GreenPeppercorns on the stalk in bunches

[rotuts]

there is new Thai restaurant in my town

 

exceptionally fine

 

odd for the 'burbs

 

Ive gotten the Duck w broad rice noodles 

 

and lime leaf and green-peppercorns three times.

 

they must think I like GPC's   I do

 

but todays dish had these :

 

 

I carefully dissected out single pepper corns and eat them that way.  plenty hot for me

 

then I though , it be unfortunate if someone didn't know what these are and bit into a full cluster

 

they'd be in the ER in no time.

 

does any one buy GPC in clusters like this ?

 

mighty hot they are.

[KennethT]

I love fresh peppercorns in the cluster.  One of my favorite (but now closed ) thai restaurants used to serve a few dishes that use fresh peppercorns - I don't know where they got them from - but they weren't preserved, they were fresh and had such a fantastic flavor... very different from the dried or preserved ones... before that place in NYC, the only place I had seen fresh peppercorns was in SE Asia.  At one point, i was actually thinking about growing them!

[rotuts]

my thinking that these are fresh , then added to the dish.

 

they are not pickled.  and have a crunch to them.

 

and are very peppery.   

 

that's different than Hot as in chili peppers , such as thai birds.

 

a few at a time are delicious 

 

and very noticeable 

Edited September 26, 2019 by rotuts (log)

[Okanagancook]

Very occasionally our Superstore has fresh green peppercorns.  That's crazy because Penticton is only 30,000 people and quite WASP'y.  The are fresh when green.  If dark green/brown they are not fresh.  They offer a unique taste as do many Thai herbs...Thai Basil/lime leaves come to mind.

[KennethT]

Yes, I love the combination of green peppercorns, kaffir lime leaf and grachai - which is sometimes called lesser ginger... it has a very distinctive flavor and tastes nothing like ginger... it is similar to galangal but different... hard to describe - I've never tasted anything like it, but now keep a package of it in my freezer.