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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 23 Nov 2005 03:10:06p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ranee
> Mueller?
>
>> In article >,
>> (S'mee) wrote:
>>
>>> Ugh, I hate Anise -- tastes like licorice to me. But see, therein lies
>>> the problem -- I'm an herb idiot. I know very little about them.

>>
>> I hate anise, won't eat fennel, don't like any of those licorice
>> tastes (even dried basil tastes a bit too much like licorice to me), but
>> I do like tarragon. Go figure.

>
> That's funny, I love both anise and fennel, but I can barely tolerate
> tarragon. There's just no accounting for taste, neither mine nor anyone
> else's. :-)
>


I love fennel, I love basil, I tolerate tarragon on occasion (maybe on fish or
poached chicken), and I will use anise sparringly.

But I HATE HATE HATE anise liqueuers. Just cannot stand them.

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