Why It’s So Hard to Find Sichuan Peppercorns in America - In Season (S1E1)

[@lblake5653]

I remember almost 20 years ago I went into Chinatown in LA to find these and the shop owners looked at me like I was a DEA agent. At the time the peppercorns were banned from the US because of a fungal disease they carried. Of course I did not know this. All I knew is a recipe I was trying to make required them. I laugh about the scared expressions on the shop keepers faces when I asked for them.

[@gingergin4837]

L Blake lolololol

[@SCSilk]

Oh wow. I found it at the international market at the Farmers Market in LA in 2020.

[@Sol-In-Seoul]

Never experienced numb-tongue taste until I went to China. Americans don’t even know that taste exists. Sad!

[@pottierkurt1702]

I grow them myself in italy, I ordered a plant 6 years ago from szechuan

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

haha I am from Italy and I was wondering about growing them too....how is the care of the plant?

[@pottierkurt1702]

@@EGOCOGITOSUM I just feed it with regular granulated fertilizer 2 to 3 times a year. And when it freezes I put in of those socks 9ver it. I get about 2 kg a year of it (undried)

[@scabbage]

Nice!

[@thohru5637]

Sichuan peppercorn leaves has aromatic flavour when cooked with Pork.

[@yanbemopatton]

Yeah. The leaf is better than the seed. and best with pork. My fav

[@thounaojampunshilembi9700]

It's grown in my backyard and I didn't even know what it was

[@megatarzan2012]

I eat this in Tibetan/Nepali dishes. It took me a while to get used to the taste but now I love it and use it in almost everything I cook 😍 I call it Timur :)

[@coopers1716]

Lovely video 😊 I just cooked with Sichuan peppercorn for the first time and the numbing/vibrating sensation was unreal!

[@mr.cookie7308]

Sichuan peppercorn is an amazing godlike gift to foodies. I have not tried any extreme dishes but I've had it as a hot pepper dip for grilled pork and beef. And its truly amazing....a life changing food moment. The dip only had smoked thai hot chili peppers, sichuan peppercorn, fish sauce, lime, black pepper, garlic, and shallot. I wanted to straight up drink the dip, thats how good it was.

[@whateverlol3457]

It's so easy to find peppercorn here in Nagaland. It's available and kinda cheap

[@taniyanaik367]

This pepper is also found in Goa, India. Goan people use this pepper in goan curries

[@fryingpancakes8445]

Yo that sounds dope. I never thought they would be found anywhere outside of Sichuan. Gotta find a way to get some Goan food then!

[@kaybreilgabriel9794]

I am from Burma, and I used to consider that it can only be found in south-eastern part of Burma(Karenni State). I didn't know it is native to China(Sichuan) until three years ago when I saw it at a supermarket in Macao.

[@suyogbaraily6727]

This pepper is not just native to China.... It's indegenously found all over the Himalayas.. Known as timbur in local language....

[@Weeping-Angel]

There are hundreds of different species. I’m sure there are different varieties across China and other parts of Asia

[@augustinepan7991]

You might get hooked by it, without it you won’t eat.😍

[@thewanderingrey8830]

One day I ate too much of this at one sitting and I can't taste any other dishes after that as my tongue goes really numb.

[@abdulzahid5107]

In North West Pakistan, we have the green one,its called Dambara in the pashto language, it mostly grows in cemetery and wild,

[@toBe8ere]

I wonder if any Sichuan peppercorn importers now know about the new regulations or if they're still heat-treating them?

[@sushmajamwal8075]

We have been using it since ages. We Call it Timbruh in Jammu and Kashmir Zone. It's delicious, hot and good for heart.

[@alexcontreras6103]

I want to know the botanical name of the one in sichuan the region, im guessing they are different plants at play here. Would have been nice to bring an expert botanist. I'm growing zanthoxylum simulans but don't know if its the same one, zanthoxylum piperitum they say is the better flavor raw but is used in Japan and Korea

[@snesfan8935]

I can't imagine Chinese cuisine without this spice.

[@davidzeto2446]

Good investigation.

[@AnhTuanTV805]

*i feel great, love people in video*

[@sarahosb405]

I love this herb and my grandma used it for cooking a lot. I’m korean. How do you prononciate peppercorn in Chinese?

[@qiandai5400]

kye hyoung kim hua jiao as for 花椒

[@sarahosb405]

qian dai Thank you.

[@crabmansteve6844]

It took me years to find a good supply of these that weren't stale here in the US. They lose their volatile compounds very quickly. The difference between fresh and an old is night and day.

[@vnguyen9896]

Lol 😂 lady in the middle picking her nose is gangster and selling eggs

[@bikdali]

One of spice in Nepali cuisine. It called timur.

[@halkaramailo973]

Exactly

[@sidzzz2017]

After watching this m so happy that I have my own plants

[@greg.peepeeface]

When editing, you just had to include 3:46 of chic picking her nose because it really set the stage for deliciousness, hahaha

[@凯皓]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@revnedkram]

I went straight to the comment to find this haha

[@baniaiskhemkharkongor9930]

This pepper is called Jaiur in khasi local name (Shillong ,Meghalaya ,India)

[@RyngKatBaDPhiTogetherwithYou]

I just received a stem of this plant, how to grow it from stem? Weiloi Village Meghalaya India

[@TyamkeTimur]

Nice

[@kylin3197]

didn't know it's a citrus! i wanna try numbing citrus leaves tempura

[@NickyNightShine]

I like this video It has lots of closeups of beautiful Clarissa in it.

[@hiimryan2388]

Yomikoo perv

[@NickyNightShine]

@@hiimryan2388 i bet you liked it too

[@sunandmoon139]

@@NickyNightShine disgusting, I feel. Like you are an old man in 70s preying on Asian American woman 🤢

[@NickyNightShine]

@@sunandmoon139 What's disgusting about saying she's beautiful?

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

The Sansho of Japan is another specie that is a cousin to Sichuan Pepper, however the leaf tips are used instead of the berries. leaf tips and powdered like Matcha Green Tea.

[@awwvi7]

There is lots of them in Sioux Falls

[@cerverg]

The funny part is that thing can grow in South CA

[@CreatorIndi]

You can also find this in Himalayan region in India

[@felixpfeiffer9863]

so why did the us stop the ban? are lemons not important anymore?

[@92C201]

it has a very interesting numbing after taste...

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

The sichuan peppers used to be prohibited from bringing into US noncommervially due to the chemical content. And due to importation laws the sichuan pepper has been heat sterilized which will leach some flavor chemical. ALSO, China has many different species of the same family that have similar but stronger flavours.

[@saikokandy]

I had no problem at all to bring Sichuan peppercorns into Canada thou, didn't know we have such a rule

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Nico Zhang This was prohibited in US..not Canada...up thru the 90s. But even if you brought fresh or in a bag it would still get confiscated as it was considered an “agricultural product” because store bought imported spices are steam/heat sterilized.

[@kiuvong2667]

@@chrissonnenschein6634 ftro

[@halkaramailo973]

You guyz why you saying the sechuan pepper is chinese spice? Its nepali spice too,,in nepal people known as Timur ,,in nepal every kitchen seasoning with this shechuan pepper/timur*

[@saufi89]

Does peppercorn have a bit sour taste? I got pepper mix that have peppercorn that taste a very bit sour

[@ihatenfts501]

It shouldn’t be sour at all, maybe your pepper mix is mixed in with other spices

[@simonphoenix3789]

I tried ordering someone online and it was so crappy. it tasted like dirt and barely had even a tiny bit of numbing flavor. i tried to plant seeds here but they never grew.

[@moogoomoogoo5990]

When I buy these, they are always a mixture of hulls and seeds. So just to be clear, I just want to use just the hulls???

[@rileywebb4178]

Yes

[@kunganuanolang5236]

I'm just curious of that small herbs often used by Vlogger Liziqi in her videos

[@gingergin4837]

kunganuanolang sichuan dishes use peppercorn a lot.

[@rishadar]

I think it is out of pepper family plant is compltly different compared to pepper vines

[@1234-z8x]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULDN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE!

[@riwandamakaro8068]

Its smiler same with pepercorn bataks at indonesia..

[@feliciaagatha4929]

is this mala?

[@torangmarbun9041]

Hi, I am from indonesia. We have a lot of shicuan pepper in Indonesia. I trade it for local purchase. We call here Andaliman. If any chance , lets discuss about this unique plant. Thank you all.

[@yusm]

Andaliman is not Sichuan pepper. It's missing the 'numbing' sensation entirely, and it has a stronger citrus flavour.

[@yusm]

@Matthew I have tried all three (green + red szechuan, and green andaliman) side by side. Unless am missing out on something, I would say they are not the same.

[@elipn6909]

We call it zabrang in bodo in Assam...

[@vanitugowdagowda823]

Hei thanks ladie... Am waiting this pepper name

[@Sailorsecretindistress]

They changed the name a lot like prickly ash

[@travisdt]

really? it is all over Asian markets.

[@alexcontreras6103]

It's not spicy like Chile or pungent like Black pepper it's more intense citrus and numbing

[@chabashiratenko4lyfe]

It's called Andaliman a.k.a Bataknese Pepper.

[@johnnychang4233]

Does Sichuan peppercorn serve as the secret ingredient of Mace pepper spray?

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Sichuan Peppercorn is unrelated to chemical in pepper spray. Chillis are a nightshade plant ... sichuan peppers are berries from the citrus family.

[@danielfleck9663]

Pepper spray is actually isopropyl alcohol 95% and higher only diluted with water to have a higher yield.

[@johnnychang4233]

@@danielfleck9663 Not isopropyl alcohol but propylene glycol as emulsifier with water as filler en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_spray#Components

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

johnny chang the “active ingredientl is an extract from the chillis in the nightshade family (solanaceae) NATO & military grades are cincentrated synthetic chemical not found thus far in natural cultivars. Police scale pepper spray has the Scoville units of the current chilliscavailable. not sure if it is extracted from natural or synthesized?

[@LiLTOM-q3t]

Mean Moon in Cartersville andales

[@rksb93]

because you cant put sichuan peppercorn in a big mac

[@EvanX-fu2to]

i think it's a good idea. don't know why ppl dont like it

[@gsent56]

It's not hard to fine. I see them in every Asian grocery store that I've been to in Chicago lol

[@hiimryan2388]

K W is it strong?

[@gsent56]

@@hiimryan2388 it is when you first open it. But the bad is pretty big, so it usually gets stale lol. Love putting it in my hot pot broth.

[@yanbemopatton]

The leaf is better.especially with pork

[@joelthapa5851]

@Goldthread North Dakota and Minnesota has plenty of Sichuan trees all over.

[@felixpfeiffer9863]

but they dont have a huge lemon industry. in maine youre not allowed to grow currents because of the pine industry. i think in california currents are fine, or are they? thanks for sharing

[@felixpfeiffer9863]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHXCZJKdqMympM0 good thing this guy is not in one of those states haha

[@voicelessglottalfricative6567]

Because they come from Si Tswan.

[@btsarmyforever1621]

We have that in meghalaya too

[@jimliu2560]

Because it has to breath; if shipped tightly, it looses its flavor!

[@friscaharahap9383]

Here in North Sumatra, we picked peppercorn inside the woods.

[@Big_Boss_Ke]

Hellooo I'm from Nagaland, India I want to sell zanthoxylum which is available .

[@sipungkahnalutu7106]

i can send it from north sumatra

[@meganxia3334]

I am sichuan pepper corns supplier

[@XxCauzhavokxX]

Can we talk about how that poor lady makes 50$ a day?

[@neverletmego6414]

that's actually a lot of money where she lives. Cost of living is different in different places

[@Marc-.]

That’s about the average salary in western parts China.

[@mimosveta]

I know a white girl who looks exactly like this girl, and brihana joy gray is a black girl who looks exactly like this girl, and andrew ng is a guy who also look exactly like them... it's so weird... I guess next will be an idnian girl then...

[@eugeneliang4470]

💗💗💗

[@bigleafjo3269]

Their not better, their different.

[@CosmiaNebula]

Sichuan peppercorns are not spicy at all! They are merely tongue-numbing. The spiciness comes from chili pepper.

[@XiaoMof]

Well yes, however they also add fragrance and flavor. It is a spice.

[@heydaddy2471]

I send some to my gf in Europe and she doesn't like it

[@terramerc733]

She probably literally just bite it The taste is way too strong if you accidentally bite into its pods

[@J235304204]

That's how we get high in China, just ground the Sichuan peppercorns and snort it.

[@luci5436]

*Asian Buzzfeed*

[@coppercassiecampbell6077]

Buzzard food you say ?

[@kospencer1]

This was the zing in Sichuan food before white people brought chili pepper from the new world.

[@swbroca445]

... bout th’ c u test d a n g thangs EvrR. g’on dang th’ song y’all 🔥💋💕

[@dianpratama2003]

Andaliman

[@kg1574]

My company sells these pepper

[@coppercassiecampbell6077]

Is there only one color lipstick for Asians???

[@ismannyb8148]

I just ate sichuan chicken and it was so expensive and i didn't like the Sichuan pepper

[@coppercassiecampbell6077]

No matter, people invent other "things" this is how it worked since the beginning..throw some Chile arbol or Chile japones.in the pot and you're satisfied..I'm drunk..lol

[@raissaferreira1101]

I really enjoy your channel but I totally disagree with your approach. Although I love to be educated, I find very problematic to expect that or imply that the best quality peppers, or any ingredient, should be exported to other countries than the country which has produced these goods. I enjoy Chinese cuisine, but I strongly despise that commercial idea that we ought to have the best things of a country even more than its citizens themselves. I also constantly see it happen in South America, being Brazilian I pay more for cashews and Brazil nuts, than Americans or Europeans, considering the price per kilo and the minimum wage in both Brazil and other international countries. These happens because the demand for these products is high and living in a capitalist world huge farms and industries prefer to sell internationally and earn dollar that let us Brazilians have access to these products. This also happens with other food items as well, as Quinoa. So it is not an exception. By no means, I'm against cultural exchange, but to take parts of someone else's culture without considering the impact to the life of those that cannot pay the extra fees for their essential ingredients just because of global demand is basically wrong. I solution would be to invest in production of ingredient like Sichuan peppercorns in different places and countries across the world. Even if legal permission was needed these could be arranged by companies and governments with Chinese government. I say all this with all respect and care, as I've been watching your KZbin channel for sometime now. I don't mean to attack anyone, but to stress a pattern of consumption that may have social impacts on many lives.

[@benliu9956]

As a Chinese I can assure you that there's no need to worry. These high quality spices or other stuff are mass produced in China and only a small amount of them is exported, because basically there's far bigger market in China than in other countries as these things are really uncommon outside China. Sichuan peppercorn is the soul ingredient of Sichuan cuisine, we use them A LOT.

[@raissaferreira1101]

@@benliu9956 so good to know that. ❤

[@toBe8ere]

You bring up a good point. I've had the same thoughts about Brazilian ingredients that became trendy and other "superfoods." Especially when U.S. companies make their own version and sell it as some exotic health food when the native cultures already have commercially available products and traditional recipes.

[@izme4700]

So they’re risking our American citrus crops just to allow these peppercorns in without making sure there’s positively no citrus canker on it

[@mech2fly62]

“It’s starting to spread all over my mouth”- that’s what she said 🤡

[@royramirez2560]

"For the americans...." as if ignorance ONLY occurs in 🇺🇸 love the subject will look other vid. Eat it