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#thursdaythrive All about Fennel
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All about Fennel!
– Fennel’s aromas can play tricks on your tastebuds. In certain wineries they used to offer fennel before wine tastings, or cook old food in it, so people wouldn’t taste how bad the wine was nor the food. Fennel makes everything taste good. In Italian they say “infinocchiare” when someone is duping you or is duped.
– Fennel is typical of the Mediterranean and its temperate climate. Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used it as an embellishment, to ornate their hair, their swords, horseback attire, it symbolized longevity and repelled spirits.
– Fennel spreads very quickly and is considered a weed in the States and in Australia. In 2010, the Los Angeles Time wrote an article on fennel conquering the city.
– Its seeds are used in herbal teas, but the entire vegetable can be juiced for a healthy snack.
#thursdaythrive Fennel
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All about Fennel
– It’s fennel’s aroma, similar to anise and star anise, but, less pungent. Commonly used in alcohol, fennel is one of absinthe’s three main ingredients.
– There are two varieties of fennel: grown and wild. The grown variety comes with an edible part called the heart, basically at the root of its leaves, sweet and less pungent compared to wild fennel.
– Its seeds are used in herbal teas, but the entire vegetable can be juiced for a healthy snack.
– The little flowers of the wild fennel, the trunk is 2 meters high, are yellow and shaped like umbrellas; you can pick them when they bloom and use them in essential oils, fresh or dry.