Black pepper has a spicy history

Black pepper has a spicy history
The matchup began in the days when salting was the only way to preserve meat and fish. Pepper was added before eating, to make the salty food more palatable. Sailors who lived for months at a time on salted meat always carried pepper with them.

Spicy history of pepper
NEW YORK Salt and pepper have been partners for so long that hardly anyone questions how they happened to form such a last-ing relationship. The matchup began in the days when salting was the only way to preserve meat and fish. Pepper was added before eating, to make the salty food more palatable.

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