On Monday, May 13, 2013 3:26:07 AM UTC-6, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/13/2013 12:31 AM, sf wrote:
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> > On Sun, 12 May 2013 16:24:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> >> I've been buying the Tellicherry black peppercorns at Costco.
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> > What is the BFD about "Tellicherry" peppercorns? I've bought unnamed
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> > black peppercorns and I've bought "Tellicherry"... not because I
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> > wanted to buy them, but because that's what Costco sells. I don't
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> > understand why people feel the need to name it. It's pepper. Period.
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> What I don't understand is the obsession with "expiration" dates. She
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> wrote, "What I had, expired. I think maybe in 2011?" (This isn't the
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> first time she's brought up expiration dates.)
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> Yes, peppercorns and spices in general do lose potency over a long
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> period of time, sure. I don't see any reason to freak out or throw them
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> away because of some random date printed on a package.
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> Think of the time it took to transport spices from the Orient back in
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> the day (Marco Polo, anyone?). I'm pretty sure no one on the ship was
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> saying, "Hope for a good strong breeze, lads, these peppercorns are
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> going to expire!" LOL
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> Jill

LOL...I love your sense of humour.