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Old 17-07-2003, 10:23 AM
Matthew Montchalin
 
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Default anise or fennel?

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Henriette Kress wrote:
| I am perhaps confused or misled by the passages in my gardening
| book that say that
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| anise
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|Feathery leaf, much like chervil
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| cilanthro
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|VILE smell, and coriander seed when it's done
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| fennel
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|Dilly leaf, possibly bulbous stem at ground level
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| licorice
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|Not in the same family at all.

Finally, I have heard some people tell me that "Italian" parsley
does not taste like 'regular' parsley, but has a different taste
altogether. Is it similar to cilanthro (which to me has a tangy,
metallic sort of flavor) or something else altogether?