# What's up with your spices?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-your-spices/968809>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-your-spices/968809 "2022-07-29T22:22:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-your-spices/968809/41 "2022-08-06T06:23:11Z")

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> [@bump](#):
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> and star anise

I had an Indian houseguest who chided me on my 2-year-old star anise he was trying to cook with. “This star anise has NO flavor!”

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