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no not have pepper in the house?

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bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:45

I just don't use it in cooking (use many other spices and herbs though).
I threw out a quite dusty packet 10years out of date recently.

relative is visiting and has offered to cook and asked for the pepper.

aibu not to buy any?

what are the bets that my relative will buy us a pepper shaker?

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maras2 · 31/07/2024 18:23

Weirdo.

wippandzipp · 31/07/2024 18:23

Interested to know what they are making and what alternative spices you'd use if you were cooking it? I don't particularly like black pepper myself.

LittleYellowCloth · 31/07/2024 18:21

rainbowunicorn · 31/07/2024 18:18

How do you cook, its not possible to make most recipes without using any herbs or spices?

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Agreed. My tastebuds are dying at the thought! To be missing out on such a lot of varied, deep and accent flavours!

CoolSummerDays · 31/07/2024 18:21

YANBU. I wouldn't have pepper if my husband didn't love it. I don't add it to any food, he can his after it's cooked. My stomach doesn't like it - I know I can handle a small quantity but never quite know where the limit is, so avoid it as much as possible after a very embarrassing incident at someone's house!

TheBizzies · 31/07/2024 18:20

Don't know why you bothered asking then

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 31/07/2024 18:20

Knock on the neighbours door when they start cooking and ask if they'd mind giving you a quick grind? So to speak 😂

Send one of the teens to do it as revenge for being a pain in the ass

quietdays · 31/07/2024 18:19

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:11

will still not go buy pepper <gavel>

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And we really don’t care. It’s a bit rude to your relative, but you do you.

rainbowunicorn · 31/07/2024 18:18

onwardandupwards · 31/07/2024 17:53

We don't have pepper either, no one likes it. We don't even have any herbs or spices at all. Garlic salt is as good as it gets 😂

How do you cook, its not possible to make most recipes without using any herbs or spices?

Devilsmommy · 31/07/2024 18:18

yeesh · 31/07/2024 17:48

Black pepper goes in everything surely? I don’t know anyone that wouldn’t have it

I don't have black pepper at all as it burns my tongue so it's never been brought in my house. Obviously don't own a pepper grinder either. Am I adulting wrong 🤣

DilemmaDelilah · 31/07/2024 18:17

I hate pepper. If it wasn't for my DH I wouldn't have it in the house.

chattyness · 31/07/2024 18:16

I can't stand pepper, my DH only likes black so I buy that for him .

quietdays · 31/07/2024 18:16

user8464987632 · 31/07/2024 17:46

I think its quite unusual not to have black pepper and a grinder but I don't think anyone has used white pepper since 1988

For white sauces like bechamel, mashed potatoes and Chinese food. If you like to cook it would be weird not to have white pepper.

ClydeBank · 31/07/2024 18:15

OP - You need to ask mumsnet to move this thread to ‘attention seeking’ section of the site

Turophilic · 31/07/2024 18:15

Pepper in a cheap supermarket grinder is under £2 - a small price to pay for someone cooking for you! And everyone who stays at your house and wants food

CoastalCalm · 31/07/2024 18:15

user8464987632 · 31/07/2024 17:46

I think its quite unusual not to have black pepper and a grinder but I don't think anyone has used white pepper since 1988

I use it every day

Fink · 31/07/2024 18:15

pinacollateral · 31/07/2024 18:07

You wouldn't be able to eat any food that is seasoned with pepper, at all? That must be extremely limiting. Most people use it in cooking and it is in a lot of pre-packaged/ prepared foods.

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I check the ingredients list, it's just second nature. And I make sure to tell restaurants when I'm ordering. Family keep it in the house and just add it at the table if they want, or tell me what dishes it's in so I avoid them.

If I were eating at someone's house and they had added pepper, I would force myself to eat it for the sake of the relationship and politeness. I'm not allergic to it, I just wouldn't taste anything but pepper for some time afterwards.

S0livagant · 31/07/2024 18:13

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:11

will still not go buy pepper <gavel>

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Why did you ask if YABU then? YABVU

quietdays · 31/07/2024 18:13

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:47

why?

I don't use it.

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Do you never have guests over for dinner?

Procrastinates · 31/07/2024 18:13

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:11

will still not go buy pepper <gavel>

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You sound like hard work and very petty, it's pepper not caviar. If I were the relative I wouldn't be cooking for you with an attitude like that.

OlympicsFanGirl · 31/07/2024 18:12

relative is visiting and has offered to cook and asked for the pepper

This is why you should buy some pepper.

To not to do just makes you an arse.

It's not a hill worth dying on.

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bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:11

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:10

happy to be u

it's been a looooong day with many teens earing everything in sight.

will still not go buy pepper <gavel>

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bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 18:10

happy to be u

it's been a looooong day with many teens earing everything in sight.

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S0livagant · 31/07/2024 18:09

Moier · 31/07/2024 18:07

I have a pepper mill .. it came as a duo with my salt grinder.
I've filled the salt grinder up lots.. the pepper mill hasn't been used once. Looks pretty though with the colourful pepper in.. not everyone likes / uses pepper.
I don't.

I had a set like that. I still had 2/3 of a mill of pink salt when the rainbow pepper ran out!

nokidshere · 31/07/2024 18:09

Because it's cheap and you have a guest coming who has offered to cook for you and needs pepper.

Just let your relative take it away when they're done if you don't use it.

I agree with the above. Sounds like you just want to be obstructive for no reason. If the relative needs pepper for the recipe just get some.

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 31/07/2024 18:09

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:47

why?

I don't use it.

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Well don’t open a thread on it then.