Schezuan peppercorns

"Anita Amaro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

AFAIK nothing - their flavor is unique.

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I threw all mine out. I found the taste and smell to be very
strong - like camphor and choked me when ever I used them.
Won't use them again.
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"Anita Amaro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

Anita Amaro said:

or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

Anita,

I hope this is the right Anita ;-). Have you tried the Asian
supermarket in the 100 block of King St. E. in Kitchener?
It's just about across the road from Fiedler's Meats. I know
they have it there.

Ross.

Anita Amaro said:

or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

Did you try any Asian shops? That's really about the only
place you will find them. I brought my most recent pack in
from the UK earlier this year. I could look in our Asian
shops and send you some.

There really is no substitute.

Arri London said:

Anita Amaro said:

or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

Did you try any Asian shops? That's really about the only
place you will find them. I brought my most recent pack in
from the UK earlier this year. I could look in our Asian
shops and send you some.

There really is no substitute.

Definitely no substitute. I've been out of them for 3
years, which has really affected my Szechuan cooking. It
used to be my primary at- home cuisine. I can't find any
source in Albuquerque. If you could order some for me from
your British connection next time you score, I would be
VERY grateful.

Bob

No One said:

I threw all mine out. I found the taste and smell to be
very strong - like camphor and choked me when ever I used
them. Won't use them again.

Did you dry saute them and crush them with coarse salt? Wish
you'd sent them to me. Last time I checked the ban on
importing was still in effect, but I haven't checked in a
while, having found that taking a toddler to Chinatown is a
waste of time for both of us. blacksalt

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BubbaBob rnorton@_remove_this_medlab5.unm.edu said:

Definitely no substitute. I've been out of them for 3
years, which has really affected my Szechuan cooking. It
used to be my primary at- home cuisine. I can't find any
source in Albuquerque. If you could order some for me from
your British connection next time you score, I would be
VERY grateful.

Szechuan peppercorns are now illegal in the US (but not in
Canada [AFAIK], where the OP is). Nevertheless, many Asian
markets have them "under the counter". (Hint: if they say
they don't have Szechuan peppercorns, ask if they have
"prickly ash". That's how I found it labeled.)

--
Seth Goodman

BubbaBob said:

Arri London said:

Anita Amaro said:

or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as
a substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

Did you try any Asian shops? That's really about the
only place you will find them. I brought my most recent
pack in from the UK earlier this year. I could look in
our Asian shops and send you some.

There really is no substitute.

Definitely no substitute. I've been out of them for 3
years, which has really affected my Szechuan cooking. It
used to be my primary at- home cuisine. I can't find any
source in Albuquerque. If you could order some for me from
your British connection next time you score, I would be
VERY grateful.

Bob

LOL! I will share some of my pack with you. Given how many
times my bags were searched on this last trip, I'm sort of
surprised they weren't confiscated. But then most of the
spices imported into the EU are irradiated anyway.

As security gets tighter and tighter, it probably will be
the last pack I can bring in.

But I thought I saw some at either Ta Lin or 99 Banh? Will
need to check again.

"Anita Amaro" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

I just purchased four ounces from CMC Company in Avalon, NJ
and they arrived last week. They have a small and dwindling
supply... Nice company to deal with, btw.

Judy Bolton said:

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or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use as a
substitite?

Thanks,

Anita

I just purchased four ounces from CMC Company in Avalon,
NJ and they arrived last week. They have a small and
dwindling supply... Nice company to deal with, btw.

With each trip to France, I buy two spices: Schezuan
peppercorns and Quatre Epice. Just ask anyone who travels
abroad. Just because Dept of Agriculture bans it, does not
mean you will die if you eat it. Sort of like banning
unpasturized camambert cheese.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the relig-
ion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
-- James Michener

Afraid not. Just crushed them, used them and found it so
undesirable that I sorta thought they might be bad and so I
just dumped the whole bag in the garbage, about a pint jar
of them and essentially swore off anything that required
them in cooking.
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No One said:

I threw all mine out. I found the taste and smell to be
very strong -

like

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camphor and choked me when ever I used them. Won't use
them again.

Did you dry saute them and crush them with coarse salt?
Wish you'd sent them to me. Last time I checked the ban on
importing was still in effect, but I haven't checked in a
while, having found that taking a toddler to Chinatown is
a waste of time for both of us. blacksalt

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With each trip to France, I buy two spices: Schezuan
peppercorns and Quatre Epice. Just ask anyone who travels
abroad. Just because Dept of Agriculture bans it, does not
mean you will die if you eat it. Sort of like banning
unpasturized camambert cheese.

er, I think the issue with these corns is that they may
carry a disease that will attack domestic citrus trees.

I'm glad the quarantine people for Oz are vigilant. We still
have Dutch elms.

ant

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With each trip to France, I buy two spices: Schezuan
peppercorns and Quatre Epice. Just ask anyone who travels
abroad. Just because Dept of Agriculture bans it, does not
mean you will die if you eat it.

I think you'll find your Department of Agriculture is more
concerned with plant diseases the peppercorns may carry,
rather than what they'll do to _you_.

Rhonda Anderson Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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BubbaBob said:

Arri London said:

Anita Amaro wrote:
>
> or Hua Do, I can't find them locally. What can I use
> as a substitite?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anita

Did you try any Asian shops? That's really about the
only place you will find them. I brought my most
recent pack in from the UK earlier this year. I could
look in our Asian shops and send you some.

There really is no substitute.

Definitely no substitute. I've been out of them for 3
years, which has really affected my Szechuan cooking. It
used to be my primary at- home cuisine. I can't find any
source in Albuquerque. If you could order some for me
from your British connection next time you score, I
would be VERY grateful.

Bob

LOL! I will share some of my pack with you. Given how many
times my bags were searched on this last trip, I'm sort of
surprised they weren't confiscated. But then most of the
spices imported into the EU are irradiated anyway.

As security gets tighter and tighter, it probably will be
the last pack I can bring in.

But I thought I saw some at either Ta Lin or 99 Banh? Will
need to check again.

Thanks, all for your responses. Our local Asian shop is
probably has them, but the language barrier is huge... but
I did find them a couple doors down at an Indian Spice Shop
we frequent.

Go figure.

Thanks again,

Anita

Arri London said:

LOL! I will share some of my pack with you. Given how many
times my bags were searched on this last trip, I'm sort of
surprised they weren't confiscated. But then most of the
spices imported into the EU are irradiated anyway.

As security gets tighter and tighter, it probably will be
the last pack I can bring in.

But I thought I saw some at either Ta Lin or 99 Banh? Will
need to check again.

Arri, They arrived yesterday. Many, many thanks. What a
nostalgic aroma!.

Bob

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With each trip to France, I buy two spices: Schezuan
peppercorns and Quatre Epice. Just ask anyone who
travels abroad. Just because Dept of Agriculture bans
it, does not mean you will die if you eat it. Sort of
like banning unpasturized camambert cheese.

er, I think the issue with these corns is that they may
carry a disease that will attack domestic citrus trees.

That's true. It is a bacterial disease, which has been
endemic in the US since 1910 and breaks out periodically.
Although one outbreak in 1995 in Florida began near the Miami-
Dade airport, the sources of the others before and since
don't seem to have been traced. There doesn't seem to be any
evidence that Szechuan peppercorns are involved. After all
people don't routinely spread the things under citrus trees.

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I'm glad the quarantine people for Oz are vigilant. We
still have Dutch elms.

ant

Probably not. The *disease* was called 'Dutch'; the elms are
not. It is a fungus spread by beetles. Northern Europe and
the US still have elm trees.

Rhonda Anderson said:

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Quoted message said:

With each trip to France, I buy two spices: Schezuan
peppercorns and Quatre Epice. Just ask anyone who travels
abroad. Just because Dept of Agriculture bans it, does
not mean you will die if you eat it.

I think you'll find your Department of Agriculture is more
concerned with plant diseases the peppercorns may carry,
rather than what they'll do to _you_.

Rhonda Anderson Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

az just doesn't care, in his small little world, since
citrus doesn't grow in or effect the economy of *his*
northwestern territories. If a ban on imports had anything
(even slightly) to do with the seafood or anything else
from the Warshington area (or Sweeden), he'd be all over
someone like stink on [censored], for even *thinking* of
smuggling the banned substance. It's OK unless it effects
his small little world.

BOB

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Rhonda Anderson said:

I think you'll find your Department of Agriculture is more
concerned with plant diseases the peppercorns may carry,
rather than what they'll do to _you_.

Rhonda Anderson Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

And AFAIK there is zero evidence the fungual disease is even
present on the dried peppercorns or that it can be
transmitted via them, yet they are banned as well as live
plants that can carry the disease.

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Thanks, all for your responses. Our local Asian shop is
probably has them, but the language barrier is huge... but
I did find them a couple doors

down

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at an Indian Spice Shop we frequent.

Go figure.

Thanks again,

Anita

I have found that some Asian markets keep them hidden and
will pull them out if you ask (and don't look like an
inspector!).

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Peter Aitken

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