Ranee Mueller wrote in message ...
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(Ceridwen) wrote:

Last weekend I made a batch of blueberry preserves and had added a
little muslin bag of anise seeds for flavoring. The anise could barely
be tasted, so I added some anise oil. This stuff is very concentrated
and just one drop is enough, but I accidentally added about three
drops to the batch. I saved one jar for myself (in the fridge), and it
has a strong anise flavor. I'd wanted to give the rest of the jars
away during Christmas season, and am wondering if the 2.5 months will
be enough to mellow the anise flavor.

If not, it's good that I like the taste, as I'll probably be eating a
lot of it in the upcoming year.

I don't know if it will mellow or not. I tend to find that the
flavors in my preserves tend to be pretty close to what they are when
they are processed, that is, after the BWB. The only exception to this
I've found are vinegary things. Then again, we tend to use things up
pretty quickly around here, so maybe we just don't get a chance to find
out.

Just a quick question about your name, though. Do you mind telling
me where you grew up? I knew a Ceridwen in school, and didn't think it
was a common name in the US. Of course, you might not be in the US, but
since I didn't see a UK after the yahoo, I wondered.

Ranee, I grew up in upstate New York. It's not my real name, just my
screen name - I like Celtic mythology and Celtic-sounding names!