On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, WILLIAM PITTS wrote: > I have a question for the group. What variety of pepper is used for the > "ground white pepper" found in grocery stores? I use this often to add > interest to dishes such as chicken and rice without adding heat. Actually I > add 3 or 4 varities of peppers in small amounts to most "plain" dishes to > make them spicy but not hot. AFAIK, white pepper is just black pepper with the outside removed. See this URL for more specific info: EPICURIOUS FOOD DICTIONARY: peppercorn http://food.epicurious.com/run/fooddictionary/browse?entry_id=9544 Chuck Demas Needham, Mass. Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all, Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well, Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it. demas@tiac.net | \___/ | http://www.tiac.net/users/demas