Serving Dishes Re: SC - Re: The Perfect Feast
Olwen the Odd
olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Thu Jul 20 11:38:10 PDT 2000
> I've looked at pictures of fennel and anise. It appears that they are fairly
> different (at least in some period references) even though they have a
> similar taste (licoricey). I quickly checked out references in Root's "Food".
> Now, when perusing my fruits and veges isle at the local Grocers, I have seen
> what appears to be fennel root labelled as anise. I bought it anyway to try
> it out and it sure tastes like fennel.
>
> Was this a goof up on the part of the grocer,
It was a goof up on the part of the grocer or the distributor or the
marketer-- anise does NOT form bulbous roots the way fennel does. What you
are seeing is fennel.
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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