You know how to bake with the darn thing (or do you?
), but you have no idea how you actually pronounce it.
Consulting your friends is no help.
Some say ANN-iss, but others are just as insistent that its pronounced ANN-niece.
Youve all but given up and resigned yourself to just calling it The thing that tastes like licorice.
Rest easy, there IS an answer.
But how did this discrepancy come about in the first place?
Anise has a carminative effect when consumedin laymans terms, that means it helps with gas.
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The Honest Anise Answer
This journey through Europe is the source of the warring pronunciations.
Here are 20 more food names you might be misprounouncing.
Potato, Pah-tato, Tomato, Tah-mato, Anise…Ann-niece?
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