On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:37:36 -0000, "mroo philpott-smythe"
> wrote:
>Cape Cod Bob > wrote in
:
>
>
>> A special greeting to the amazing, generous Chris Dieckmann, who
>> answered my plea for Szechuan peppercorns with the offer to send me
>> three packages. Chris not only charged a ludicrously small amount but
>> sent back the extra $2 I had enclosed to cover any extra shipping and
>> for "going to the store for me." Thanks again, Chris, my chicken with
>> cashews now tastes like it should.
>
>Does anyone know where I can get sichuan pepper? I have looked everywhere
>without success.
>
>I understand the agricultural restrictions, but I'm a very careful cook and
>gardener and would use my Sichuan peppercorns only for good, never for
>evil.
Can't definitively answer your Sichuan pepper query. Although I
understand it has been banned from import into the US for quite some
time, I have seen posts in the cooking groups saying that it is
becoming available again (but verify the reliability of the vendor).
You might do a Google groups search on "Sichuan".
Are you any relation to the reknowned late Col. I.F.
Khuntilanont-Philpott ) who posted great Thai
recipes regularly to rec.food.cooking? For example:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=colonel+author
hilpott&hl=en&lr=&safe=of f&scoring=d&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny =1981&as_maxd=4&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=2004&selm=rec.f ood.veg.cooking/336D6948.52E9%40vu-korat.ac.th&rnum=4>