black pepper

[Meriah Crawford]

In article <nnbtD4r0nn.D2u at netcom.com>,
Novo Nordisk Biotech <nnbt at netcom.com> wrote:
>i have heard a rumor that black pepper is made black by processing
>of green pepper with Glomerella cingulata. is this true?

I read (somewhere) recently that black pepper is green pepper that has 
been "aged" and has had a fungus form on it naturally. I don't remember 
the name of the fungus, but my understanding is that "process" would 
definitely not be the right word. 

I may have read this in rec.foods.historic ?? 

Meriah...