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Herbs and flowers
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Fennel, Foeniculum
volgare
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Family of ombrelliferae
This type of fennel is the ancestor of cultivated fennel and it is easy
to find it along stony and dry escarpments. The harvest of fennel seeds
takes place in September and the seeds are used to flavour and aromatize
any kind of course.
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Use
Seeds of fennel are used to prepare "finocchiona" (a
type of salami), in the cooking of chine of pork, roast sucking pig
and to flavour boiled chestnuts together with laurel. the fresh small
leaves, picked up in spring time, are used in the preparation of salads
or to flavour a simple salad with tomato and cucumber. seeds left
to infuse produce an aromatic drink which has stomatich and digestive
effects. Once it was thought that fennel could increase the mother's
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Picture and text of Tebaldo Lorini
Translated by Gianna Toni |
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