Peppercorns: the fruit is green before maturity, after maturity for the reddish-brown or dark red, heavier color, there are scattered micro-raised oil spots, heavy flavor, hemp taste is lighter, commonly used and meat cooking, can remove the fishy taste of meat, increase the aroma. Hemp pepper: the fruit is green before maturity, after maturity becomes brown but yellowish, lighter color, the seeds are also black, hemp flavor is heavier, often used to do the Sichuan cuisine seasonings, generally more common in the hot pot.

First, the difference between pepper and pepper

1, the color is different: pepper in the raw green, after maturity for the reddish-brown or dark red, the color is very heavy, which the seeds for the black, there are scattered micro-convex oil points; pepper in the raw green, after maturity is brown yellow, lighter in color, the seeds are also black.

2, different tastes: pepper's hemp flavor is lighter, heavy aroma, often used and meat cooking together, can increase the aroma, remove the fishy meat and ha flavor; hemp pepper's hemp flavor is very heavy, lighter aroma, often used to do the Sichuan cuisine seasonings, hot pot is more common.

3, the fruit is different: pepper pericarp top few residual styles, pericarp with stomata without verruca protuberances, dry pepper color reddish; hemp pepper almost all retained styles, verruca protuberances especially obvious, pericarp in the light there are many bright spots, dry hemp pepper brown.

4, tree shape and leaves are different: pepper tree shape loose, branches are thicker and longer, thicker leaves, more 7-9 pinnate compound leaves, or even 11-13, petiole wings on the pinnate; jatrorrhiza tree shape is relatively tightly clustered some, branches are weak some, the leaves are relatively thin, more than 3-5 pinnate compound leaves, and petiole wings on the pinnate.

Second, the distribution of pepper and pepper

1, pepper China's distribution from the south to the northern slopes of the Five Ridges, from the north to the south-east of the northeast, the coastal belt of Zhejiang, southeast to Jiangsu, southwest to southeastern Tibet, seen in the plains to the higher elevation of the mountains in Qinghai, at an elevation of 2,500 meters above sea level on the slopes are also planted. Pepper like sunshine, drought-resistant, planted everywhere.

2, pepper is a specialty of Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province and other regions, in Sichuan cuisine, pepper occupies a large position, authentic Sichuan hot pot will basically use pepper. The rind of the pepper has a special flavor, but not aroma, so it is also commonly known as "stinky pepper".