pepper quotes

   A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Remark, 5 Oct. Quoted in  James Boswell  The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785).

A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter.

-Jonathan Swift
  A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Ireland from being a Burden to their Parents or Country.