pepper in England hotels
Jun 17, 2018, 2:50 pm
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pepper in England hotels
The pepper in a regular shaker at the table at the two hotels near Heathrow where I ate was the spiciest and best pepper I have ever had. I've been trying to find pepper like that since I got back to the US but can't find it anywhere. It was white and the same coarseness as any regular table pepper here. I tried some white pepper from the store here and it was way too finely ground into a powder and it didn't have much flavor at all.
Also I had some cayenne or Thai looking skinny red peppers from a jar like a pickle jar, super hot, great on sandwiches, when I was in France. I can't find that either. (I'm talking about a different kind of pepper here.)
Any ideas where to get this stuff?
Also I had some cayenne or Thai looking skinny red peppers from a jar like a pickle jar, super hot, great on sandwiches, when I was in France. I can't find that either. (I'm talking about a different kind of pepper here.)
Any ideas where to get this stuff?
Last edited by Dubiox; Jun 17, 2018 at 3:03 pm Reason: added location
Jun 18, 2018, 5:32 am
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The fact that you found it in 2 hotels leads me to believe that it came from a large foodservice provider. In the US that would likely be Sysco. In the UK, I have no idea. I looked up peppercorns on Amazon and got 73 pages. Good luck.
Jun 18, 2018, 1:36 pm
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I have noticed that table pepper in Britain is always the same as what you describe: it looks whiter than the pepper we get here and is spicier, but it isn't white pepper. I always just assumed the Brits used a different cultivar, but a few minutes of Googling didn't yield any details.
Jun 19, 2018, 1:48 pm
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Assuming it’s come from a food service provider, there are myriad possible suppliers. This sector is somewhat of an oligopoly in the UK.
Potential distributors include 3663, BidVest, Brakes, Booker, Bestway to name a few. Apologies as this isn’t that much use!
Potential distributors include 3663, BidVest, Brakes, Booker, Bestway to name a few. Apologies as this isn’t that much use!