Fennel

...Why do people grow fennel in their gardens if they don't eat it? Well, Foeniculum, the name given to this plant by the Romans (it's derived from the Latin word foenum = hay) is a decorative addition to the herbaceous border, it can grow up to a height of 1,50 m and has umbels of tiny yellow flowers and dark green or bronze wispy leaves, when touched or rubbed between the fingers the plant exudes a pleasant anise-like flavour. The Romans valued the ...
...cultivation on the imperial farms fennel was distributed throughout Central Europe, it had found its way to Northern Europe already before the Norman Conquest, it's frequently mentioned in Anglo-Saxon cookery books. I doubt that many readers know about fennel as a medicinal plant, now that we have pharmacies we don't brew potions or stir lotions in a cauldron any more like our forefathers and -mothers did, we buy our medicine ready made. From the ...

MALU 19.12.2007 · Read full review
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...clean it out, get a fennel bulb, sprinkle it with s+p, and RAM IT IN!!, the flavour infuses through the bird during cooking ... its lovely, then when you serve the chicken, slice the fennel and enjoy! ...ITALIANO!!...make an italian style tomato sauce(feelin' lazy?... some of the bought ones are OK) (remember its per portion...)1 tin chopped toms(napolina best***)handful of chopped mixed fresh herbs-oregano, marjoram, rosemary etc.(if using dried ...
...simmer for 5 mins>>grab your Fennel (2*1/4) stick it in a casserole dish>>pour your tomato mix over the top,>>pop it into the oven for 15-20... Lovely side dish for fish or chicken dishes... cut the fennel bulb into slices>>put into a sacuepan with 1 crushed clove of garlic, s+p, chopped parsley, and about a cupful of cream (whipping OK(but might split)double great)>>bring it to the boil>>simmer until the sauce is thick, ...this one's so simple ...

HotChef 02.04.2001 · Read full review
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Fabulous fennel I have a wonderful fennel in my garden. Let me tell you about it. I got my Fennel from a garden centre about 10 years ago. It would have been easy to grow from seed but it was one of those impulse buy’s. Fennel originates from south west Asia and grows well in the med and Europe I have a very chalky soil and fennel thrives well on it. Fennel is a focal point in my herb garden .It grows about 5–6 foot tall it has pretty ...
...like aniseed. Sow fennel seeds in the springtime just sow seed in normal garden soil and it will grow. Do not grow close to dill or it will cross-pollinate. The flowers are umbels of small yellow flowers. It flowers in the summer Producing many seeds. These self set all over my garden. I am often pulling them up or potting them for friends or for the school summer fete. Fennel seeds are small oval light brown seeds with a flavour of anise. The ...

mumsymary 24.04.2005 · Read full review
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...reputed to have medicinal benefits too . Fennel is not a fussy plant by any means . It's only demands are an open sunny site which is also well drained . It tends to self seed every year and the resultant seedlings can be transplanted for subsequent years . ...

Gardenex 18.12.2000 · Read full review
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Living in a flat with room for a window ledge and in dire need of fresh herbs - Quite a few of us. The conundrum is how to set up one without paying a penny. First bit is family anf friends - those cuttings from overgrown herb patches which are overgrowing - finding the window box by salvaging and re-using anything that remotely looks like one. Soil - Well there's loads of that about. Now come cuttings - I ain't winning on this but any ideas would ...

tmn0096089 12.08.2000 · Read full review
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