In a message dated 5/8/00 3:14:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, serian at uswest.net
writes:
> Does anyone know about history of anise and when/if it was
> used in period?
The Greeks have been using it to make ouzo for as long as any of them
remember. They also used it in cooking.
Sayyid Suleyman al-Rashid ibn Beyazid