BTW, the pine needle tea is actually quite tasty. I brewed it with a cinnamon stick and a couple of cloves and sweetened with honey. It's good, but don't make the mistake I made and dump the used needles out into the garbage disposal. Cost me $175 to have the sink snaked by a plumber. That was an expensive cup of tea.
not sure I like star anise but I use a lot of fennel in my spaghetti sauce.
ponygirl wrote:
“Dr. MIkovitz back-tracked on specifically pine needle tea, but there are also other ways to get shikimic acid. Star Anise pods are actually higher in shikimic acid than pine needles. Crush 4 pods to one cup of hot water. Fennel seed is another that is very high in shikimic acid.
BTW, the pine needle tea is actually quite tasty. I brewed it with a cinnamon stick and a couple of cloves and sweetened with honey. It’s good, but don’t make the mistake I made and dump the used needles out into the garbage disposal. Cost me $175 to have the sink snaked by a plumber. That was an expensive cup of tea.’
How easy is it to grow star anise?
Pinging LJ...
It’s good, but don’t make the mistake I made and dump the used needles out into the garbage disposal. Cost me $175 to have the sink snaked by a plumber. That was an expensive cup of tea.
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Oh no! That’s terrible.
Petey