 Just your typical black pepper. |
I've shot some spices and seasonings to compare their makeup. It's interesting seeing differences that aren't immediately apparent with the naked eye. For instance, the pepper above is gnarly and big. Being a dried berry of the pepper plant, it's skin is similar to that of the dried wrinkly berry from the previous post. Though smaller, blacker, and crispier.
Below is a look at more seasonings. See how the sugar and the salt are composed of completely different kinds of crystals? The sugar crystals are prism-like and often well formed little geometric shapes. Whereas the salt is sort of chippy, like chipped ice or something. Try rubbing the two between your fingers separately, and see if you can feel the difference in their structures. The sugar may feel more rolling, and the salt may feel more slippy, like all those tiny plates sliding against eachother. The difference is very subtle with such small forms, however.
I've also posted a shot of cinnamon, which, according to this report, is one of the 10 best foods for your health that you're not eating. I, of course, am eating it because it's freaking delicious on toast. Just not every day.
Also further below are red pepper (ground cayenne) and crowd-pleasing curry.
 Just regular old white sugar. |
 Just plain old sodium chloride... er, salt. |
 Tasty, and apparently good-for-you cinnamon. |
 Firey ground cayenne pepper powder. |
 Delicious curry powder. |
Send me your suggestions for something tiny that you'd like to see big.
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