Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Tuesday's Cupful: Cracked Peppercorn




Shaking up a dish with peppercorn
Peppercorn has been a valuable spice for centuries. It’s actually a berry. The color varieties are black, red, green, and white. Black pepper can be found right next to the salt shaker on most kitchen tables. French and Chinese cuisines often call for the white variety, which is not as common. Shirley’s Coffee Shop in Guam has a whole menu section of salt and pepper dishes using shrimp, pork chop, chicken, and fish (pictured with pork and shrimp here is mahi mahi). Each dish may come with a hefty portion of Shirley’s fried rice. Most authentic Chinese restaurants offer salt and pepper dishes. Sometimes the simplest seasonings bring out the most
flavor.

1 comment:

  1. When I was dating my wife many years ago, I used to take her to the one in Agana, across the beach. There was a redheaded waitress that worked there. Gosh, can't remember. She always made us feel welcome. I liked the Tao Si or anyone of them Shirley's Special omelettes.

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