Sichuan pepper and pepper are the same, hemp pepper is a different variety. For the Brassicaceae, pepper genus deciduous shrubs or small trees, can be planted alone and can be used as a protective hedge. Its pericarp can be used as a seasoning, and can be extracted from the aromatic oil, but also can be used as medicine, the seeds can be eaten, but also can be processed to make soap.

Pepper is China's unique spice, ranked in the seasoning "thirteen spices," the first. Whether braised, marinated, small dishes, Sichuan pickles, chicken, duck, fish, sheep and cattle dishes can be used to it, can also be coarsely ground into powder and salt mixed for pepper salt, for dipping. Divided into two kinds of pepper and step pepper, for good seasoning spices, but also can be extracted oil, oil yield in more than 25%.

Ma pepper Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province, a regional specialty of pepper. Hemp pepper light color, dark green after maturity, air-dried brownish-yellow; pepper color heavy, brownish-red. The flavor of mace is heavier than pepper, especially numb. In Szechuan cuisine hemp pepper occupies a large position.

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The peppercorns are commonly used as a spice in Szechuan cuisine, but they are planted in the north and the south of the country, and the peppercorns from the northwest of the country are the best in quality. "Hancheng big red robe pepper", "Yuncheng big red robe" and other fine varieties, and the local Sichuan Hanyuan pepper is also a good product. To maroon for the top pepper, brown-black second; hemp with an aromatic odor, for the fine pepper, light hemp flavor and no aroma, is inferior.

Hemp pepper to hemp-based, hemp flavor than pepper heavy, its hemp flavor strong and long-lasting, there is "authentic spicy hot pot must be used hemp pepper," said. In addition, the rind of the hemp pepper has a special flavor, but not pure pepper flavor, so there is a "stinky pepper" name.

Nowadays, many Szechuan restaurants will use it with hot chili peppers such as Chaotian pepper, to make a spicy and flavorful, so that diners can not stop the heavy dishes. However, what many people don't know is that there is no such thing as "mace" in Sichuan.

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