The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-04-14
pass THE PEPPER

W. AAi tuc AEofAatlsS WHICH are D9ctaAal DIT
snaa as favorers in his food, there is none more
common than pepper. The three importaa. pep
pers commonly found on dinner tables are white
black. and cayenne, all natives of the tropics
They are much used to stimulate diges,lon-bs
their human brethren-those hot and choloric old
nabobs Who confer benefit on the world by liv.
ing In hot climates, far removed from the haants
of civilized life. Thus the chow chows' scnr-
ries, and other dishes so reshed by your yellow
faced East aad Yves. Indians, owe their flavor
and pungency to the amount Of pepper they con-
tain.
There is one variety of the genus Piper to
which the white and black peppers belong, icy.
enne being a member Of tho genus Capsieam -
called 50 from the G reek word which signifies to
in Itself the nayo.a . great favorite with house.
mon IL grows p'entifniy ID 1anaa.s -. .ham
American islands, where it was frst discovered By
the Spaniards who gave it the name of Pinaento
de JamIica. The French call 1t the round
Glove
Black pepper is cultivated 10 large quantities
in MalAcca, Java. and especially in Samatra, the
trade of these places being almost exclusively IN
these spices A pepper garden during the ripea-
ing Of the pod. is lovely sight. being large
plot marked out into regular sqnares OF SIX feet,
| in each of which are planted young trees, called
c.akereeas. that serve as props to the pepper
vines When the prop has reached twelve feet
high, it is cut off aud the vines planted, two to
4 each prop. A vine is three years old IN coming
| TO maturity and the fruit, which grows IN long
!
berries are pueked as soon as ripe. and spread on
mats upon the ground to dry, by which process
they bee ,me black and shriveled and are import
ed here as black pepper. W this city, ana as
tributed throughout the Stat, are many mills
whs- ,epper is ground. and we are CORY TO cay
il often sophistca.ed with burnt crusts OF bread
and other adalter
The Samatrans once did Y fankee trick IN
connection with pepper, which is worth recording.
They stepped the pepper corns in water until the
l.. thavI ,=tvHf "A M
without il, sold for three times the price Of the
black as a different speciea. TO the East india
Company who then monopolzed the pepper trade
The company having swallowed the story, maze
the buyers swallow it too. and ever since We nave
had the two peppers, white and black. both CON-
ing from the same plant, but one possessing Its
coat and the other being deprived Of that nsetui
appendage and weakened in its pungeney.
Cayenae was first noticed on the coast OF GUM
ca and has been generally used by the natives oil
those climates in which it grows,a as strengthened
sor the stomach. It is an extraordinary fact, bat
still true that although savages maybe unaqnain.
ted with the polite arts theg are s.-S', y,5 -, =,
fntorned upon the subject OF gastronomy, ana 10
suit their sometimes peculiar tastes they gener-
ally discover all the edible good things which
their native soil affords. 1t cannot be denied
that hunger and the palate are great equaiizers,
and the stomach, much as we abhor gidttony
does much for civilization IN fact. his stomach
and his wants Distinguish nan from the brutss LOT
only cooking animal
The CAYENNE of commerce Is the grain Or seed
of the caspicum ground and mixed with fioir,
and then baked into little cakes in an oven; these
are again broken up aai mixed with more -four
and placed in Jars for sale. The tree or plant ID
very beautiful, and forms great ornament to
garden, bat Is very tender aud requires much
care |. is more pungent than either black or
white peppers and Is often adulterased with log
wood aud mahogany, sswdust and red lead; this
latter however. can be easily detected By placing
spoonful carefully in glass Of water when,
should it contain any red lead, il WILL from lts 52e-
cifc gravity, quickly drop to the bottom, while
the cayenne viii sink but slowly. A very plea
san. drink may be made for cold nights, aud oae
that il healthy too from pepper. Here IS 'a'
recipe:-
Place three CT four Jumps Of sugar with hall
teaspooafal Of pepper, in tlmbier aud III up
with warm water, when the sugar Is dissolved
drink
Iii not only pleasaL. 70 the palate. bat Barrni
the whole body more effsctuaily and quicker than
: any spirits. Those Of our readers who trg oul
recipe once will often during the winter waen fhe
fire buras low, ard they feel chilly, generally ex
claim 10 the language OF our caption 4 42s tha
repuer '-Scientifc .4mericcE.