May 13, 2009
I didn't realize that black pepper was a component of masala chai but it makes sense, since the "king of spices" seems to find itself in almost everything. History ...
Other Names: Pepper, 黑胡椒 (Chinese), 黒胡椒 (Japanese), الفلفل الأسود (Arabic), Черный перец (Russian), Negro Pimienta (Spanish) All Translations
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Black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit, known as a peppercorn when dried, is a small drupe approximately five millimetres in diameter, dark red when fully mature, containing a single seed. Peppercorns, and the powdered pepper derived from grinding them, may be described as black pepper, white pepper, green pepper, and very often simply pepper. The terms ''pink peppercorns'', ''red pepper'' (as in bell or chile), and ''green pepper'' (as in bell or chile) are also used to describe the fruits of other, unrelated plants. However, green peppercorns are simply the immature black peppercorns. Black pepper is native to South India (Tamil:milagu, மிளகு; Kannada:meNasu, ಮೆಣಸು; Malayalam:kurumulaku, കുരുമുളക്; Telugu:miriyam, మిరియం; Konkani:miriya konu, Marathi: Miri मिरी) and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. Black pepper is also cultivated in the Coorg area of Karnataka. Dried ground pepper is one of the most common spices in European cuisine and its descendants, having been known and prized since antiquity for both its flavor and its use as a medicine. The spiciness of black pepper is due to the chemical piperine. It may be found on nearly every dinner table in some parts of the world, often alongside table salt. The word "pepper" is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit ', the word for long pepper''Pippali'' is Sanskrit for long pepper. Black pepper is ''marica''. Ancient Greek and Latin borrowed ''pippali'' to refer to either. via the Latin ''piper'' which was used by the Romans to refer both to pepper and long pepper, as the Romans erroneously believed that both of these spices were derived from the same plant. The English word for pepper is derived from the Old English ''pipor''. The Latin word is also the source of German ''Pfeffer'', French ''poivre'', Dutch ''peper'', and other similar forms. In the 16th century, ''pepper'' started referring to the unrelated New World chile peppers as well. "Pepper" was used in a figurative sense to mean "spirit" or "energy" at least as far back as the 1840s; in the early 20th century, this was shortened to ''pep''.Douglas Harper's ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' entries for and . Retrieved 13 November 2005.
[edit] About Black Pepper
Black Pepper is a flavorful, medium hot spice used widely in cooking. It is made from the peppercorns of the Piper nigrum plant, native to India. The green unripe peppercorns are boiled, dried and then ground into black pepper.
Recipes With Black Pepper
Lemon Rice With Cashews
Black Pepper, Cashew, Lemons
Black Pepper, Cashew, Lemons
Oven Baked Pepper Bacon
Bacon, Black Pepper
Bacon, Black Pepper
Green Monster
Pepper, Vodka
Pepper, Vodka
Braised Red Onions
Black Pepper, Onion, Salt
Black Pepper, Onion, Salt
Fresh Strawberries With Limoncello Liqueur
Liqueur, Pepper
Liqueur, Pepper
