Scet wrote:

> When I use spices such as cloves, fennel, cardomom pods and star anise, my
> kids complain about chewiing on a whole clove or fennel etc.
> Scet

I put my whole spices in a little muslin tea bag (you can buy them at
tea shops), fish it out at the end of cooking, turn inside out over the
garbage, wash by hand with a very mild soap.
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