Dave Smith wrote:
> On 13/05/2013 3:07 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>>
>> Agreed! Sheesh. I've had peppercorns practically forever and never
>> even thought about checking for an "expiration date". Whole
>> anything keeps a long, long time. It's pepper, you grind it and it
>> tastes fresh.
>>
>>
>
> And if there is not enough pepper taste......add some more.

I did! But I was having to add so much that it gave the food a gritty
quality. I'm talking like adding 2 teaspoons to a bowl of mashed potatoes
for one! Granted I love my pepper but this was ridiculous!

The other thing was that the old pepper was very hard. This new pepper is
quite soft and sort of breaks into flakes when I grind it. I have never
seen that before. Have only seen the hard kind.