The last time I went to the Indian place, they brought the check (Al heesab) on top of a bed of what I believe were anise seeds. I asked him what they were and he indicated that they were for counteracting my onion, garlic, curry breath. I chewed on several and they tasted like licorice, that’s anise, right? I happen to enjoy licorice, so I thought that they were rather tasty. They did a remarkable job of neutralizing my breath as well. I expected them to be stronger, maybe they were only weak as compared to my recently consumed curry:-) I’ll have to pick up some of those seeds…
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