If you're ever in a restaurant and see Szechuan dry fried string beans or mapo tofu on the menu, check it out. I live near a couple Asian markets that stock the

If you're ever in a restaurant and see Szechuan dry fried string beans or mapo tofu on the menu, check it out. I live near a couple Asian markets that stock the sichuan peppercorns and various other numbingly spicy things (oils, bean pastes, etc.) in stock. Pop literature: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-szechuan-peppers-make-your-lips-go-numb-5668606/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-szechuan-p... Research that article is based on: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.1680 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2013.168...