I feel that pepper is not a spice. Anybody wanna accept my statement?

Question

is pepper a spice? Dictionary says its a condiment with spreads aroma. But pepper doesn't spread aroma. Then how come it is said to be a spice?

Answer 1

It is a spice.

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

*U are entitled to yr opinion !!!!!

But the public need not accept it  ~~~~ cause they too are entitled to their opinion!!!

& i reitearate that pepper is a spice !!!!

Answer 4

I can definitely smell pepper. I think that the dictionary definition is implying that it spreads its own aroma.

Spices can come from any part of the plant. This is not your argument, but it has been made. Cinnamon is a bark, cloves are a dried flower bud, chilli's are a fruit, ginger is a root, nutmeg is a seed and saffron is the stamen of th flower.

Also you should use multiple reliable sources for definitions. Merriam-Webster defines it as 'any of various aromatic vegetable products (as pepper or nutmeg) used to season or flavor foods.'

MSN Encarta 'Spices, aromatic flavourings made from parts of plants.'

American Heritage Dictionary : 'Any of various pungent, aromatic plant substances, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, used to flavor foods or beverages. '

SO from these definitions I think that pepper qualifies.

Answer 5

I don't believe you when you say the definition is "a condiment with spreads aroma." Maybe if you'd said "which spreads aroma.."

Pepper does have aroma. You must not have a strong sense of smell. In fact, pepper has so much aroma that it often causes people using it to sneeze as the loose powder enters the nasal cavity when they apply it to food.

Answer 6

by aroma, pepper and it's variations are fragrant. try smelling some. and they also can change how a food tastes. so yes it's a spice.

Answer 7

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The same fruit is also used to produce white pepper, red/pink pepper, and green pepper.

Its use is always as spice and it has distinct aroma!

Answer 8

If it's a condiment - I would challenge you to eat a handful............

Answer 9

pepper is a spice, so is salt. pepper does have a very distinct aroma.

Answer 10

Freshly ground pepper has a strong aroma.  If your pepper doesn't, your probably using old, preground pepper.  Don't even bother.  Buy a pepper mill and whole peppercorns.

Pepper has been a major spice since ancient times.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_peppe...

Answer 11

sorry even i donot want to accept with u r statement

Answer 12

Hmmm.... I would say that it's a spice. It does sort of spread aroma, if you really think about it.

Answer 13

i dont want to accept your statement, you make me sick.

Answer 14

pepper is king of spices,

if freshly ground the smell is very strong,

that it can not only make you sneeze

but also can make your nose burning red.

the pepper you might be using is not fresh.

Answer 15

MY pepper spreads aroma. Yours must be very stale but then again you're entitled to your opinion so I accept your statement.

The Muse

Answer 16

pepper is spice dear. If dont y v use in our food.

Answer 17

pepper is spicy but it is very helpfulll to health whenever we fell ill in case of cough and cold is good adding with milk and turmeric powder.ayuverdic treatment i try when i fell ill.

Answer 18

I do not accept

Answer 19

The history of the spice trade is, above all, the history of pepper, the ‘King of Spices’. Pepper has been moving westward from India for 4000 years. ...

www.theepicentre.com/Spices/pepper.htm...

Answer 20

spice-yes

Answer 21

Black pepper is produced from the still-green unripe berries of the pepper plant. The berries are cooked briefly in hot water, both to clean them and to prepare them for drying. The heat ruptures cell walls in the fruit, speeding the work of browning enzymes during drying. The berries are dried in the sun or by machine for several days, during which the fruit around the seed shrinks and darkens into a thin, wrinkled black layer, the result of a fungal reaction. Once dried, the fruits are called black peppercorns.

so you are right Its not a spice its a  fruit ..........