cybercat wrote:

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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"Scott" wrote in message
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I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to
figure out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over
Italian sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't
stand. I think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

-ss

Yes. Lots of spicy sausages have fennel seeds. It provides a nice
counterpoint to the hot spices.

I caught a blast of fennel on a piece of Domino's pizza last weekend.
It had sausage on it. (And was twice as good reheated in the toaster
oven so that the bottom crust was crispy .... best Domino's I've had
in ages.)

I love Usenet. I've always considered liquorice and anise to be about
the same thing. I don't care for either. Then there's this dictionary
def of anise: "liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes
or pickles". But here I learn that that flavor in sausage is from
fennel. Now there's something else in the category for me not to care
for.

(But I've never met a sausage I didn't like. Go figger.)


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In article ,
says...
I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite into
a seed you really notice the taste.


Gosh, heaven forbid that we should notice any tastes while eating.

Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much stronger
if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of flavours, not just
fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...
I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite
into a seed you really notice the taste.


Gosh, heaven forbid that we should notice any tastes while eating.

Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of
flavours, not just fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

Oh bite me "I like the taste of fennel". You're tilting at windmills
pretending you don't comprehend my meaning.

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...
I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite
into a seed you really notice the taste.


Gosh, heaven forbid that we should notice any tastes while eating.

Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of
flavours, not just fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

Oh bite me "I like the taste of fennel". You're tilting at windmills
pretending you don't comprehend my meaning.



Anything to win an argument, even if one does not exist.

Scott wrote:

I've never really like most Italian sausages and I'm trying to figure
out why. Anytime I order pizza I choose pork sausage over Italian
sausage. To me it has a black liquorice taste that I can't stand. I
think I've narrow it down to either anise or fennel seed.

Fennel, which is one reason wsy I like Italian sausage.




Brian

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won't shut up.
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jmcquown wrote:


I like the taste of fennel but as Barb pointed out, if you bite into
a seed you really notice the taste.

You say that like it's a bad thing.




Brian

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won't shut up.
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In article ,
says...
Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of
flavours, not just fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

Oh bite me "I like the taste of fennel". You're tilting at windmills
pretending you don't comprehend my meaning.


You think one thing and write something else, and expect people to read
your mind.

I treat people on this group with respect and assume (until proven
otherwise) that they are smart and literate enough to write what they
mean. I don't think it's my place to assume that you or anyone else is
too ... shall we say limited ... to write what you actually mean.
Perhaps I am wrong.

--
Peter Aitken

Peter A wrote:


Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much stronger
if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of flavours, not just
fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

That was what it looked like to me...... bite into a seed and really notice
the taste, as opposed to the taste being distributed more evenly though the
sausage.

Peter A wrote:
In article ,
says...
Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of
flavours, not just fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

Oh bite me "I like the taste of fennel". You're tilting at
windmills pretending you don't comprehend my meaning.


You think one thing and write something else, and expect people to
read your mind.

I treat people on this group with respect and assume (until proven
otherwise) that they are smart and literate enough to write what they
mean. I don't think it's my place to assume that you or anyone else is
too ... shall we say limited ... to write what you actually mean.
Perhaps I am wrong.

Let me spell it out for you. If I wanted to bite down on fennel seeds in
order to taste fennel, I'd pop a bunch of fennel seeds in my mouth and chew
them up. I like the taste of fennel in Italian sausage. But I would prefer
they used ground fennel because I don't like biting down on the seeds and
having that sudden overwhelming taste of fennel above all else in the
sausage. Is that better? Because even if it's not, I'm done.

On 2007-05-01, Peter A wrote:

I treat people on this group with respect and assume (until proven
otherwise) that they are smart and literate enough to write what they
mean.

I won't repeat the worn out old adage about "assume".

I don't think it's my place to assume.....

You're running it into the ground.

that you or anyone else is
too ... shall we say limited ... to write what you actually mean.
Perhaps I am wrong.

No, but you come off as a pompous boor. Not everyone is an English
major. But, I'm confident you're smart enough to read between the
lines and decipher what most folks mean to convey, whether they do or
not. If you want to be a crusty ol' curmudgeon, at least do it with
some humor and panache, not just the same ol' pendantic "I know more
than you" schtick. It's so boring. C'mon Pete, you're better than
that.

nb

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
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Peter A wrote:


Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger
if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of flavours, not
just
fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

That was what it looked like to me...... bite into a seed and really
notice
the taste, as opposed to the taste being distributed more evenly though
the
sausage.

ditto. pretty clear to me. as was the explanation. as was the explanation
of the explanation. duh.

Peter A wrote:


Fennel seed is a common ingredient in Italian sausage. Some makers of the
stuff have the decency to used ground fennel seed instead of whole, and as
far as I am concerned, it could easily be left out.


Fennel seed practically defines Italian sausage, at least the sausage
commonly sold in the US as Italian sausage. Without fennel it is not
Italian sausage.

That it true. It is an important ingredient in Italian sausage, but it is
not my favourite characteristic of Italian sausage. I don't care much for
sweet Italian sausage. I prefer the hot variety. I don't mind a bit of
fennel seed, but I prefer it to be ground and more evenly distributed than
having two bites with nothing and them one bite into a seed and get a
mouthful of fennel taste.

Gil Faver wrote:

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...
Peter A wrote:


Read what I wrote, Peter. I *like* the taste of fennel. It's much
stronger
if you bite into the seed. I want to taste the meld of flavours, not
just
fennel seed.


That's not what you wrote.

That was what it looked like to me...... bite into a seed and really
notice
the taste, as opposed to the taste being distributed more evenly though
the
sausage.

ditto. pretty clear to me. as was the explanation. as was the explanation
of the explanation. duh.

Thirded. The original wasn't unclear about this.


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"Janet B." wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in message
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snip
I caught a blast of fennel on a piece of Domino's pizza last weekend. It
had sausage on it. (And was twice as good reheated in the toaster oven so
that the bottom crust was crispy .... best Domino's I've had in ages.)

I thought the last 2 Domino's that we had were the best pizzas we've ever
had from them. So much so that I was considering calling the manager and
asking if they had changed ingredients. And, no, no real pizza joints
here, just a choice of chains.
Janet

We eat at a place called Piccola Italia regularly that has been in Raleigh
for
at least 20 years. It is wonderful.

However, Domino's is perfectly delicious too, and they use real cheese, and
are not greasy etc. as so many people here claim. The crust has been
particularly
light in the last couple of orders, and the pizzas just "saucy" enough.
Plebian tastes:
I'm glad I have them, I get to be happy more than more discerning folks.

"Giusi" wrote in message
.. .


I swear that in 6.5 years I have never bought an Italian sausage in Italy
with fennel seed unless it said con finocchio or in the case of one
salami, it says finocchione.


Oh yeah, well WHO CARES how they make Italian sausage in
Italy. Damned furriners.