Pepper

Does the mouth take time ascertaining that it has encountered popper? In other words, is there a delay recognizing pepper?

I ask because you know I am 9/10s blind. I can't see if I have peppered my food. Since I quit using salt after my first heart attack, i probably use more pepper than others. But I have noticed I can not tell how much pepper I have sprinkled on my food until I have exceeded what I like.

I need to go back to using my grinder - three turns and I was set. My eggs this morning tasted like peppered steak. Maybe I screwed up and used pepper cheese. No, if i did that stuff would have been so old.