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Ground pepper vs. peppercorns?
"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:47:42 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> On 2/23/2016 11:37 AM, wrote:
>> > I recently found 1.5 ounces of ground pepper for $1, which is maybe 40%
>> > less than what I would pay, per pound, for peppercorns at my local
>> > Indian store. (Incredibly, my local health food stores charge MORE for
>> > peppercorns than the Indian store, even though they sell spices from
>> > bulk bins, unlike in the Indian store!)
>> >
>> > So, given that it IS convenient to buy only a small amount at a time,
>> > is there any good reason not to buy ground pepper?
>> >
>> >
>> > Lenona.
>> >
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>> The difference is flavor.
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>> Many years ago I had breakfast a a friend's house. Fresh egg from his
>> chicken and fresh ground pepper. A couple of days later I bought a
>> pepper grinder and never bought the tasteless powder again.
>>
>> Pepper starts losing its flavor the second it is ground and exposed to
>> air. Soon you will be sprinkling black dust with no flavor.
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> IMO: pepper "dust" depends on which grind you buy. I hate fine grind
> - it's should go straight into the garbage. Coarsely ground pepper is
> good for cooking convenience if you don't buy a boatload and use it up
> in a couple of months. If you want a lot of bang for the buck without
> grinding, try cracked pepper sometime. Your teeth act as the final
> pepper grinder and it packs quite a wallop. Not for the faint of
> heart.
I hate the dust and that's usually all you can get in restaurants. I also
don't like the cracked. I had to make do with that for a few days when my
grinder broke. Nope.
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