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Subject:     Re(2): Chinese food
From:        sgilbert@getty.edu (Samo)
Posted:      September 04, 2001 at 12:49:41
 
In Reply To: Re(1): Chinese food
             Posted by Rob on September 04, 2001 at 02:22:58

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Sichuanese food is complex and varied, and Sichuan peppercorns do not turn up in every dish, but they are quite distinctive. The Chinese word "ma2" simply means "numbing" (as in "ma2 la4 huo3 guo1," a hot and tongue-numbing hotpot); "hua1 jiao1" (literally "flower pepper") is the Chinese for Sichuan peppercorn, one of the few capsicums thought to be native to Asia.
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