Black or White pepper?

[TiffToff88]

I know what you're all thinking: "Finally a topic worthy of debate!"

 

My question is this: do you have certain types of pepper with certain things?

 

The reason i'm asking is i just popped to Asda to get some lunch, i got a tub of Leek & Potato soup, but i always have to add pepper to ready made soups, so i bought a little pot of ground black pepper. So i get back to the office, microwave my soup, and add a healty dose of black pepper. A colleague see's me and points out that you should use white pepper with soup. I've never really given it a second thought. Wether i'm cooking with pepper or just adding it to a meal, i usually just grab whichever one i find first in the cupboard.

[General Smuts]

Black pepper on everything.

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, General Smuts said:

Black pepper on everything.

A bit racist.

[Nick]

Coarse ground black pepper at that.

[TiffToff88]

5 minutes ago, Strokes said:

A bit racist.

I wondered how long it would be before a comment like that popped up 

[EnderbyFox]

What the hell is white pepper?

[rico]

[Webbo]

I think the flavour is pretty similar. White pepper is mainly used in recipes where the black pepper would look unsightly.

[Darkon84]

Black on pasta, chilli, moussaka etc, white pepper on veg, roasts, sandwiches, soups etc.

[Oxfordfox83]

Nah-white pepper tastes like bum. Clean bum, but still... 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

White for cooking, black for topping. 

[TiffToff88]

4 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

White for cooking, black for topping. 

Thats pretty much what i was always taught. i still just grab the nearest one though

[Mike Oxlong]

Sergeant Pepper 

[Christoph]

Once you go black you never go back. 

[StanSP]

i saw this topic on the homepage of the site and first read it as 'black or white people'  

[Unabomber]

White pepper is for things where coarse black pepper would ruin the texture. White pepper therefore for smooth mash potato and soup, black for everything else.

[Great Boos Up]

Chewy mints!!!

[DB11]

8 hours ago, EnderbyFox said:

What the hell is white pepper?

Salt

[Carl the Llama]

As already mentioned white is typically used for recipes where black would affect the appearance/texture, but it smells like anus and has a nattier flavour than black pepper plus it's almost impossible to put it in a dish without getting some up your schnozzle and sneezing so I never use it at work even if it is considered the norm in the industry for certain dishes.  Besides: I think course ground black looks better in recipes where you 'should' use white pepper anyway; in my opinion it makes mash look fancier to have those flecks of black contrasting with the white and it adds a touch of visual class when you serve up a soup with some sprinkled on top so I guess like most things it all comes down to personal preference and how you want your dishes to appear.

[Claridge]

7 hours ago, Christoph said:

Once you go black you never go back. 

 

1 hour ago, DB11 said:

Salt

The black is larger than the white according to the wife.funny I've never seen her put pepper on her food?

[GaelicFox]

There is a huge difference in taste between the two ! 

 

 

[Guest Bilo]

Black pepper every time.

 

Preferably coarsely ground in a pepper mill, because I'm posh as shit. 

[Jattdogg]

Black pepper but then again love my green chillis.

[UPinCarolina]

Khrushchev: On politics, we will never agree with you. For instance, Mikoyan likes very peppery soup. I do not. But this does not mean that we do not get along.

Nixon: You can learn from us, and we can learn from you. There must be a free exchange. Let the people choose the kind of house, the kind of soup, the kind of ideas that they want.

[Bayfox]