Eleutherococcus
piaba (Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:12:40 PST)

hi jim,

as i understand, the importation of sichuan
peppercorns into the US was enacted due to fears of
the citrus industry. as you know, these peppercorns
are not in the pepper family (neither Capsicum --
Solanaceae -- nor black pepper -- Piperaceae) but a
true citrus.

if i recall correctly, some kind of compromise was
reached so their importation is now allowed with
certain provisos.

--- Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> wrote:

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