Peppercorns

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

( Mod edit: new (and extensive!) thread KKA)

Not a lot but wanted some white pepper that wasn’t the supermarkets usual dot of pepper for a million pounds!

I get through a lot more white pepper than is satisfied by those tiny jars supermarkets sell. It turns up in Asian cooking all the time and I like it for adding warmth without heat to soups and stews.

Happy with my 700grams for £8
Should keep me going for a bit longer than those daft 30-40gram jars.

Bought Kewpie because I’ve read about it many times over the years but not yet tried it because it says it’s sweeter than normal mayo which I don’t find appealing.
I do enjoy mayo though so time to give it a go!

 

[Barriehie]

Not a lot but wanted some white pepper that wasn’t the supermarkets usual dot of pepper for a million pounds!

I get through a lot more white pepper than is satisfied by those tiny jars supermarkets sell. It turns up in Asian cooking all the time and I like it for adding warmth without heat to soups and stews.

Happy with my 700grams for £8
Should keep me going for a bit longer than those daft 30-40gram jars.
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Bought Kewpie because I’ve read about it many times over the years but not yet tried it because it says it’s sweeter than normal mayo which I don’t find appealing.
I do enjoy mayo though so time to give it a go!

I go through about 30 grams a month and buy it whole so it's always fresh ground. I've a jar of already ground in case I need more than I'm willing to grind. (I need a better grinder, probably.)

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I go through about 30 grams a month and buy it whole so it's always fresh ground. I've a jar of already ground in case I need more than I'm willing to grind. (I need a better grinder, probably.)

Hmm I might get myself some whole white peppercorns too. I prefer freshly ground spices but it’s usually black peppercorns that I’ll bother to do that for.
How much of a difference does it make?

 

[Barriehie]

Hmm I might get myself some whole white peppercorns too. I prefer freshly ground spices but it’s usually black peppercorns that I’ll bother to do that for.
How much of a difference does it make?

It has a brighter flavor when fresh ground. Plus, (science minute...), the whole peppercorns have a lot less surface area per unit mass than the powder so it stays fresher for longer. 👍

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

It has a brighter flavor when fresh ground. Plus, (science minute...), the whole peppercorns have a lot less surface area per unit mass than the powder so it stays fresher for longer. 👍

I was always happy with the dulling of the flavour from ground pepper as I don’t like sharp heat but I then got an electric spice grinder and noticed I was misguided, that the fragrancy that’s lost is worth putting in the effort for.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Hmm I might get myself some whole white peppercorns too. I prefer freshly ground spices

I found some whole white peppercorns at my local grocer's a month or so ago. I bought them - because they were there, and probably because I haven't used white pepper in over 40 years.
Ground it up in the spice grinder and put it in a jar. WOW! Unbelievably good.
Now I'm going to have to go back and see if there's more

 

[badjak]

I think I got enough black and white pepper for the next 10 years after raiding dad's cupboard when he passed away
He bought wholesale, but then forgot and bought again.
Whole peppercorns luckily
(Also 4 x 1 litre jars of mustard etc)

 

[Barriehie]

The white peppercorns are in their own grinder and for the other one I like the tricolor black, red, and white mix.

 

[Morning Glory]

I found some whole white peppercorns at my local grocer's a month or so ago. I bought them - because they were there, and probably because I haven't used white pepper in over 40 years.
Ground it up in the spice grinder and put it in a jar. WOW! Unbelievably good.
Now I'm going to have to go back and see if there's more

Yeah. White pepper is underrated. i blame Delia Smith...

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Yeah. White pepper is underrated. i blame Delia Smith...

What did she do to white pepper?

 

[TastyReuben]

I don’t have (nor have I ever used) whole white peppercorns, because it’s not called for very often.

I do, however, have a little jar of ground white pepper, from McCormick, and I don’t use it much because it smells exactly like a fart.

 

[karadekoolaid]

I don’t use it much because it smells exactly like a fart.

That's cos it's old - as in old fart.

 

[karadekoolaid]

White pepper is used in Chinese cooking. I'm pretty sure they don't use black pepper; only white and Szechuan.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I use it all the time. It is a common ingredient in Asian cooking (hence being able to get big tubs of it in the Oriental supermarket), a lot of people assume it’s chili giving the heat but often the chilli quantities are very small and it’s the white pepper volume that’s high.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Talking of produce I’d like to obtain fresh green peppercorns but they never seem to be available.
Anyone know of a reliable source or maybe there’s a brined brand?
In the UK that is and preferably not your local farmers market 😂