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Why put pepper on a dish before cooking?
(Almost?) every good recipe for searing/grilling steaks advises to season the steak with salt and pepper before cooking it.
However, I’m reasonably sure that pepper is extremely sensitive to heat and ...
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Why whole peppercorns?
Some recipes call for whole peppercorns. Why not crack them and use a lot less? In a cooking show I watched recently the host specifically said "Do not crack or grind them" but he did not explain why.
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Avoiding grittiness with sichuan peppers
I've got a big bag of Sichuan peppers but I've often found that when I cook with them it's difficult to avoid grittiness from the outer kernel. I don't have this problem when I visit Sichuan Chinese ...
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Pepper spice varieties
How many varieties of edible pepper spice there are? I know white, black, green and pink pepper, but I'm sure that around the world there are many more varieties. There is a comprehensive list or a ...
