Jed > wrote in
:
> On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:37:36 -0000, "mroo philpott-smythe"
> > wrote:


>>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".

I did. No success. I've looked in every known web site and spice catalog
without success. If this keeps up, I'm trucking down to Chinatown to find
them.

> 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:

'Fraid not, though I wish I were. Those were some stupendous recipes.

sq