My entry for the Spice is Right II: black pepper and strawberries

Event announcement

Barbara (Tigers and Strawberries) has set a very difficult task this month. Here is how to participate in The Spice is Right #2 – Sweet Or Savory?. The deadline for posts to be added to the roundup is 15 May, 2006 at midnight EDT.

Excerpt of Barbara’s rules:

So, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pick a spice, that is usually used in your native culture (If you are American, you can decide what I mean by your native culture – if you are Italian-American or African-American, then you take the food culture you grew up with) as either a savory or a sweet spice. You explain how it is used in your culture, and then, turn it all around, and use the spice in the opposing fashion.