Pepper

Pepper

Note: "Black pepper" is the common pepper used on the table today

• • to be distinguished from "chili peppers" which originated in the Americas

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• originated in south (modern India) and southeast Asia (modern Thailand, Malyasia)
• "peppercorns' are the fruit of the plant, "Piper nigrum"
• peppercorns are the most traded spice in the world
  • today, Vietnam is the largest peppercorn producer
• Sources:
  • Black Pepper (Wikipedia)

History

• peppercorns were known as "black gold"
  • peppercorns were easily transported and when dried do not deteriorate
    • to prepare the peppercorns, the unripe "drupe" (which contains the seed, like a peach) is cooked in hot water, then dried in the sun for several days, which leaves the peppercorn
    • oil from the peppercorns is also used for medicinal and beauty products
  • peppercorns were found stuffed in the nose of the mummy of Ramesses II who died in 1213 BC
  • has been used in cooking since at least 2000 BC in India

Roman pepper trade 1st Century AD

>> see : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea

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• Sources
  • Black Pepper

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