Pepper Jargon

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Pepper
Pepper

By Christine McFadden

Published 2008

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Like any specialist industry the pepper trade has its own idiosyncratic jargon. The following expressions are the ones I have come across most often.

bold A large peppercorn.

decorticated Black peppercorns from which the husk has been removed by mechanical abrasion. Decorticated berries resemble white pepper but don’t have the characteristic pungency – they taste more like mediocre black peppercorns. They are used as a substitute for white pepper when white pepper is in short supply.

FAQ Fair to average quality.