[Sca-cooks] buying chinese spices

[SilverR0se at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/2006 8:26:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
maggie5 at cox.net writes:


> SPICES. However, theres some odd import 
> restrictions on organic things.
> 
> Is there anybody familiar with what those restrictions might be, and what 
> is convenient to pick up and bring back from there, in terms of spices?  He 
> had problems trying to find sichuan pepper, but maybe it was because I had 
> described it badly.
> 

My mom just got back from China, sans any spices :(.  She was told that only 
spices  in sealed packages would be allowed into the USA.

DragonMarsh.com and World Spice have everything EXCEPT sichuan pepper. I 
found some (whole corns) about 4 months ago at Amazon.com in the gourment food 
section and order them. It were great, but when I went back to order more they 
were not there, so maybe I got the last of it. 

We can still get it ground at our local 99 Ranch Market.

Renata