On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:30:18 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger wrote:

> gloria.p wrote:

>> Do you use different peppers now? I've always thought I'd like to have
>> a mill filled with white or mixed peppercorns, but I always fall back on
>> Tellicherry.
>
> We usually have a few hanging out in the kitchen. Black, white, red and
> green. I think the green ones are Schezuan peppercorns and thus
> actually a different species.

my understanding is that green peppercorns are unripe peppercorns of the
same type as black peppercorns. szechuan peppercorns are something else
entirely:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan_pepper>

i don't think the szechuan peppers would work in a grinder very well. if i
want them in particles, it's the mortar and pestle.

your pal,
blake