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Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 26 2008 at 6:23 AM
Hopeful88 (Login Hopeful88)
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Okay so I love drinking fennel tea and the scent and flavor do not bother me at all. However today I bought some fennel seeds, I thought I could try fit a teaspoon or half one in on the days I don't have time to drink tea but boy was I suprised by the difference in flavors! The tea is like licorice and just nice and mild... but eating just a few seeds was so overwhelming to my senses!
So for those of you that eat the fennel seeds, how do you go about masking the intense flavor when you bite through the dry seeds?
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Fennel Fairy
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January 26 2008, 8:04 AM
You can swallow them with a glass of juice or water to avoid chewing them. Then you hardly notice the flavour.
Hopeful88
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January 27 2008, 7:03 AM
Well your idea (about swallowing them whole) got me thinking when I was having yogurt today so I poured a teaspoon in with it... It's hard to make my mouth not bit through something hard but I managed to get it all down without any of that strong fennel taste coming through
Thanks
Sandy
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January 27 2008, 6:03 PM
Hopeful,
Is the Fennel you take dried or green.The color of mine is brown so do I have the wright thing?Thanks
Tori
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January 27 2008, 7:53 PM
I don't take any herbs or anything so I may be talking rubbish, but I always thought to get the nutrients out of seeds you had to chew them. Some seeds if you shallow them whole, pass out of your body without being broken down.
Frostedmint06
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January 27 2008, 8:45 PM
I have whole fennel seeds but plan on grinding them up before taking them. I think the previous poster is right about the seeds not being completely digested. Sort of like the difference between whole flaxseed and ground flaxseed. Walmart has inexpensive coffee grinders that are great for that purpose. I use mine a lot for all my herbs and stuff.
sandy
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January 27 2008, 9:16 PM
I have whole seeds too.But are yours brown or green?Mine are as in the 2nd picture.Which ones are neede for nbe the green or brown?
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu7tE9ZxHcFABXCJXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=fennel%20seed%20picture&fp_ip=DE&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-501
Hopeful88
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January 28 2008, 12:16 AM
Mine are kinda in between but moreso greenish... and darn it all! is what I have to say about the seeds not being absorbed
I don't want to chew them its so awful... I'll have to find a way to crush them first.
Ann5
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January 28 2008, 5:00 AM
What I've been doing is grinding the seeds into powder (just as frostedmint suggested), although my grinder doesn't grind it too finely, there are still little tiny pieces of the seeds and powder. I'll just add enough water to mix with the powder so it's drinkable, about 1/4 cup water then down the hatch. I also drink the wild yam and fenugreek with it. The fenugreek I purchased in powder form, which really saved time and money. Though the wild yam I have it in capsules, I drink it because it doesn't taste so awful. I want to minimize swallowing so many pill/capsules a day.
Frostedmint06
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January 28 2008, 6:39 AM
All the herbs that Eve took were in dried and powdered form and she ate them with either yoghurt or mashed potato (except for the teas).
sandy
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January 28 2008, 6:42 AM
Hmm ,so should it be greenish or brownish????????
Frostedmint06
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January 28 2008, 7:19 AM
My whole fennel seeds are greenish and my ground fennel is brownish. I thought all fennel was the same but I could be mistaken. I don't think there is a right or wrong type just that ground is better for absorption and you won't need to take as much. Hope that helps!
sandy
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January 28 2008, 7:27 AM
Oh,that is a relief.lol i thought the the brownish ones are dried and by that lack the main substances we need for nbe.I think the brown ones taste way better than green ones.
Hopeful88
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January 28 2008, 5:29 PM
Well I remember a long time ago when I first started buying fennel teas that asked if there was a difference between light and dark fennel seeds because the one I had bought said it was "blonde" fennel seeds or something like that...
so yes I suppose they are all equally good just of a different variety
January 26 2008 at 6:23 AM
Hopeful88 (Login Hopeful88)
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Okay so I love drinking fennel tea and the scent and flavor do not bother me at all. However today I bought some fennel seeds, I thought I could try fit a teaspoon or half one in on the days I don't have time to drink tea but boy was I suprised by the difference in flavors! The tea is like licorice and just nice and mild... but eating just a few seeds was so overwhelming to my senses!
So for those of you that eat the fennel seeds, how do you go about masking the intense flavor when you bite through the dry seeds?
Author Reply
Fennel Fairy
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 26 2008, 8:04 AM
You can swallow them with a glass of juice or water to avoid chewing them. Then you hardly notice the flavour.
Hopeful88
(Login Hopeful88)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 27 2008, 7:03 AM
Well your idea (about swallowing them whole) got me thinking when I was having yogurt today so I poured a teaspoon in with it... It's hard to make my mouth not bit through something hard but I managed to get it all down without any of that strong fennel taste coming through
Thanks
Sandy
(Login sandy111)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 27 2008, 6:03 PM
Hopeful,
Is the Fennel you take dried or green.The color of mine is brown so do I have the wright thing?Thanks
Tori
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SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 27 2008, 7:53 PM
I don't take any herbs or anything so I may be talking rubbish, but I always thought to get the nutrients out of seeds you had to chew them. Some seeds if you shallow them whole, pass out of your body without being broken down.
Frostedmint06
(Login frostedmint06)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 27 2008, 8:45 PM
I have whole fennel seeds but plan on grinding them up before taking them. I think the previous poster is right about the seeds not being completely digested. Sort of like the difference between whole flaxseed and ground flaxseed. Walmart has inexpensive coffee grinders that are great for that purpose. I use mine a lot for all my herbs and stuff.
sandy
(Login sandy111)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 27 2008, 9:16 PM
I have whole seeds too.But are yours brown or green?Mine are as in the 2nd picture.Which ones are neede for nbe the green or brown?
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geu7tE9ZxHcFABXCJXNyoA?ei=UTF-8&p=fennel%20seed%20picture&fp_ip=DE&fr2=tab-web&fr=yfp-t-501
Hopeful88
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January 28 2008, 12:16 AM
Mine are kinda in between but moreso greenish... and darn it all! is what I have to say about the seeds not being absorbed
I don't want to chew them its so awful... I'll have to find a way to crush them first.
Ann5
(Login Ann5)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 5:00 AM
What I've been doing is grinding the seeds into powder (just as frostedmint suggested), although my grinder doesn't grind it too finely, there are still little tiny pieces of the seeds and powder. I'll just add enough water to mix with the powder so it's drinkable, about 1/4 cup water then down the hatch. I also drink the wild yam and fenugreek with it. The fenugreek I purchased in powder form, which really saved time and money. Though the wild yam I have it in capsules, I drink it because it doesn't taste so awful. I want to minimize swallowing so many pill/capsules a day.
Frostedmint06
(Login frostedmint06)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 6:39 AM
All the herbs that Eve took were in dried and powdered form and she ate them with either yoghurt or mashed potato (except for the teas).
sandy
(Login sandy111)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 6:42 AM
Hmm ,so should it be greenish or brownish????????
Frostedmint06
(Login frostedmint06)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 7:19 AM
My whole fennel seeds are greenish and my ground fennel is brownish. I thought all fennel was the same but I could be mistaken. I don't think there is a right or wrong type just that ground is better for absorption and you won't need to take as much. Hope that helps!
sandy
(Login sandy111)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 7:27 AM
Oh,that is a relief.lol i thought the the brownish ones are dried and by that lack the main substances we need for nbe.I think the brown ones taste way better than green ones.
Hopeful88
(Login Hopeful88)
SENIOR MEMBER Re: Fennel seed taste advice needed!
January 28 2008, 5:29 PM
Well I remember a long time ago when I first started buying fennel teas that asked if there was a difference between light and dark fennel seeds because the one I had bought said it was "blonde" fennel seeds or something like that...
so yes I suppose they are all equally good just of a different variety