SC - Re:Feast fit for a king
RANDALL DIAMOND
ringofkings at mindspring.com
Thu Jul 20 18:08:26 PDT 2000
In a message dated 7/20/00 3:20:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:
> Re: A fennel question
>
> It is probably a grocer's goof. Fennel and anise are both members of the
> carrot family, but they are different plants.
>
> Anise is Pimpinella anisum. Fennel is applied to several herbs mostly in
> the genus Foeniculum, most commonly Foeniculum vulgare.
>
> Bear
<<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.>>
Thank you both. I should have gone to my herb books, where is my head. Well,
at least I know they carry fennel regularly. I was more concerned about
serving it and mislabelling it myself.
Hauviette
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