SC - Anise & Fennel

[Jane M Tremaine]

Star Anise is not toxic.  My Lord husband Sean, made a wonderful Star Anise
Aquvit and won a 1st place in liquors at the Del Mar Fair a few years ago.

Jana

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> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Jenne Heise
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 7:27 AM
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: SC - Anise & Fennel
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> > >The species I think most of us are familiar with is Star Anise:
> > >I. verum (Chinese anise, Star anise) Small, rounded, evergreen
> tree with
> > >inversely lance shaped to narrowly elliptic, sharply tapered,
> glossy, dark
> > >green leaves, to 6 in (15 cm) long.  Star-shaped flowers, 1/2
> in (1.5 cm)
> > >across, with pink or red -flushed yellow tepals, are borne in
> ealry summer,
> > >followed by glossy, red-brown fruit. 60 ft. (18m) tall by 20 ft. (6m).
> > >China, Vietnam, Zones 7-9.
>
> This one-- Star Anise- might be toxic, but I don't think so. I'm not sure
> if it is period.
>
> The cooking anise most of us are familiar with (Pimpinella anisum) is one
> of the Umbelliferae
> (related to parsley), an 2-3 foot tall fringy annual which forms small
> crescent-shaped seeds. All parts of the plant taste and smell like
> licorice, and it is non-toxic.
>
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
> 	"Scratch a lover and find a foe." -- Dorothy Parker
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