CHICKEN STOCK
Ingredients
4 litres water
1&1/2 kg chicken bones
150gm whites of leek
3 onions peeled
100gm celery
1 sprig coriander leaves
2 bay leaves
3 cloves
30gm white peppercorns
Method
1. Cover chicken bones with cold water and bring to a boil. Take the bones out.
2. Put the bones and 4 litres of water into a stockpot and bring to a boil. Skim off the scum.
3. Add the vegetables, herbs and peppercorns and boil for 40 minutes.
4. Strain and keep stock in the refrigerator.
Pepper Vine
The plant is unisexual, with separate plants bearing male and female flowers. The berries are rounded and peppery and they turn from green to red.
Pepper Berries
Pepper is used in many Asian countries both as spice and a stimulant; to treat colic, rheumatism, headache, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and menstual pains; to remove excessive gas in the system; and to increase the flow of urine.
Pepper Farm
A typical pepper farm. Harvesting starts in April, reaches a peak in May and continues through to September.
Wild Pepper
This is an erect herb with long runners which develop into plantlets. Leaves are simple and heart shaped.The roots are used in chinese medicine to treat toothache. The leaves are used in Malaysia to treat headache and pains in the bones. In Indonesia, the rootlets are chewed with betel nut and the juice swallowed as a remedy for coughs and asthma.
