SC - Gallstones are NOT bile...
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Mon Jul 24 06:20:11 PDT 2000
BalthazarBlack at aol.com wrote:
>
> No, the aniseed we use in cooking (the one you described) is not toxic. the
> author of that post is mistaken. Star Anise is not toxic, either. I don't
> know of any anise that is toxic, but evidently there is one species out there
> which is harmful (or maybe not...I haven't done the research).
Nor I, which is why I asked. I suspect that this either A) incorrect, or
B) literally and theoretically correct, but not necessarily of any
practical significance: along the lines of saying nutmeg is a dangerous
hallucinogen. It is, but... . On the other hand, if I've been
misinformed all this time, I'd certainly like to know that, too.
>
> Get back to cooking, Master A. There's nothing to see here... move along.
Yeah, but it blowed up real good!
A., rubbernecker at heart
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Phil & Susan Troy
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