Pink Pepper?

[my_psychosis]

Hi. Does anybody know what pink pepper is and where I can get some? I found a recipe for Seafood Cannelloni that calls for it, also I heard Martha Stewart mention it once. Thanks for any help.

[chrose]

Pink peppercorns are not actually peppercorns but dried berries that happen to be a bit on the spicy side. Often times they are sold in a multi pepper mixture for grinding. You can find them at spcialty shops and you can get them at http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/shophome.html

[risby]

Originally Posted by chrose

Pink peppercorns are not actually peppercorns but dried berries that happen to be a bit on the spicy side. Often times they are sold in a multi pepper mixture for grinding. You can find them at spcialty shops and you can get them at http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/shophome.html

I believe they are actually berries from Poison Ivy: recent NYTimes article

[chrose]

Originally Posted by risby

I believe they are actually berries from Poison Ivy: recent NYTimes article

Actually that statement is misleading. Belonging to the same genus is not necessarily akin to being the same plant. For instance in the Lamiaceae family (basil etc.,) there are over 6700 species. So they would be berries that are in the same family, but aren't poison ivy. Just like not everybody that comes into contact with PI will get it.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/r/rhurad/rhurad1.html

[AprilB]

Relatives of deadly nightshade, and actually the flowers and leaves are toxic.

It always makes me wonder what person was brave enough to find out which part of toxic plants are edible. Did they draw straws or something?

(Same with vegemite, only I'm guessing a few Aussies were making bets over their 12th round of beer )

April

[risby]

Originally Posted by risby

I believe they are actually berries from Poison Ivy: recent NYTimes article

Well, in fact folks, there are two things wrong with my statement above:

• when I say "believe" I meant I "had read" in a book by Prue Leith, "Leith's Contemporary Cooking". It was just a passing comment by her though, given without latin names or anything checkable.
• the "recent" NYTimes article was from March 31, 1982 (I just saw today's date beneath the title top left of page )

[lifer]

actually a berry coming from baies rose plant origanally cultivated in madagascar. (Schinus terebinthifolius)

[auzzi]

Australian Newspaper article [Aust product]

" Pink or rose peppercorns
Pink peppercorns are fully ripe pepper berries soaked in brine to prevent them turning black. Pink peppercorns have a sweet, almost fruity taste and can be toxic in large quantities. Dried pink peppercorns are not from the pepper vine, but come from the schinus tree species. Schinus peppercorns have a juniper flavour and are quite different from true pink pepper."