I used to work at a restaurant that served star anise in a couple of cocktails. From time to time I would pop one in my mouth and suck on it. Om nom nom.
I have finesse! I have finesse coming out of my bottom!
Anya ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 12:17:06 pm PDT #2329 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Spidra Webster - Sep 12, 2010 12:30:35 pm PDT #2330 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Star anise is yet another plant. [link] Very pretty seedpods. I read somewhere that it's going up in price because it's used as an ingredient in making Tamiflu.
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 12:33:57 pm PDT #2331 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Aha! Turns out they all have anethole in common.
Spidra Webster - Sep 12, 2010 12:38:24 pm PDT #2332 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Laga gets the Wiki-Fu prize!
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 12:45:10 pm PDT #2333 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
omfg Buckwheat Groats; Dinner Table Game (NSFW)
Strix - Sep 12, 2010 1:04:58 pm PDT #2334 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Forever 21 or American Eagle?
Spring or Fall?
Ginger - Sep 12, 2010 1:08:14 pm PDT #2335 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Salty licquorice is my favourite food group. Om nom nom. I'm going to Finland at the end of the month and expect to eat little else.
Sars lives in a land of much better licorice than here, so now I really want to try the Scandinavian licorice.
Angel or Angelus?
Vampire or werewolf?
E-mail or Facebook?
Oreo middle or cookie first?
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 1:11:09 pm PDT #2336 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Years ago I was at a party in IL and there was a Danish girl going around giving everyone salt licorice and making fun of their reactions. I said, "Hey that's tasty! Can I have some more?" Now I get my fix from Cost Plus.
§ ita § - Sep 12, 2010 1:12:15 pm PDT #2337 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've yet to meet a food that's not made either better or at least interesting by the addition of some salt.
Oh, all of them are made worse, pretty much, if it's enough salt to taste. Including caramel.
I do not like licorice, except I do like the root to chew on. That's incredibly tasty, and I used to work a root for days. Supposed to be good for the teeth too. But licorice flavour in stuff is nasty.
Spidra, when you say you have to pay for ILL, which libraries were you talking about?
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 1:14:49 pm PDT #2338 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I haven't met a salted caramel I liked as much as the unsalted kind but I lurves me that salted licorice. The double-salted is a little much, though.