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Thursday, November 04, 2004

Star Anise



Nice work scanner.

Previous photo scanned from a colour reversal photo taken in Augusta.

12 Comments:

Blogger Anthony said...

Nice but the liquorice taste is one of my least favourite tastes - possibly tracing back to some unfortunate evening with ouzo. Seems a shame to have them just sitting around though,

11/05/2004 07:34:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love liquorice but star anise is not a favourite, except in Chai....have you had High Tea at Leaf in Cottesloe? Very nice sweetie, daarrrling. Nicole www.craftapalooza.com (too lazy to sign up)

11/05/2004 11:39:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Nicole! You make your own soap and you 're too lazy to log in to blogger!?

Tea v. coffee is the one irreconcilable difference between me and Toni (oh two including drum kit) and I haven't been there but I might take her there when I'm feeling gallant or clocking up some brownie points.

11/05/2004 12:07:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

pretty. anise is tops in my book, followed by fennel, then licorice. or, pastis, pernod, then sambuca.

11/05/2004 03:34:00 pm

 
Blogger Reid said...

Hi Anthony,

Star anise smells nice, but the taste is definitely not tops in my book. I do eat pho, which is seasoned with star anise, but I don't like it if the flavor is too strong.

11/06/2004 01:19:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Reid agreed.
Phon and Santos almost had me going there until Santos mentioned sambucca and then I went pale and had to hold on to something. To my credit, I have never attached flaming sambucca shotglasses to my nipples.

the Anise makes a nice screen saver so I've put a bigger version here for y'all.

star anise big

11/06/2004 04:30:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

caraway and aquavit, then. thick pork chops, seasoned with sea salt, sage leaf pressed on both sides. place in a blistering hot cast iron pan, sear in its own fat, then flambée in copious amounts of aquavit set aflame. the licorice flavour is a fantastic addition there.

i am so tempted to change my desktop photo to the star anise but i like mine.

11/07/2004 08:03:00 am

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Hey hands off the anise for a blog photo, it's mine I tell ya. Rupert Sheldrake flambe alert, I finished off some kebabs in flaming rum and had the good sense to keep a lid handy this time.

11/07/2004 01:11:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Nice pic but do you really want to be pork buns?

11/07/2004 01:17:00 pm

 
Blogger santos. said...

oi, that's ms.pork bun to you. anyway, that's a truffle, squidgazer.

11/07/2004 03:38:00 pm

 
Blogger Anthony said...

Santos - whoops. Truffle it is (although it could be one of those duck-rabbit perception things)

Anthony
Ack. Cough syrup. Some kind of elite faux junky slumming? No offence meant to Star Anise, it's my own folly that's at fault.

11/08/2004 07:41:00 am

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't find star anise at the asian market. Is fennel an acceptable substitute to make pho?

12/20/2006 09:09:00 am

 

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