"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> For me there is never too much black pepper.
>
> For some reason, too much in some soups can sometimes be too much
> but for other things, there is never too much black pepper.
> Potatoes are a good example. Whenever I have mashed potatoes,
> baked or microwaved potatoes or even french fried potatoes, I
> literally frost them with black pepper.
>
> Jill posted a dinner pic the other day (steak, lima beans and
> mashed potatoes). The meal looked good, btw Jill...especially
> that steak. However, that scanty little twist of a pepper mill
> on the mashed potatoes would be a joke for me. I would have
> frosted the hell out of those potatoes (with black pepper)

I have not tried pepper on fries as I rarely eat them and when I do, it's
usually in a restaurant. None of the places I dine at have peppermills and
preground pepper is too weak for me.

I do load my mashed potatoes with it and more on top.

Years ago, Fred Meyer (store) had Eve's buffet. It was a cafeteria but I
think sometimes they had a small buffet as well. I was shopping in there
with my brother when I began to feel sick to my stomach but I was also drawn
to Eve's where I got some mashed potatoes. I've never had potatoes that
good. They tasted very strongly of pepper but I saw no black specks. They
must have used white pepper and tons of it! Whatever my stomach issue was,
those potatoes cured it. Pepper is good for the digestion.