pepper pot

Thân thiện

A chef shakes a pepper pot over a simmering pot of soup.

Definition

Noun: 1. A container for ground pepper: A small shaker, typically with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper onto food. 2. A type of spicy soup: A thick, seasoned soup, often containing vegetables, tripe, and dumplings, and characteristically flavored with peppercorns.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Container):
  • She reached for the pepper pot to season her salad.
  • The silver pepper pot matched the salt shaker on the dining table.
• Noun (Soup):
  • The restaurant's famous pepper pot is especially popular on cold days.
  • He learned to make traditional pepper pot from his grandmother's recipe.

Advanced Usage

• "Pepper pot" as a cultural dish: In some Caribbean and American regional cuisines, "pepper pot" refers specifically to a slow-cooked stew known for its spicy, complex flavor, often made with meat, cassareep (a cassava root sauce), and hot peppers.

Variants and Related Words

• Pepper shaker: A direct synonym for the first meaning (container).
• Peppercorn: The dried berry from the pepper plant, used whole or ground, which is a key seasoning in the soup.

Synonyms

• For the container: pepper shaker, pepper mill (if it grinds whole peppercorns).
• For the soup: spicy stew, seasoned soup.

Related Phrases

• To pass the pepper pot: A literal phrase used at the table when asking someone to hand over the pepper shaker.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
2. a soup made with vegetables and tripe and seasoned with peppercorns; often contains dumplings

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pepper shaker
• pepper box
• Philadelphia pepper pot