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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I threw out a quite dusty packet 10years out of date recently.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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poetryandwine · 31/07/2024 20:30

If a guest offers to cook for me, I am happy to provide for their cooking needs within reason. Why would you not spend about £1 on a disposable black pepper mill so someone could cook for you?

IpsyUpsyDaisyDoos · 31/07/2024 20:30

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.

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Not in ours. DH hates it, I can take or leave it so we don't use it in cooking, no one wants it on their dinner and we don't miss it.

Occasionally my dad likes it on beans on toast, but he wouldn't care if it wasn't there.

Waste of money, even if it is only 40p, and a waste of pepper for us to buy it.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 31/07/2024 20:29

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 used it today. It's useful in e.g. white sauces where you don't want little black specks.

Sattareh · 31/07/2024 20:26

White pepper is everything. White pepper on buttery Swede, divine . Black pepper I can take or leave but for a quid it’s good to have some.

Girlking · 31/07/2024 20:26

ClydeBank · 31/07/2024 18:15

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

This ^

the80sweregreat · 31/07/2024 20:25

White pepper is ace and livens up most meals and soups . I like black pepper too.
It's ace.

WatchOutWatchOut · 31/07/2024 20:25

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 31/07/2024 17:56

White pepper is fantastic in mashed potatoes and I prefer it in scrambled eggs too.

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Yep, me too, in mash, white sauces (fish pie) and scrambled eggs. I use it more than black pepper, but I love black pepper too.

LlynTegid · 31/07/2024 20:23

I don't have it either.

Supermacs · 31/07/2024 20:23

YANBU

Halfheadhighlights · 31/07/2024 20:21

Just buy a small cheap pepper grinder and give it to your guest when they leave

Bertsmum22 · 31/07/2024 20:19

Because a guest is cooking at it costs £1. Why all the drama?!

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 31/07/2024 20:18

KimberleyClark · 31/07/2024 17:48

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

There are recipes which use white pepper. I use it in a cucumber and yogurt dish where you don't want black pepper showing.

quietdays · 31/07/2024 20:14

dogmandu · 31/07/2024 20:14

Totally agree with this. Get some Telicherry pepper and grind over your food. It takes the whole meal to another level.

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The best pepper!

dogmandu · 31/07/2024 20:14

SauvignonBlonk · 31/07/2024 17:50

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

Totally agree with this. Get some Telicherry pepper and grind over your food. It takes the whole meal to another level.

Waffle78 · 31/07/2024 20:09

I love pepper I buy the pre filled pepper mills from home bargains or b&M.

quietdays · 31/07/2024 20:08

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime Tbf you can’t really compare serving someone who is allergic and will be ill from the food to someone just not liking it.

TruthThatsHardAsSteel · 31/07/2024 20:08

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

We have white pepper for use in Asian recipes 😁

justasking111 · 31/07/2024 20:06

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 bought some recently to deter the puppy from eating, door architraves, skirtings, rugs, stair runners and plastered walls. 🙄

Omlettes · 31/07/2024 20:06

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?

The triviality/pointlessness of some mumsnetters posts has to be seen to be believed.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 31/07/2024 20:06

BreadInCaptivity
Each to their own

Just so. If a guest wants pepper on their food, by all means let them have it; if they started putting it on mine, I would object because I dislike the taste of pepper really rather a lot – and yes, I can tell when it has been added while the food is being cooked, because the food then tastes nasty to me.

If someone is cooking in my house as a kindness to me, maybe they should grind their pepper onto their food and not put it into mine! I don't suppose they would go to the house of a vegetarian and cook her a nice juicy steak, or the house of someone with a gluten intolerance and ever so kindly make her a pie with a wheat flour shortcrust pastry.

quietdays · 31/07/2024 20:06

Imagine making a Spaghetti Cacio e pepe without black pepper..

BebbanburgIsMine · 31/07/2024 20:04

I don't have pepper at all, and never have.

Why would I have it when neither DD or me have it in anything? I don't think it's unusual to not have it.

Differentstarts · 31/07/2024 20:02

RampantIvy · 31/07/2024 19:34

Or you could see it from the point of view that Indian food tastes wonderful, chicken fajitas ars delicious, a fragrant Thai curry tingles the taste buds and a pizza always benefits from a sprinkling of oregano.

Herbs and spices don't or shouldn't mask the taste of food, but should enhance dishes.

Surely you must understand that?

Have you never eaten anything other than bland plain cooked food?

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The fact you said fragrant put me right of I don't want my food to taste fragrant. I don't like Indian food either. I'd be fuming if someone put oregano on my pizza, I want to taste the pizza if I wanted to taste oregano I eat oregano

PyongyangKipperbang · 31/07/2024 20:01

RampantIvy · 31/07/2024 19:41

@PyongyangKipperbang I have a couple of friends who don't drink tea but they know how to be a good host, and keep teabags in for visitors. I'm assuming you don't have many tea drinking visitors?

Tea loses it flavour after being open for a while, I would literally use it twice a year tops. Then it would go in the bin, such a waste.

quietdays · 31/07/2024 19:58

Greyrockin · 31/07/2024 19:55

White pepper is a crucial ingredient in my mash potato! And I make great mash 😋

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Same here. And my dh made small potato pancakes from left over mashed potatoes, added extra white pepper and they were sooo good.