Is szechuan pepper still banned from importation? Why?
I used my last few grains last night and now I have NONE. It is an
essential ingredient to one of my favorites - chicken and cashews
(with hoisin and szechuan pepper).

Does anyone know a source. Black market?? Anyone have a stockpile
and would be willing to share? Anyone have a relative coming in from
Asia who would smuggle some in for me? Know of a "dealer" in Asia?

"Cape Cod Bob" > wrote in message
...
> Is szechuan pepper still banned from importation? Why?
> I used my last few grains last night and now I have NONE. It is an
> essential ingredient to one of my favorites - chicken and cashews
> (with hoisin and szechuan pepper).
>
> Does anyone know a source. Black market?? Anyone have a stockpile
> and would be willing to share?


Hehehe.


Anyone have a relative coming in from
> Asia who would smuggle some in for me?


Hehehe.


Peter (Law-Abiding Citizen)

They're available again. My local Chinese supermarket got them in
about 1 month ago. You can also get them on-line. Both these places
had them the beginning of Nov.

http://www.thecmccompany.com

http://www.adrianascaravan.com



On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:24:59 -0500, Cape Cod Bob
> wrote:

>Is szechuan pepper still banned from importation? Why?
>I used my last few grains last night and now I have NONE. It is an
>essential ingredient to one of my favorites - chicken and cashews
>(with hoisin and szechuan pepper).
>
>Does anyone know a source. Black market?? Anyone have a stockpile
>and would be willing to share? Anyone have a relative coming in from
>Asia who would smuggle some in for me? Know of a "dealer" in Asia?

"Dr.Needles" > said about szechuan pepper:
> They're available again. My local Chinese supermarket got them in
> about 1 month ago. You can also get them on-line. Both these places
> had them the beginning of Nov.
>
> http://www.thecmccompany.com
>
> http://www.adrianascaravan.com

Why were they unavailable?

Warren

They had some kind of disease which was effecting the citrus crops.

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:05:35 GMT, "Warren C. Liebold"
> wrote:

>
>"Dr.Needles" > said about szechuan pepper:
>> They're available again. My local Chinese supermarket got them in
>> about 1 month ago. You can also get them on-line. Both these places
>> had them the beginning of Nov.
>>
>> http://www.thecmccompany.com
>>
>> http://www.adrianascaravan.com
>
>Why were they unavailable?
>
>Warren
>

Cape Cod Bob > wrote in message >. ..

> Does anyone know a source. Black market?? Anyone have a stockpile
> and would be willing to share? Anyone have a relative coming in from
> Asia who would smuggle some in for me? Know of a "dealer" in Asia?

I have three, unopened, 50g packets of whole peppercorns that I bought
the last time I was in Sichuan province. They're not off-the-tree
fresh, but certainly the equivalent of anything you'll find being sold
here. I'm probably going back to Sichuan for an indeterminate length
of time, so won't be needing them...if you're interested I'd sell them
as a lot for a much less than anything I've seen online...hey, just
need to scrape all my dimes together!

On 6 Dec 2003 08:47:16 -0800, (Chris Dieckmann)
wrote:

>Cape Cod Bob > wrote in message >. ..
>
>> Does anyone know a source. Black market?? Anyone have a stockpile
>> and would be willing to share? Anyone have a relative coming in from
>> Asia who would smuggle some in for me? Know of a "dealer" in Asia?
>
>I have three, unopened, 50g packets of whole peppercorns that I bought
>the last time I was in Sichuan province. They're not off-the-tree
>fresh, but certainly the equivalent of anything you'll find being sold
>here. I'm probably going back to Sichuan for an indeterminate length
>of time, so won't be needing them...if you're interested I'd sell them
>as a lot for a much less than anything I've seen online...hey, just
>need to scrape all my dimes together!

Chris, I sent email to spamcorral at yahoo and removed the spam. If
that' snotyour address, let me know.