[HN Gopher] Europe fell in love with long pepper before black pe...
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       Europe fell in love with long pepper before black pepper (2016)
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2021-05-20 03:05 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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       | NelsonMinar wrote:
       | After reading this article a few years ago I mail ordered some
       | Long Pepper to try at home. I love black pepper's flavor and am
       | always looking for better kinds of pepper; the idea there's a
       | related spice that's "better" was exciting to me.
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       | No such luck. The flavor was nice but definitely milder than high
       | quality black peppercorns. And not appreciably different. I mean
       | maybe I got unlucky and got a stale batch or something, but I
       | wasn't impressed. An added drawback is long pepper has a lot more
       | plant material; the interior of each pepper is pretty fibrous and
       | flavorless. Works OK with a spice grinder but not great. I ended
       | up not using very much of it before turning most of it into
       | extract. Eventually I threw it out.
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       | If that doesn't dissuade you, you can order more long pepper than
       | you're likely to use for about $11 from an online store in
       | Chicago: https://www.thespicehouse.com/products/long-pepper
        
         | cromka wrote:
         | > I love black pepper's flavor and am always looking for better
         | kinds of pepper;
         | 
         | If you haven't yet, I'd recommend trying fresh green
         | peppercorn, which is actually same species as what we commonly
         | know as black peppercorn - except unripe. I had a great
         | pleasure in trying multiple dishes incorporating it when I
         | traveled to Vietnamese Phu Quoc island, where they also grow it
         | in abundance. It's astonishing how differently it tastes,
         | especially considering you actually get to consume whole
         | grains, thanks to their milder spiciness. Much recommended.
        
         | thenewwazoo wrote:
         | Have you tried grains of paradise?
        
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