Butcher Black Pepper
by Alive Herbals
$6.40
Black Pepper Butcher: Descriptions: With black pepper, seasoning food is a lot easier. Being a peppery spice, one would expect it to have that one specific function. However, its use in cooking introduces a certain taste aroma and flavor that amplifies that overall feeling and leaves the taste buds craving for more. It is definitely a spice to use if you are looking to expand your taste buds. Malabar pepper, or Malabar black peppercorns, as they are called in a lot of areas, is a particular brand of black pepper that was aptly named as a result of its region of original cultivation. Sourced from Malabar in India, the black pepper spice is now a major ingredient in most Indian diets and is especially used in Kerala as the spice of choice. History suggests that malabar pepper was once a highly sought-after commodity by Arab traders and the ancient Romans, and it would slowly become known and equally desired in Europe as its use spread globally. The whole black peppercorns are sourced from the plant known as Piper nigrum, a member of the Piperaceae family, and its fruit, which is a drupe, is cultivated for its use as a spice. It typically appears as a black or dark red fruit and is…