Where does pepper come from?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
4.4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Black pepper is in just about everyone’s kitchen. It’s salt’s best buddy. It comes in shakers, grinders, and little paper packets. But where does black pepper come from? We asked historian Jenna Schultz from the University of St. Thomas to help us find the answer.
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| 0:59.5 | I'm Anna Weggle. |
| 1:01.2 | Um. |
| 1:03.2 | I'm winding down after a long day with my favorite hobby, watching infomercials. |
| 1:09.4 | Oh, shh-sh, here's one of my favorites. |
| 1:11.2 | At Suntilla's Spice Shop, we source the finest quality herbs, seasonings, and toothsome |
| 1:16.5 | treats from all over the world. We have cinnamon from Sri Lanka, nutmeg from the Banda |
| 1:22.1 | islands in Indonesia, oregano from Greece, black pepper from... And Hungarian paprika... |
| 1:29.0 | Hey, wait just a single second. |
| 1:31.9 | What was that last one? |
| 1:32.8 | Hungarian paprika? |
| 1:34.4 | Lovely stuff. |
| 1:35.6 | No, no, no, no, no. |
| 1:36.3 | The one before that, black pepper. |
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