Why is black pepper, of all things, the one standard spice served with salt? RULES: You have to KNOW to answer. I can make nerd guesses too, so don't peppersplain to me unless you know pepper TRUTH.
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It is, though. And salt tastes like salt. Salty things taste salty because they either contain salt or other molecules that trigger the salt receptors in our tongues. The only difference is that few things other than pepper contain piperine naturally.
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They're not entirely neutral in the sense that they don't provide any flavour, but they're much more neutral than cumin, oregano, basil, aniseed, turmeric, etc. and that's what makes the difference.
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