8 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:What are they? and what is a substitute? And if she simply refers to Turkish pepper does she mean a dried product?
Sorry for my earlier confusion. There have actually been three different versions of her "Sichuan book". First was "Sichuan Cookery"in the UK, then later "Land of Plenty" in the USA and finally the revised and expanded "The Food of Sichuan" globally. Stupidly, I was searching the wrong one, despite having all three.
Again going by the image accompanying one recipe, she is clearly using a fresh pepper, not dried. See above.
P.S. I also have the Chinese translation of "The Food of Sichuan". I'd look to see how that is dealt with it but my dear friend J has borrowed it and is travelling somewhere on business!