Spices 101: What is Pepper?
Go to your dining table right now. Go look at your place setting. What are the two things that always must be there. That’s right salt, and pepper. And don’t tell me you don’t have salt and pepper, because everybody knows a real dining table’s gotta have salt and pepper shakers. If you don’t have ’em, buy ’em. But hey, what is salt and pepper, exactly?
Actually I take that back, everyone knows what salt is. It’s salt. It’s made of sodium and chlorine and turns into a cool, white crystal rock thing that makes all food taste better. But! Let’s be real, everyone here has seen pepper before, but most people like yourself are probably dying to know what it really is. Well, I’m glad you asked.
Black Pepper
Origin: India
Appearance: Very small, round, black berries
Scent: Fruity, spicy
Taste: Spicy, dark, pungent
Foods: Like everything ever
Rareness: Common
The Snack Report: Mint Kit Kats
Sorry to kind of crap out on you guys this week and have two reviews with no recipes. But we’re still recovering from the string of Christmas, New Year’s and our anniversary so we haven’t had a ton of time to work on blog cooking. But things are finally settling down, so there should be more varied posts again soon.
We’ve reviewed different flavored Kit Kats on the blog before. The difference was that the Vanilla Ice Cream flavor wasn’t a limited edition, but a Japanese flavor. The mint Kit Kats are widely available in America, but won’t always be around. What’s up with that Hershey? Nestle lets everyone else gets fun flavored Kit Kats whenever they want but in the U.S. we only get regular flavor the majority of the time? That’s so not cool. You need to step up the Kit Kat game Hershey Company.
But I’ve digressed…let’s see how the mint Kit Kats stack up to the regular flavored ones.
The Snack Report: Cookies & Cream Pocky
I’m gonna let everyone in on a little secret here. I spent a large chunk of my childhood and early teens as a total weeaboo. You know, those dopey, white kids that obsess over everything Japanese because it’s the number one source of anime and video games in their narrow, youthful scope of the world. Fortunately I outgrew that archetype, and as an adult I have a modest appreciation for Asian culture in a more subtle, grown-up way. That said, I do have a soft spot for wacky Japanese stuff and when Meg and I hit up Asian markets once in a while to get groceries, we do end up with our fair share of zany foods and snacks. See: everyone’s favorite stick-based snake, Pocky.
Plus come on, everyone likes Pocky, right?
Pizza Lab #37: Peppermint Christmas Pizza
Happy New Year to all our faithful readers, as well as any new faces who just stumbled onto Poor Couple’s Food Guide. 2015 is almost completely gone, but luckily for you, we’ve got one last Pizza Lab to squeeze in before 2016 starts up. T’is the season to be festive, and as such we designed a true Christmastime pizza. Let’s ring in the New Year right, by eating dessert pizza!
A Merry Christmas From Poor Couple’s Food Guide!
From myself and Meg here at PCFG, we wish all our fans a Merry… no, we wish you a MIGHTY Christmas! This beautiful day happens but once a year, so enjoy it best as you can, whether you’re with family or friends or traveling or even if you have to work. Celebrate Jesus Christ’s awesome birthday party by making merry and taking in all the delicious foods of the season. If you’re Jewish, get some delicious Chinese food instead! And if you’re neither, well then just keep on keepin’ on!
We’ll resume our normal posting schedule sometime after New Year’s. In the mean time, we’ll at least be putting up a new Pizza Lab post, so look forward to that. But remember, today is but the first day of Christmas, among twelve! We hope you enjoy your Christmas vacation as much as we do, and look forward to getting some new projects going in 2016. Until then, have a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hannukah, a Cool Kwanzaa, and a Happy New Year!
(Jonesin’ for posts? Catch up on some of our older Christmas entries by clicking this link for our Christmas tag!)
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