It can be used with pretty much any dish ? starting from the breakfast with the mouth-watering egg bullseye, which even the single guys can make, to the elaborate dinner dishes that are the pride of the womenfolk. Always crush the whole pepper to experience the full-on taste. Pepper can be powdered with an electric grinder and it is recommended to store quantities of about 100 gm for easy access while cooking. You may also want to keep the spice in an attractive pepper grinder on the dining table. Pepper, (genus?Capsicum),?genus?of more than 30?species?of flowering plants in the?nightshade?family (Solanaceae), several of which are extensively?cultivated?for their edible, often pungent?fruits. The genus?comprises?all the varied forms of fleshy-fruited peppers, including the mild?bell peppers?that are used as a?vegetable?and the hot peppers, such as?habanero?and?tabasco, that are used as relishes, pickled, or ground into a fine powder for use as a?spice. Some peppers are grown as ornamental.