Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:25:33 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
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>>I don't know about whole celery seed and ground celery seed. A lot of
>>ground spices go stale pretty quickly. Sometimes it seems worthwhile to
>>grind your own. Sometimes it isn't. My father had a "pepper" grinder
>>devoted to fennel seeds.
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> I use the Penzey's ground fennel seeds quite a bit. Very good in
> Harry's tomato sauce.
>
> Carol
Damn.. another item I never knew existed!! I use whole and never had a
problem with it. I like using whole spices better I guess? No complaints
or problems with texture or presence in a dish.