Scott- I've been out of town all week and just read your post about Prickly ash. It grows wild here in Texas in many places, and is known locally as "tickle tongue". I chew it often for the tangy orange-peel flavor. The peppercorns you describe are the seed berries which can be dried and used later. Calvin Ashkenaz, Scott wrote: > Thanks for all of the responses on this odd spice. The Epicurious dictionary > describes that it comes from the prickly ash tree. Has anyone seen sources > for this tree in the US? > > scott@once again finding that everyone knows something I don't