Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in
the family Piperaceae. It is cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried
and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is known as a peppercorn when
dried. It is approximately 5 millimeters (0,20 in) in diameter, dark red when
fully mature, and , like all drupes, contains a single seed. Peppercorns, and
the powdered pepper derived from grinding them, may be described simply as
pepper or more precisely as black pepper (cooked and dried unripe fruit), green
pepper ( dried unripe fruit), and white pepper (dried ripe seeds).
Black
pepper is native to south India. It is extensively cultivated there and
elsewhere in tropical regions. Currently Vietnam is the world’s largest
producer and exporter of pepper, producing 34% of the world’s Piper nigrum crop
as of 2008.
Dried
ground pepper has been used since ancient times for both its flavor and as a
medicine. Black pepper is the world’s most traded spice. It is one of the most
common spices added to European cuisine and its descendants. The spiciness of
black pepper is due to the chemical piperine. We can find this spice anywhere
in the industrialized world. It is often paired with table salt.
1. How has dried ground peer been used since
ancient times?
a.
for its flavor
b.
as a medicine
c.
for trading
d.
for both its flavor and as a medicine
2. What does the word native in paragraph one
mean?
a.
imported
b.
indigenous
c.
imitation
d.
irregular
3. What
does the word them in paragraph one refer to?
a.
seeds
b.
fruits
c.
peppercorns
d.
black pepper
4. What is paragraph three about?
a.
pepper trading
b.
the uses of pepper
c.
ancient times
d.
pepper with table salt
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