Derek and I spent our weekend by the
seaside,and developed a frightening addiction to fresh green peppercorns (see picture). Before your pepper is dried, it was once upon a time fresh and delicate with such a mild pepper crunch it could be enjoyed whole. Put these green peppercorns into a steak sauce and you have died and gone to heaven! Kep is also home to crab, so peppered crab is a specialty here. Derek and I spent a day with a pepper grower and I hope to share stories or give a talk about the whole experience when I return. A few
interesting discoveries -- before the Khmer Rouge Kampot pepper was famous in France, and was grown primarily by Chinese. The Khmer Rouge wiped out the Chinese and the pepper plants...left untended the fields will go wild. Families in Kampot (such as the family of the gentleman in the photos) have only started rejuvenating this amazing crop by finding elders who knew the old practices.
Derek and I spent our weekend by the seaside,and developed a frightening addiction to fresh green peppercorns (see picture). Before your pepper is dried, it was once upon a time fresh and delicate with such a mild pepper crunch it could be enjoyed whole. Put these green peppercorns into a steak sauce and you have died and gone to heaven! Kep is also home to crab, so peppered crab is a specialty here. Derek and I spent a day with a pepper grower and I hope to share stories or give a talk about the whole experience when I return. A few
interesting discoveries -- before the Khmer Rouge Kampot pepper was famous in France, and was grown primarily by Chinese. The Khmer Rouge wiped out the Chinese and the pepper plants...left untended the fields will go wild. Families in Kampot (such as the family of the gentleman in the photos) have only started rejuvenating this amazing crop by finding elders who knew the old practices.
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