Pepper Pot

This is an interesting recipe because the two most famous Pepper Pots are entirely different from this and from each other. Jamaica Pepper Pot cannot rightfully be made without cassareep (the juice of the bitter cassava) and includes crab or lobster, and Philadelphia Pepper Pot includes shredded tripe.

This eighteenth-century recipe from Hertfordshire is simple and good. All three versions probably have a common ancestry. The stew should burn the mouth, but not fiercely. Serve with