A friend has a recipe that calls for Fennel. Instead of getting the seeds, he just got ground instead. Which is better or does it make a difference? Also, I saw on a cooking show where seeds that were to be added to a recipe were first placed on the cook's plam and the plam on his other hand was used to crush them, like a mortar then everything was added to the recipe. Should seeds be added whole or opened with the above method?
A friend has a recipe that calls for Fennel. Instead of getting the seeds, he just got ground instead. Which is better or does it make a difference?
Always buy whole seeds. They last longer and keep their essence better. Get yourself a good mortar & pestle or a small cheapo coffee grinder to grind spices should the recipe call for.
A friend has a recipe that calls for Fennel. Instead of getting the seeds, he just got ground instead.
Without your presenting the recipe all one can do is offer wild speculation... for all we know it's a salad and calls for fennel bulbs, or poached fish requiring fennel fronds for the court bouillon. Yeah, right... the proverbial friend... admit it, the dummy is you. <g>