On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 1:24:14 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
> > For over 50 years my wife made pizzeles at Christmas time. Vanilla and
> > anise, occasionally chocolate. Always made on the C. Palmer electric iron.
> > Nothing works better. Some of our friends looked forward to them every
> > year too.
> >
> > Last night I mixed up the batter for the anise flavored ones. They have
> > both anise oil and some of the seed in them. Today I cooked them all and
> > mixed the vanilla batter to do tomorrow. I've always helped with the
> > baking but this is the first time I did the mixing and it was simple
> > enough.
> >
> > Once done, some will go into the mail to a friend that has been enjoying
> > them for 30 years. She cannot imagine Christmas without them. The rest
> > for family and friends here to enjoy.
>
> I've only ever had the anise. Not a flavor I care for.

Me too! I do have a bag of star anise and use it for prune mui and for boiling peanuts. Other than that, it's not something I want to taste in most foods.

http://saltandwind.com/recipes/280-h...peanuts-recipe