Poll: Would You Like Some Fresh Ground Pepper On That?

thought this would be a pleasant plains thread for some reason

votes Yes,please........woah, okay that's plenty

You'd think Peugeot peppermills would be worth a damn, but they're not. (Voted yesplease)

i am well-known for overloading most things with fresh ground pepper.

Pepper. Everything.

yes please

i like pepper but hate those giant pepper grinders

always yes

I have a friend who loathes pepper and I was genuinely shocked when she first told me. I had assumned everybody either liked fresh ground pepper or were indifferent to it.

yes please

keep going that's not enough

at a fancy kitchen supply store recently i saw what, in my memory, appeared to be like a 4-foot pepper grinder. I want one of those to put next to a small salt shaker

keep going that's not enough

― mark cl, Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

keep going that's not enough

― mark cl, Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:31 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

― 2 ears + 1 ❤ (Pillbox), Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:33 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark

also i love hueg pepper grinders

YESSS

Fresh ground pepper is one of my favourite smells ever.

Along with fresh ground cumin and freshly cut ginger.

Why don't pizza and pasta restaurants trust you to put your own pepper on your food?

Oh, yes please, totally.

All it takes is one joker who sticks the grinder in his salad and gums up the burrs with dressing.

red pepper flakes, you sissies.

thought this would be a surmounter thread

A pizza place near me gives you a big bottle of chili oil on the table. Great stuff.

you can't put red flakes on everything

agree with this ^^, but when the situation does call for red flakes, I usually reach for this instead:

http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/img/prods/food/sauces/11014_sriracha_sauce_lg.jpg

no

"That's When I Reach for My Sriracha"

you can't put red flakes on everything

― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:00 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You haven't even tried.

come now a green salad balsamic dressing would not do well w/red pepper flakes

i like pepper in all colors

pink peppercorns, you say? lay it on me

Miscegenation among seasonings, C/D?

I dont care whether ur black, white, green, or red

fresh cracked black pepper is really something, though

Well, I don't know about C/D but I always make sure some nutmeg goes into pasta sauces along with the pepper.

C/D here meaning "culinary deliciousness"

"That's When I Reach for My Sriracha"

― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Thursday, March 12, 2009 1:25 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

hahaha

crushed reds are good for adding heat but damn them black peppercorns are just so fragrant and lovely

pink peppercorns, you say? lay it on me

Oh man, I love pink peppercorns. I had a wine and cheese party last summer and we rolled goat cheese in pink peppercorns. It was pretty incredible.

Well, I don't know about C/D but I always make sure some nutmeg goes into pasta sauces along with the pepper.

Nutmeg works great in carbonara.

"You lika da peppa!"

Weird but lovely combo, splash of balsamic and fresh ground pepper on cantaloupe.

Haha we need a separate poll regarding whether or not people taste the food before adding pepper

YES (i don't necessarily taste with pepper but i definitel ytaste with salt)

OMG Surmounter, I think you just really effectively burned me without even realizing it

omg what?

obv people who do not use copious amounts of black pepper on everything are not to be trusted

pepper burn

MORE MOAR MOOOAAARRRR, IN FACT, BRING OUT THAT JAR OF CHILI OIL YOU HAVE SKULKING IN THE BACK, PLS!!!!

That's a good fellow! While you're at it, please pour some brandy on my salad an set it on fire, too.

Maybe a better question is: do you add pepper as you cook?

yes

OF COURSE

OMG Surmounter, I think you just really effectively burned me without even realizing it

― nabisco, Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:53 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg what?

― Surmounter, Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:55 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

People Who Put More Salt On Their Food Before Even Tasting It

fresh cracked black pepper is really something, though

― elmo argonaut, Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:32 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

i sometimes add pepper as i cook but it burns easily so you gotta be careful.

I read you shouldn't because peppercorns turn putrid if cooked. Never noticed it myself.

i used a bunch of it in the slow cooker last night but there was lots of liquid for it to dissolve in.

i will cop to not being a big pepper fan. i like it in eggs and in combination with other seasonings but don't really like my foods to have a really strong pepper taste

I think I'm developing a theory that says you can add pepper at the beginning of cooking (like any spice, sauteing black pepper in oil--even if with your aromatics--can make the whole thing more peppery) and, naturally, at the end, but not in the middle.

fresh cracked black pepper is really something, though

yea, i think it's the only way to go. f that pre-ground pepper bullshit

also, i think restaurants come and do it for you maybe because big pepper-grinders like that are actually really pricey? i bought a small one and it was like $20. the tall wooden ones were priced up to like $60.

also, salt mills C/D? i love them

i just use a mortar/pestle for salt

I just go to my grotto and hack a chunk off the wall, I don't know about you.

i dispense kosher salt in a small dish. i don't even own a salt cellar at all.

I think I'm developing a theory that says you can add pepper at the beginning of cooking (like any spice, sauteing black pepper in oil--even if with your aromatics--can make the whole thing more peppery) and, naturally, at the end, but not in the middle.

maybe the way to go is to make an infused oil with the aromatics and then filter everything out so you get the essential flavors but nothing burns?

or you could do a tisane if you're not using oil.

I like pepper even more than this lady does.

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/mb/images/upload/Cruella-De-Vil-B-web.jpg

i think i was probably in my early 20s before i discovered the joys of black pepper: up until that point i had really only been aware of ground white pepper, since that's all my mother ever had in the house and is absolutely disgusting.

but yeah, tomatoes and eggs are impossible to eat without black pepper

Ground white pepper good for stuff like fettucine alfredo, recipes where pepper is needed mid-cooking.

I will still put piles of black pepper on most savoury items.

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Heh its pretty funny that everyones totally "oh yes pepper mm good lay it on me" but the salt on food thread was 28374627384 levels of crazy.

salt and pepper is a horrible false dichotomy imo

Well they're both just flavours, in the end, just like cumin or garlic or anything else. I dont know if salt's obtained an air of horror for health reasons or processed food reasons or what.