On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 04:11:50 -0800, Jed >
wrote:

>On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:37:36 -0000, "mroo philpott-smythe"
> wrote:
>
>>Cape Cod Bob > wrote in
m:
>>
>>
>>> 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".

possibly the thing to do is to ask your relatives, if they are heading
into canada to get prescription drugs, to smuggle you some back from
there.

your pal,
blake
>
>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+authorhilpott&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>