified?

Come to think of it, grains of paradise aren't berries, but seeds from a pod plant related to cardamom. Afrimomum melegueta. And they say my memory is going as I age...

Is it possible that this elusive pepper-like berry being referred to is pink peppercorns?

Adamantius






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