Henriette Kress wrote:
|Matthew Montchalin wrote:
|
| |Licorice is NOT in the Apiaceae. It's in the Fabaceae; and its leaf
| |does not taste or smell of anise - the root tastes of sweet sweet
| |licorice, instead.
|
| Is the oil in the licorice root have the same chemical makeup as the
| oil in anise or fennel?
|
|Nope. But most licorice candy is made with anise oil instead of
|licorice...

Why is this the case? Does it take longer to raise licorice than
anise? Or is it because of tort liability, some people being allergic
to one but not the other?