SC - tip for when you burn the soup....

[micaylah]

> Anise, on the other hand, I disliked from childhood.  I don't like licorice 
> or fennel much either.   And despite years of having these flavors in my 
> foods, I've never grown to like them and as the cook will leave them out or 
> at least cut them to the most minimal amount.

There seems to be a certain set of people who simply dislike the
licorice-flavored seeds intensely. It's so consistent that I sometimes
wonder if it is genetic.

It's a real pity for a period cook, too, because the licorice-flavored
seeds and their relatives do seem to be widely advocated by period
herbalists and other sources as food spices, etc. because of their
digestive, stomachic, and carminative properties.
 
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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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beautiful!" and sitting in the shade..." --Kipling, "Glory of the Garden"