This is a climbing perennial plant native to the islands of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. It is grown on trees which shade plantations of other plants from the tropical sun. Of all the peppers used in cookery this is the most aromatic, which accounts, perhaps, for its lack of popularity in Europe.
The first to know and use long pepper, apart from the natives, were the Persians, followed by the Greeks, who called it `peperl', or rather `peperi makron', meaning large pepper, in order to distinguish it from black pepper. The Romans, who were introduced to it by the ancient Greeks, changed the name paperi to piper and called it Piper longum.
It was used in India as a folk medicine before the Christian era and it was the Indians who introduced it to the Arabs, who called it Indian spice. Venetian merchants brought it to Europe, where it was a popular spice for centuries. In the 19th century, when English officers in Java discovered that the natives used it to treat inflammation of the urinary passages, it was also included in the list of Europe's pharmaceutics.
Purslane is an annual herb with fleshy stems and leaves. There are two forms: the subspecies P. O. sylvesois which has a prostrate stem and the cultivated form. P. O. saliva (2) which is generally erect, up to 60 cm (2 ft) high and much more fleshy.
Purslane is well known for its easy cultivation. It is propagated by seed sown outdoors in a sunny location where the plants are to grow. Growth is rapid.
The specific composition of the essential oil together with the resin present in the spice gives pepper cubeb its characteristic camphor-like aroma. Pepper Cubeb can be used in cooking as spice. It also has a nice aroma. Pepper cubeb can be grown in any free space in the garden.
The first to know and use long pepper, apart from the natives, were the Persians, followed by the Greeks, who called it `peperl', or rather `peperi makron', meaning large pepper, in order to distinguish it from black pepper. The Romans, who were introduced to it by the ancient Greeks, changed the name paperi to piper and called it Piper longum.
It was used in India as a folk medicine before the Christian era and it was the Indians who introduced it to the Arabs, who called it Indian spice. Venetian merchants brought it to Europe, where it was a popular spice for centuries. In the 19th century, when English officers in Java discovered that the natives used it to treat inflammation of the urinary passages, it was also included in the list of Europe's pharmaceutics.
Purslane is an annual herb with fleshy stems and leaves. There are two forms: the subspecies P. O. sylvesois which has a prostrate stem and the cultivated form. P. O. saliva (2) which is generally erect, up to 60 cm (2 ft) high and much more fleshy.
Purslane is well known for its easy cultivation. It is propagated by seed sown outdoors in a sunny location where the plants are to grow. Growth is rapid.
The specific composition of the essential oil together with the resin present in the spice gives pepper cubeb its characteristic camphor-like aroma. Pepper Cubeb can be used in cooking as spice. It also has a nice aroma. Pepper cubeb can be grown in any free space in the garden.
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