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Anise
This nOde last updated August 23rd, 2002 and is permanently morphing...
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Originally from Asia Minor and Egypt, anise now grows throughout the Mediterranean. Turner's 1551 Herbal recommends it "maketh the breth sweter." The oil's delightful taste still flavors pharmaceuticals, confections, toothpaste, "licorice" candy in the United States, and numerous alcoholic beverages around the world such as French anisette, Turkish raki, Latin American aguardiente, Latvian kummel, Spanish ojen and Greek ouzo.

Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Extraction: Distilled from the seed, anise has a sweet, licoricelike scent. The oil solidifies at room temperatures.

Medicinal Action: Anise is calming, and it reduces muscle spasms, indigestion and coughing. It is also mildly hormonal, increasing breast milk.

Emotional Attribute: Smelling anise enhances relaxation, sleep patterns, emotional balance and even a sense of humor. It relieves stress from overwork. Said to be aphrodisiac, anise overcomes heartache.

Considerations: The oil can be narcotic and can slow circulation, so be careful. Although it may not be detrimental, it should be avoided by those with problems related to high estrogen. The anethole found in anise causes skin dermatitis in sensitive
individuals.

Associated Oil:
Star Anise (Illicium verum) --This Oriental tree oil has similar chemistry and scent, so it sometimes replaces anise. It is distilled mostly from seed and occasionally from the star-shaped fruit. The related I. religiosum was once combined with rue and
pyrethrum as a fumigant to keep bugs out of books.

• Anise is the scent on the artificial rabbit that is used in greyhound races.

first mention of anise in Usenet:

From: ihuxi!cjy (ihuxi!cjy)
Subject: Pizza sauce - some thoughts
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Date: 1982-10-27 23:30:54 PST
 

About rodolf's pizza sauce, I have some thoughts.  My first one is to go to Aldi's or some other generic grocery store and use their spaghetti sauce right out of the jar.  It costs just slightly more than tomato paste and already has most spices in it.

If you are bent on making your own sauce, I will divulge my collection of spices and they are garlic powder ( Not salt ), oregano, and ( the secret! ) anise.   Yes, anise, the stuff really makes one heck of a sauce.  Oh yeah, before I forget, maybe you should taste it and see if its sweet enough.  If not, add a little sugar.

                        Chuck Young
                        at  ............ihps3!ihuxi!cjy

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