綠蔭樹底的家:小熊部落

感謝熊媽的關心，因為工作異動，換了新的工作環境蠻忙的，不像昔日上班都可以上網，同時工作也輕而易舉的交差了事。而現在必須全副精神專注的學習，所以晚上不敢太晚就寢，否則白天工作難以應付就太糗了！

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熊媽回覆:
外婆,看到你留言我就放心了!
換了新單位一定壓力不小,請加油喔!!!

小恩 說起八角的歷史 真的要比八國聯軍還早啦

在英國的太妃糖 就有八角口味 且廣受老外的歡迎

這是我去英國時候 學到的一課 我家做菜必用八角 但是八角口味的太妃糖 我就吃不來

在澳洲我的澳洲友人 都是直接把我紅燒肉中的八角直接咬碎吃進肚子裡 挖 我從傻眼 到 每次挑八角給朋友吃

對英系系統國家(美國當年是從英國分出來的) 八角大概跟茶一樣在她們生活中是很熟悉的東西

前幾年一些常識好像都說 中國八角具有毒姓 日本八角比較好

尺寸還有點點差別 所以買八角要小心 慎選買日本的八角

當時我還跟朋友抱怨 怎麼連八角到最後都是變成日本的

那中國的代表香料再過幾年就跟韓國的江陵端午節一樣 變節啦

嘻嘻 熊媽你家一定很少使用八角

Star anise 八角 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 我喜歡在在老外的香料店,直接問有無賣star anise 當時我是覺得新鮮便宜

厚 托你之福發現Wikipedia 說是日本八角有毒性說. 好家在,不過呢 難道我以前看的書有筆誤啊 總之八角不能當日本的代表就很高興啦~~


Star anise, star aniseed or Chinese star anise, (Chinese: 八角, pinyin: bājiǎo, lit. "eight-horn") is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor, obtained from the star-shaped pericarp of Illicium verum, a small native evergreen tree of southwest China. The star shaped fruits are harvested just before ripening. It is widely used in Chinese cuisine, in Indian cuisine where it is a major component of garam masala, and in Indonesian cuisine. It is widely grown for commercial use in China, India, and most other countries in Asia. Star anise is an ingredient of the traditional five-spice powder of Chinese cooking. It is also one of the ingredients used to make the broth for the Vietnamese noodle soup called phở. It is used as a spice in preparation of Biryani in Andhra Pradesh, a south Indian State.

Star anise contains anethole, the same ingredient which gives the unrelated anise its flavor. Recently, star anise has come into use in the West as a less expensive substitute for anise in baking as well as in liquor production, most distinctively in the production of the liquor Galliano. It is also used in the production of Sambuca and pastis.

Star anise has been used in a tea as a remedy for colic and rheumatism, and the seeds are sometimes chewed after meals to aid digestion.

Shikimic acid, a primary feedstock used to create the anti-flu drug Tamiflu, is produced by most autotrophic organisms, but star anise is the industrial source. Tamiflu is regarded as the most promising drug to mitigate the severity of bird flu (H5N1); however, reports indicate that some forms of the virus have already adapted to Tamiflu.

In 2005, there was a temporary shortage of star anise due to its use in making Tamiflu. Late in that year, a way was found of making shikimic acid artificially. A drug company named Roche now derives some of the raw material it needs from fermenting e-coli bacteria. There is no longer any shortage of star anise and it is readily available and is relatively cheap.

Star anise is grown in four provinces in China and harvested between March and May. The shikimic acid is extracted from the seeds in a ten-stage manufacturing process which takes a year. Reports say 90% of the harvest is already used by the Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche in making Tamiflu, but other reports say there is an abundance of the spice in the main regions - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum), a similar tree, is not edible because it is highly toxic; instead, it has been burned as incense in Japan. Cases of illness, including "serious neurological effects, such as seizures", reported after using star anise tea may be a result of using this species. Japanese star anise contains anisatin, which causes severe inflammation of the kidneys, urinary tract and digestive organs.

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熊媽回覆:
WA真是學者出生,舉例查證十分用心!!
(我常是不求甚解...)
謝謝你的資料,我也學了很多喔!!!

恭喜妳成功了了
果然聰慧^^

小時候的遠足
我也是一整個秀興奮沒睡不著
尤其想到零食
呵呵~~~~~~~ :p

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熊媽回覆:
不是聰慧,是你的教學實在很詳細!!
太棒啦!
不會是在教育界工作吧?調理真是分明!!

原來你也是那在遊覽車上很想睡的人喔~cc
喜歡哪種零食呢?
(我超愛豆乾!)