jmcquown wrote:
> Steve Pope > wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I'm farily astounded to learn that whole fennel seeds
>> are ever found in Italian sausages. I just came back from
>> the local grocery store, and I looked at each brand of
>> Italian sausage and didn't see any whole seeds.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Well, I grilled a couple of Italian links along with the burgers on
> 7/4 and yes, it contained whole fennel seeds. I was merely snacking,
> not using it in a recipe so no biggie to pick them out. But they
> were definitely in there.
>
> Jill

I've never been a fan of fennel seeds, nor is my husband. I was making an
old family recipe, one time, of what we have always called Italian Casserole
(Rotini pasta, Italian sausage, ground beef, red sauce and cheese all baked
together in a gooey mess) and I mistakenly grabbed Italian sausage with
whole fennel seed in it. I'm not kidding you; I picked out every single
fennel seed from that sausage I could find. LOL.

TFM®, my sausage loving husband, has since informed me that he'd prefer I
don't buy Italian sausage anymore because of the fennel flavor. I will
happily oblige. We were recently married at the time when I bought it and I
didn't know he didn't care for it. I knew *I* didn't; I just assumed *he*
did, because he eats just about darn near anything. We're currently a
fennel-free household. :~)

kili