In article >,
Steve Wertz > wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 04:41:37 GMT, Isaac Wingfield >
> wrote:
>
> >In some recipes (ones that I prefer) the "hot" comes not from red
> >pepper, but from white pepper (which is ordinary black peppercorns with
> >the skin removed).
>
> Black pepper is immature white peppercorns (white peppercorns are
> bigger than black, though once they are fully ripe their skins are
> removed).

Yes. I only meant to say that they were from the same plant, rather
than being as different as "red" pepper is from black.

Isaac