The best time for drying them is at the end of October or the beginning of November; dig them up in fine and dry weather, so as to have them clean without washing.
Soak in cold water half an hour before using.
WHITE PEPPER.
This is black pepper decorticated.
Put peppercorns in a bowl, cover with cold water, and leave thus till the skin is tender; then drain. Take the skin off, let it dry, grind it; place with your other spices, and use where directed. It takes many days for the skin to become tender.
QUALITY OF MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLES, FRUIT, ETC.
The quality of meat depends entirely on the quality of food with which the animal has been fed.
For fish, the taste or quality is according to the kind of water in which they have lived; fish from a muddy pond smell of mud, while fish from a clear brook are delicious.
The same difference exists in vegetables and fruit; their quality is according to the quality or nature of the ground in which they have been grown.