Pepper is the dried berry of Piper Nigrum. This vine, which can grow
up to ten feet tall, is indigenous to Asia. Pepper is actually a berry
that is picked about nine months after flowering. Black Pepper, the
spiciest, are the berries that are picked unripe. The berries used for
White Pepper are ripened on the vine and soaked so that their outer
skin is easily removed.
Dried ground pepper has been used since antiquity for both its
flavor...
