SC - Re: A fennel question

[Jenne Heise]

> 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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