Why is white pepper so expensive and/or hard to find?
This drives me crazy. I love white pepper on stuff – chicken, pork, mashed potatoes, etc. But out here, it costs $4 for a tiny bottle (usually by McCormick). I buy it in bulk at a health food store out here and it costs less. But what kills me is that it comes from the exact same freaking plant as black pepper, and it costs WAY more per unit weight than black pepper. I looked up the process of creating white pepper and it’s not like it’s complicated to process it.