Coloured Peppercorns

[pt_tangles]

This is a question to anyone who happens by and knows more about cooking than me (Mattie and Desree, I am looking at you!):

Do colored peppercorns actually taste different than black ones or is it purely an aesthetic thing?

--Phae

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[pendamuse.livejournal.com]

Have you ever had White Pepper - the taste is a little more mild but (to me) more pronounced, and I prefer it over Black. I would imagine that white peppercorns would be the same.

I think Green Peppercorns have to be pickled and get used for Thai cooking, but it's been so long, I couldn't tell you exactly.

I found a page that might help:

http://www.waitrose.com/frontend/popups/rec_gloss.asp?uidstr=249

[pt_tangles]

I haven't actually (not that I know of). I have always just used black pepper. I have been wanting to get one of those multi-coloured jars of peppercorns that they have at kitchen stores, just to try it. Mostly what has kept me from doing it is that I only have one peppermill, and I had LOTS of black peppercorns, and I wanted to wait until I actually needed more to try a new one.

Thanks for the link ^_^

--Phae