Size:2×4 Ounce Szechuan pepper consists of the outer pod of the fruit of an
aromatic shrub or small tree native to China, and now found throughout the
temperate zones of China, Japan, the Himalayas and North America. It is not
technically a pepper at all, but a member of the Rutaceae (rue or citrus)
family and closely related to the prickly ash. Szechuan pepper has a similar
action on the taste buds; instead of being hot or pungent like black, white,
or chili peppers, it creates a unique tingling, numbing pins-and-needles
sensation (the scientific name for which is paresthenia, caused by its 3%
content of hydroxy-alpha-sanshool) that prepares the palate for hot spices.
Appropriately for a member of the citrus family, Szechuan pepper is
characterized by its tart, lemony, acrid flavor; it is also woodsy and
slightly peppery, with a complex progression of flavors that Tony Hill, in The
Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices, describes as moving from
?citrus zest to numbing shock to lingering mild sweetness.?
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