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

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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.

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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.

-ss


Fennel. Pretty common in Italian sausage recipes. I don't notice the
flavor unless I bite a seed.
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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.)



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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.)

Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

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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.)

Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?


Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.

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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.)

Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.

This is true. I heard a comedian make the same comment once about Denny's.
The perfect place for late night drunks. Almost everything on the menu is
listed with a photograph. All the customer needs to do is point to a picture
and grunt. :-)

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote

Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

Yeah, yeah, I've read all the comments.

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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.)
Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

Hey Domino's is good if you've been drinking and nothing else is open.

This is true. I heard a comedian make the same comment once about Denny's.
The perfect place for late night drunks. Almost everything on the menu is
listed with a photograph. All the customer needs to do is point to a picture
and grunt. :-)


Too bad that's doesn't work for late night drive-thru's.

On Tue, 01 May 2007 08:07:32 -0500, 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.

Different strokes. I love fennel in Italian sausage. That's what
makes it Italian.... in fact, I love hot Italian sausage. Not on
pizza (I take mine vegetarian or with ground chicken), but in a hot
steak bun with slices of avocado, tomato and onion.

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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.

Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but at any pizzaria all
the fresh sausage is pork and Italian style both... they're one and
the same... I've never yet seen a pizzaria or any Italian restaurant
that offers both pork sausage and Italian sausage... only choice is
hot or sweet... the menu just says "sausage", that's it's pork/Italian
is a given. And I've never seen Italian sausage without fennel seeds,
that's what makes Italian sausage Italian saw-seege. I don't
particularly care for Italian sausage made with anise seeds (much too
powerful a licorice flavor), in fact I consider that an *******ization
and it's not true Italian sausage... real Italian saw-seege is made
with fennel seed.

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 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.

Sheldon wrote:
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.

Um, I hate to be the one to break it to you but at any pizzaria all
the fresh sausage is pork and Italian style both... they're one and
the same... I've never yet seen a pizzaria or any Italian restaurant
that offers both pork sausage and Italian sausage... only choice is
hot or sweet... the menu just says "sausage", that's it's pork/Italian
is a given. And I've never seen Italian sausage without fennel seeds,
that's what makes Italian sausage Italian saw-seege. I don't
particularly care for Italian sausage made with anise seeds (much too
powerful a licorice flavor), in fact I consider that an *******ization
and it's not true Italian sausage... real Italian saw-seege is made
with fennel seed.


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.
It may very well be regional and from regions that have supplied more
immigrants to the US than most.

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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

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote

Domino's pizza? Nothing real in your town?

Yeah, yeah, I've read all the comments.


Around here, Domino's was the favorite of parents who were hosting kid
parties, and figured the kids wouldn't give a hoot what they were served. I
have some experience with their "pizza". I never understood how a slice of
plain pizza (sauce and cheese ONLY) could ooze 1/4 cup of oil.