[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.
| 
| 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.
| 
| 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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