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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I threw out a quite dusty packet 10years out of date recently.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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Fifteentreefrogs · 31/07/2024 17:50

I'm with you. I never owned pepper. I have some now because my DH bought it. I've never bought any in my entire life.

SauvignonBlonk · 31/07/2024 17:50

It’s up to you OP but I think you’re missing out. Fresh black pepper is gorgeous!

PeloMom · 31/07/2024 17:49

YANBU. Every house is different. You’ll never find sugar and onions in my house. It’s just not something we use. Even if it’s 1p I wouldn’t buy them as I don’t need them.

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bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:49

no pepper mill.

last time I used pepper it was to bake christmas spiced biscuits.

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LittleYellowCloth · 31/07/2024 17:49

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 white pepper regularly, in Chinese dishes, and in things like white sauce where black specks would spoil the look of the finished dish. It’s stronger than black pepper.

Procrastinates · 31/07/2024 17:49

How can you not use black pepper? It's so versatile, useful, lasts ages and cost about 40p. I'd be very surprised to find it wasn't in someone's cupboard.

Raaraathelionrah · 31/07/2024 17:49

Is it a reverse?! Have you said you’re making a meal when visiting and host has asked you to buy a pepper grinder if you want to use it?!

Cornettoninja · 31/07/2024 17:49

bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:47

why?

I don't use it.

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let your guest keep it?

Didimum · 31/07/2024 17:49

Should anyone care?

thebluebeyond · 31/07/2024 17:48

Why is it a big deal? just get a little pepper shaker for about £1.10.

ActualChips · 31/07/2024 17:48

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2024 17:46

Do you not have a black pepper mill? Freshly ground black pepper is ace.

Presumably not, as she doesn't use pepper.

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2024 17:48

I use white pepper to season the veg when I do a roast.

yeesh · 31/07/2024 17:48

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

Raaraathelionrah · 31/07/2024 17:47

Yeah you need to buy one. You can get one from Morrisons for like 56p . It’s just a normal thing to have in. So normal I wouldn’t think to ask someone if they had it in.

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bluecomputerscreen · 31/07/2024 17:47

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 31/07/2024 17:46

Buy one, a pepper grinder is about a quid.

why?

I don't use it.

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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

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2024 17:46

Do you not have a black pepper mill? Freshly ground black pepper is ace.

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 31/07/2024 17:46

Buy one, a pepper grinder is about a quid.

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