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(The pebbles data could also stem from the tin can of pepper used to fill the plastic shaker with which I filled the envelope. Jane located the pepper can in the kitchen. It was a McCormick product. On it were the words “Pure Ground Black Pepper," etc., pebbles and ground being related.
(“The impression of fine, finely patterned edges. Blacks and whites.” Again, the pepper itself. When Jane opened the double sealed envelopes, she found the pepper had settled in a loose line at the bottom of the inside envelope; thus it formed a fine patterned edge, which also consisted of black and lighter colored grains even though the pepper is called black, in actuality less than half of it seemed to be black, literally.
(“A word like peck or pack.” At first, we thought these might be attempts to get at the word pepper. Then Jane remembered something of the old rhyme: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, etc.
(The 82nd envelope experiment had as object common black pepper, poured into the inner of the two regular sealed envelopes we use. Hence no drawing is necessary. Results were good.
[...] His rather long letter dealt with Dr. Childers’ nightshade diet for arthritis; the writer claimed he had a close friend who had recovered completely from rheumatoid arthritis that had plagued him since childhood, by following this diet—no potatoes, paprika [peppers], tomatoes, and a few other common foods of the nightshade family. [...]