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What is Szechuan pepper?
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When I taste it it resembles to me celery with a hint of anise?
So what is it exactly and where does it come from...plant or such?
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Sichuan pepper (or Szechuan pepper) is the outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum (most commonly Z. piperitum, Z. simulans, and Z. schinifolium), widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Despite the name, it is not related to black pepper or to chili peppers. It is widely used in the cuisine of Sichuan, China, from which it takes its name, as well as Tibetan, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Japanese and Konkani and Batak Toba cuisines, among others.
It is known in Chinese as huājiāo (花椒; literally "flower pepper"); a lesser-used name is shānjiāo (山椒; literally "mountain pepper"; not to be confused with Tasmanian mountain pepper). In Japanese, it is 山椒 sanshō, using the same Chinese characters as shanjiao. In Tibetan, it is known as g.yer ma. In Konkani it is known as tepal or tirphal [1]. In Indonesia's North Sumatra province, around Lake Toba, it is known as andaliman in the Batak Toba language and tuba in the Batak Karo language. In America, it is sold as fagara or flower pepper as well as Sichuan pepper.
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Stuart - Beaver sounds nothing like bum! [
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Quote from: DoctorBeaver on 10/03/2009 09:34:41
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Hah! You finally noticed! Its been like that for oooh, ages.
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Unlike chili pepper or ordinary pepper, it doesn't "burn" it sort of tingles. (That's a scientific term, honest.
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I never noticed any tingle or burn.. bu it wa a good flavor although my son had added salt to it.
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