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From: michaelk@azure.UUCP (Michael Kersenbrock)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: questions on spices (peppers)
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Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 20:40:33 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 17 20:40:33 1984
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Pepper plants produce berries like a cherry tree would.  The same
plant makes green,black and/or white pepper.  The unripe berries
are used for "green pepper".  Black pepper is "just" ripe berries
that have been dried out.  White pepper (which is milder) is the
seed *inside* of the berry (rather than the whole thing).  The seed
is removed from the berry by soaking or fermenting them. Pink
pepper isn't pepper at all, but is from an unrelated weed.
For more info, read the pepper article in the current issue (Mar '84)
of Cuisine Magazine.

Mike Kersenbrock 
Tektronix Microcomputer Development Products
Aloha, Oregon

P.S. - Yes, they aren't really berries, but are "drupes".