The bathing tradition involves extensive massaging of warm til-oil containing pepper corns, betel leaves.

These include; nutmeg, black pepper corns, cassia (Cinnamon) bark, sesame and cumin seeds.

Glass eels have black beady eyes like pepper corns.

In the first half we visit India to look at Pepper and find out that Black pepper corns are traditionally sun dried.

Next up was Helene, who made a saffron risotto, topped with scallops that were crusted in a red pepper corn smoked sea salt, wrapped in burdock root.

Its major agricultural products include rice,wheat,soybean,sweet potato, pepper corn,vegetables and fruits.

Ingredients usually include: kaffir lime peel and leaves, lemongrass, green pepper corns, galangal, garlic, pea eggplant and chilli.

There is also the must-try soup, pork stomach with whole pepper corns and pickled mustard.

Poach for stock with onion, carrot, bay leaf, pepper corns.

When I enterd the kitchen, I first diced some garlic, which I then sauteed and then coarsely ground some pepper corns into the mix.