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Szechuan Buttons - Eat at your own risk!!!

January 27, 2011 by athomewithrebecka 5 Comments

BUZZ BUTTONs

I received a tiny package from MarxFoods today that came with the warning... "eat at your own risk"!  Now that's my kind of adventurous ingredient! Marx Foods Mixology Challenge is on! 

This unassuming delicate flower looks harmless enough but in this case it's fragile look is very misleading!  Famous for it's "Electric" sensation on your tongue and lips the Szechuan Button is getting a big name around town with master mixologists. 

Enlisting the help of my younger children, I split half of one bud between us for a first-time taste test! 

Each consumed their portion and sat very quietly waiting for the effects to kick in. The initial prominent flavor was metal. MarxFoods describes the taste like sticking your tongue on a live battery.  Yup!  That's pretty much the gist of it!  What came next is the feeling of numbing, akin to the swab of the numbing agent from the dentist before having a cavity filled; anesthetic like, with a bit of citrus after taste.  The full effect comes several seconds later with a full-on oral 'tingling' sensation.

Half a button split between four people was quite enough to feel the impact of these "funny" buttons. The kids were not impressed with the 'weird' sensation and commented it was way too much like going to the dentist! As for me, I'm poised to begin another competition using this unusually anesthetic ingredient...I've already been putting together several recipes in my mind and hope to bring a fancy, tingly cocktail to the table for this competition.

To learn More bout Szechuan Buttons visit MarxFoods. 

I'll be posting my recipe on February 3, 2011, and voting will go live on the MarxFoods website February 7-11.  The winner will be announced on February 15, 2011. 
Wish me luck!!

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  1. girlichef

    January 29, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    I've always been intrigued by Szechuan buttons..but never actually seen any around here. Can't wait to see what you do with them!

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  2. Mindie Hilton

    January 29, 2011 at 9:18 am

    Hi, I am now a follower, this is your RWoP Bacaon girl. Your blog is beautiful. I have never tried one of those flowers, cool stuff.

    Reply
  3. Rebecka

    January 28, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Hi Gloria, Hi Joy,

    What a funny experience tasting these for the first time.

    I think these buttons are a food fashion statement for the NY City Mixologists and less for using in the kitchen for cooking. However, I'm looking forward to making my tingly cocktail!

    Reply
  4. kitchen flavours

    January 28, 2011 at 6:44 am

    I have never seen or heard of Szechuan Buttons before! Very interesting! Wow, looking forward to see your tingly cocktail!

    Reply
  5. Gloria

    January 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    Sounds very interesting. I'll have to do some research on it before I try it, but it does sound exciting.

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