http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/15/star-anise-and-you/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/15/star-anise-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:41 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1836#comment-152 […] hippie bus, it is a member of one of the most ancient flowering plant lineages on Earth and could save you from one of the planet’s newest influenza […]

]]> http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/15/star-anise-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:52:10 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1836#comment-151 Heh, blending two of your interests, Jen?
I second Jen’s statement that star anise is a beautifully flavored thing. Mark Bittman’s soy-poached chicken uses star anise (and more soy sauce than you can shake a stick at). That’s an amazing recipe. And if anyone needs to borrow some star anise, it’s hard to use up!

]]> http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/15/star-anise-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:50:47 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1836#comment-150 Comment on this pingback by this blog’s author: it is unlikely that it would make sense for Tamiflu to taste like licorice. In my understanding, changing even a single chemical bond or atom of an molecule can radically alter the molecule’s properties, including taste. — j.f.

]]> http://theartfulamoeba.com/2009/11/15/star-anise-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:07:31 +0000 http://frazer.northerncoloradogrotto.com/?p=1836#comment-149 […] Did your last dose of Tamiflu taste like licorice? Probably not, but if it did it would make sense as it is a compound derived from Star Anise. […]

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