[cyberdoc]

Originally Posted by French Fries

I'm pretty sure they're wrong when it comes to pink pepper. A quick search for "Euonymus phellomanus" will show you that those baies don't even look like a peppercorn, and certainly aren't what we think of as pink pepper.

Furthermore, many other articles, including some linked in this thread, say that pink peppercorns are Schinus terebinthifolius, the very tree we find here in Los Angeles. Those are the ones that look like pink peppercorn.

I will defer to your expertise. I do remeber that Alton Brown once did a Good Eats episode titled Major Pepper about peppercorns, but I don't remember all the detail. It airs again on Dec 11.

[DC Sunshine]

Originally Posted by jerkseasoning

mmm! Cornish pasties DC - were you born in Great Britain?

Not born in Great Britain, spent couple of years there, true blue Aussie here

Lots of British influence in food here though, and they are soooo nice. They just don't taste "right" to me with any pepper but white.

[French Fries]

Originally Posted by cyberdoc

I do remeber that Alton Brown once did a Good Eats episode titled Major Pepper about peppercorns, but I don't remember all the detail. It airs again on Dec 11.

I found it! YouTube - Good Eats Season 10 Ep11 (1/2)

He does say the pink pepper we eat is indeed Schinus terebinthifolius, the one we have here.

Good Alton Brown episode in fact, thanks for pointing me to it!