Happy Peppercorn Day
Bland
Jane is unsatisfied…despite the delicious mushrooms, lemon and parsley, she thinks her soup is too Blah!
Bonnet and Shawl
So Rose exchanged her pinafore for her bonnet and shawl…
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Help?
…and set off for the Carnicería to consult with Gracia.
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Solution
Gracia has a suggestion…
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Delicious
…and both Rose and Jane think she’s right – adding pepper to the soup makes it perfect!
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Happy Peppercorn Ceremony Day, which has been celebrated in Bermuda every April 23 since 1816. This is a legal transaction wherein the sum of one peppercorn is presented to the governor by the masonic lodge, as annual payment of rent for the Old State House.
A peppercorn is also legal metaphor in English law for small amounts of money – to see the wiki entry about legal and actual peppercorns, Click Here
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What a fun post! I’d never heard of this ceremony and find it fascinating – thank you for a terrific read!
You are so welcome – we think it exciting to discover things like the English legal definition of peppercorn, and can’t help but share our discoveries!
Rose and Gracia to the rescue. Hitty’s make everything better.
And pepper!
Who knew the peppercorn could be the source of so much ceremony. Thanks to the Quimper Cupboard and their human for this fascinating info.
Who knew indeed. I discovered Peppercorn Day first, but when I got further into the maze of connections, we were more and more fascinated too!