Show spices from the tropics pepper grows in clusters of small round berries on a vine that is widely cultivated in the netherlands east indies as well as in india and other parts of asia the berries are picked before they are fully ripe and laid in ill the sun to dry they become dark and black looking as seen in cans of whole peppers white pepper which is popular for salads and other light foods where specks might be objectionable is made from the same berry after the outside dark skin has been rubbed off it is much milder than black pepper because the chief flavoring oils are more predominant in the outer coating than in the inner berry |