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24 minutes ago, gulfporter said:I used to add black pepper to most dishes. But nowadays we make a lot of Asian or Mexican dishes and I find that black pepper doesn't "go" with those dishes.
Yes. That's why Chinese cuisine uses white pepper much more than black but much less than chilli. In fact, it almost always only uses black with western food (or their re-imaginations of western food).
22 minutes ago, gulfporter said:I used to add black pepper to most dishes. But nowadays we make a lot of Asian or Mexican dishes and I find that black pepper doesn't "go" with those dishes.
Yes. That's why Chinese cuisine uses white pepper much more than black but much less than chilli. In fact, it almost always only uses black with western food (or their re-imaginations of western food.
