Black pepper: Difference between revisions

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Black pepper is native to the [[Malabar Coast]] of [[India]],<ref name="Sen, Colleen-Taylor">{{cite book |title= Food Culture in India – Food culture around the world |first=Colleen Taylor |last=Sen |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-313-32487-1 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIyV_5wrplMC |quote=Peppers, called the king of spices, are the dried berries of a tropical vine native to Kerala, which is India's major producer}}</ref><ref name="Hajeski">{{cite book |title=National Geographic Complete Guide to Herbs and Spices: Remedies, Seasonings, and Ingredients to Improve Your Health and Enhance Your Life |first=Nancy J |last=Hajeski |publisher=National Geographic Books |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4262-1588-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DmscDQAAQBAJ |page=236}}</ref> and the [[Malabar pepper]] is extensively cultivated there and in other [[tropical]] regions. Ground, dried, and cooked peppercorns have been used since antiquity, both for flavour and as a [[traditional medicine]]. Black pepper is the world's most traded [[spice]],<ref>(2018, February 6). These are the world’s three most traded spices. ITC. https://intracen.org/news-and-events/news/these-are-the-worlds-three-most-traded-spices </ref> and is one of the most common spices added to cuisines around the world. Its spiciness is due to the chemical compound [[piperine]], which is a different kind of spiciness from that of [[capsaicin]] characteristic of [[chili pepper]]s. It is ubiquitous in the Western world as a [[seasoning]], and is often paired with [[salt]] and available on dining tables in [[salt and pepper shakers|shakers]] or [[burr mill|mills]].