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fennel tastes like chewing gum
flowerydel
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HI There,
I have inherited a plant that I thought was fennel. Always loving this plant in my previous garden and eating the seeds as I weeded, I ate some off this plant yesterday. Urgh, they tasted like chewing gum and the after taste would not go away. Awful.
Anyone any ideas, as googling is baffling me.
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Fennel tastes like aniseed to me
In the sticks near Peterborough
Maybe dill? Herb fennel looks the same but tastes different.
I know fennel readily cross-pollinates with something, maybe it's dill and you got a fendil plant
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Yes - most likely to be the cause if it is fennel
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Just a minor point, but do you think it was wise to eat something, when you weren't entirely sure what it was?
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Sorry for the long delay in responding. Not aiming to be rude or ignorant, just been unwell and unable to take photos.
Here is a pic.
I truelly thought it was a fennel, which I grew and used in my last garden, that is why I ate some seeds. Fennel does taste like aniseed, this did not, rather like Wr1g1£Y chewing gum with a dreadful aftertaste.
Just referring to punkdoc's msg above - you didn't fall unwell just after eating the seeds did you?
Hope you're now fully recovered
From what you've said, and from what I vaguely remember, you've probably got a fennel/dill cross, which I don' think would taste too great.
Best to go buy some new seed
Last edited: 15 July 2017 15:28:13
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
No, Pete8, it was not after eating the seeds!! rofl. well, not immediately anyway!! I did not think of that.
Yes, I intend to buy new fennel plants when I finally have my garden transformed.