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szechuan pepper, what's the point?
Can anyone say if there's any use for szechuan pepper other than numbing your tongue? Can you get good taste from it in dishes?
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using less?
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Like nearly all peppers I would think it will work well with most tomato based dishes. Certainly the Chinese use a lot of it, which is funny because its named after one of their provinces.
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Try mixing half and half black peppercorns with Szechuan peppercorns when you fill up your peppermill. it really gives just plain black pepper some real Uumph!!
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Use it in a peppermill??
, tried a few granuals raw and it's got a rather pungeunt taste and numbing effect would be good if you have mouth ulsers or toothache. Think i'll try it cooked with some tomatoes |
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Use it in a peppermill??
, tried a few granuals raw and it's got a rather pungeunt taste and numbing effect would be good if you have mouth ulsers or toothache. Think i'll try it cooked with some tomatoes It's a SPICE
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I have no idea why but I find it slightly sweeter and more aniseedy than white or black pepper.
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It has got that Anise flavour/fragrance.
Too get good flavour roast the peppercorns then pound them. A cheat is to use black pepper with 5 spice
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, tried a few granuals raw and it's got a rather pungeunt taste and numbing effect
would be good if you have mouth ulsers or toothache.