plus an onion. And to add porkiness, four thick slices of salami that someone had given us for Christmas. Since I was already in the salami/fennel mode, I also dug into my jar of fennel pollen. This is the stuff of gods, the small yellow buds of wild fennel, dried and crushed into...
change of pace, it can substitute for caraway or dill in potato salad, rye bread, or soup. Wild fennel pollen is also used as a rub for meat and fish and is an inexpensive alternative for saffron. The pollen is collected from flowers that are in full bloom and then dried before using...