Ouzo
My wife always liked black licorice flavors, and I wanted her to experience Ouzo. My father had traveled to Greece and talked about drinking cool Ouzo in the hot sun while resting on the pristine beaches. I found a recipe for Original Ouzo that called for both star anise and aniseed. As I thought these were two names for the same spice, I just doubled the amount of anise in the recipe. These are not two names for the same spice! Star anise has about twice the licorice power of aniseed. Star anise looks like these small star-shaped seed pods with dark brown rounded seeds. Aniseed is striped seeds that almost look like fennel. Star anise are actually in the magnolia family, and aniseed is a parsley. Watch out for 'fake' star anise, which can be toxic. I only buy star anise from a trusted source.
My wife always liked black licorice flavors, and I wanted her to experience Ouzo. My father had traveled to Greece and talked about drinking cool Ouzo in the hot sun while resting on the pristine beaches. I found a recipe for Original Ouzo that called for both star anise and aniseed. As I thought these were two names for the same spice, I just doubled the amount of anise in the recipe. These are not two names for the same spice! Star anise has about twice the licorice power of aniseed. Star anise looks like these small star-shaped seed pods with dark brown rounded seeds. Aniseed is striped seeds that almost look like fennel. Star anise are actually in the magnolia family, and aniseed is a parsley. Watch out for 'fake' star anise, which can be toxic. I only buy star anise from a trusted source.
My wife always liked black licorice flavors, and I wanted her to experience Ouzo. My father had traveled to Greece and talked about drinking cool Ouzo in the hot sun while resting on the pristine beaches. I found a recipe for Original Ouzo that called for both star anise and aniseed. As I thought these were two names for the same spice, I just doubled the amount of anise in the recipe. These are not two names for the same spice! Star anise has about twice the licorice power of aniseed. Star anise looks like these small star-shaped seed pods with dark brown rounded seeds. Aniseed is striped seeds that almost look like fennel. Star anise are actually in the magnolia family, and aniseed is a parsley. Watch out for 'fake' star anise, which can be toxic. I only buy star anise from a trusted source.
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