Throughout history, cooks coveted them, merchants made fortunes on them. Peppercorns were valued as much as gold; and comprised part of the ransom for Rome.
A Pepper Primer for you dear readers, along with two recipes!
For thousands of years this spice held its value both to cooks and to traders. Debts, rent and dowries might be paid with pepper and family fortunes could be turned by a smart marriage to a pepper-wealthy bride. As the value of other currency fluctuated, peppercorns held their own.
Pepper in Past
It’s said that the words “Sprinkle with pepper and serve" are the last step in the first cookbook, at least the oldest surviving cookbook. It dates back to the 1st century Roman gastronome Apicius.
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