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Old 09-11-2010, 14:23
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I understand why we use salt - it has a physiological effect on the tongue, making it more receptive to the actual flavours of the food to which it has been added...

But what purpose does pepper serve?
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:26
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I've cut out all my salt ! Ok the only salt I have is on chips from the chippie......no other times.

Pepper is lovely ! Surely it's up to peeps if they like pepper or not.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:27
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Pepper also acts as a flavour enhancing ingredient.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:27
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Pepper is a spice. It adds flavour.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:28
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I don't apply salt as a seasoning at all, as it's present in the other seasonings I use. I use black pepper because it adds a nice flavour to food.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:28
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i much prefer pepper to salt, wont add any extra salt to food, when i eat at my friends its all i can taste as they add it and i dont!
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:31
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I also much prefer pepper to salt...delicious tasty stuff.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:37
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I understand why we use salt - it has a physiological effect on the tongue, making it more receptive to the actual flavours of the food to which it has been added...

But what purpose does pepper serve?
It sends tiny amounts of pepper endorphins to the front right quadrant of your ear canal, thus providing a pleasurable vibrating effect to your mouth via the jaw-bone
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:38
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It sends tiny amounts of pepper endorphins from the front right quadrant of your ear canal
Coooooooooooooooooooo...youz very knowledgeable...it`s not true though!
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:38
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It might just be my deadened tastebuds, or the type pepper I've tried, but any time I've added it to food it didn't really taste of anything

I'll occasionally add salt to food, but never pepper.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:41
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Pepper's great....

It contains piperine, which is similar to capaiscin (probly spelt all wrong) - the stuff in chillies, so it does have a mild psychoactive effect.
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Old 09-11-2010, 14:44
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It might just be my deadened tastebuds, or the type pepper I've tried, but any time I've added it to food it didn't really taste of anything

I'll occasionally add salt to food, but never pepper.
On a serious note, ground black pepper has to be heated before cooking, like spices, to bring out its aroma. Ground white pepper can be used like salt to season foods on the plate.
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Old 09-11-2010, 16:14
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and a whole peppercorn adds Ker-Runch
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Old 09-11-2010, 16:18
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I love loads of black pepper on steak. So nice.
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Old 09-11-2010, 16:29
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Pepper also acts as a flavour enhancing ingredient.
I read somewhere salt and pepper are the building blocks of flavour - enhancing whichever herbs and spices you also add to the dish.

I assume you do mean freshly-ground OP? I put it on almost everything.
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Old 09-11-2010, 19:21
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Pepper (black?) on strawberries I thought was a wind up until I tried it. Amazing, it seems to enhance the sweetness of the fruit.
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Old 10-11-2010, 13:52
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Tomato sandwich (white bread) sprinkled with loads of ground black pepper, fried eggs with loads of sprinkled ground black pepper. Both of them are favorites of mine.

I mean the freshly ground stuff!
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