Pepper is also a cooking seasoning that we usually use more. In fact, the use of pepper as a cooking seasoning is not just now, but in the long Tang Dynasty, people have long used pepper to flavor, pepper can be called the "elder" in the seasoning. At present, there are two kinds of pepper on the market, "white pepper" and "black pepper", in fact, these two peppers are processed from the fruit of the same plant, but due to the different picking time and processing methods, there are two different peppers. However, although the two peppers come from the same plant, there are major differences in taste, color, performance and use.
Pepper is widely used in cooking, with peppercorns, with pepper, but most of the time pepper is used more, because it is more convenient to use, the taste is more uniform, more thorough. In addition to some special dishes to use peppercorns, it is generally seasoned with pepper to avoid eating peppercorns and the spicy taste is too heavy to bear.
Pepper not only smells aromatic, but also has a fishy, degreasing and digestive aiding effect. It is because pepper contains a variety of alkali substances, such as: piperine, piperine and capsaicin, etc., in addition, it also contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, crude protein, crude fat and volatile oils. Therefore, the nutritional value of pepper is also very high, which is very beneficial to human health.
Both black pepper and white pepper are good for seasoning. Seasoning with pepper can relieve fishiness and is suitable for fragrant or salty dishes, pastries, snacks, and soups. For some meaty animal raw materials, such as lamb, beef, fish, shellfish, etc., pepper can not only remove the fishy taste, but also play a role in increasing the flavor; for some light and fresh raw materials or dishes, such as stews, stews, stews, vegetables, etc., adding some pepper flavoring can also play a role in increasing the flavor, and eating taste better.
It is precisely because the amount of pepper is usually more, and the price is not very cheap, generally at 40 to 50 yuan a pound, so many unscrupulous merchants are mercenary, adulterated pepper, and seek illegal profits from it. The specific adulteration method is to add white flour or starch to the pepper powder to pass off as pepper to deceive consumers.
How do we identify true from false when buying pepper? False is always false, and as long as we master an effective method of discernment, the false thing will be revealed. Remember the following "8-character tips" - "one look, two views, three smells, four tastes", you can easily identify "fake pepper", let's take a look!
One look: look at the color
High-quality white pepper is uniformly beige in color, while inferior white pepper (such as mixed with flour and starch) is white, off-white, and some are dyed yellow. Premium black pepper has a uniform black-brown color, while inferior black pepper is dark gray, dark black or tan in color.
Second view: observe the shape
If the pepper you buy is bottled, you can shake it a few times, if the pepper is soft as dust, it is a high-quality pepper; if it is shaken, the pepper becomes a small lump, it means that the quality of the pepper is not good, either it is not dry enough, or more starch or paprika is added.
Three smells: Smell the smell
High quality white pepper with a heavy flavor; high quality black pepper with a spicy smell. If it is inferior pepper, it can be determined according to the nature of the mixture, such as those mixed with paprika, which has a pungent odor.
Four tastes: taste the taste
High-quality pepper, fresh and spicy, strong flavor; inferior pepper, there are a variety of flavors, the more common taste is spicy bitter taste.
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It can be seen from the above description that as long as it is something that people often use on the market, as long as it can be adulterated, some unscrupulous merchants always rack their brains, meditate, and come up with some incredible counterfeiting methods to obtain huge profits. So we have to keep an eye on it and beware of being deceived. For pepper, although adding flour or starch will not do much harm to the body, we need pepper, not cheap flour or starch!
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