I said that because all I know about fennel is that it has strange and magical properties (some of them dark and nefarious) and that it tastes delicious in unlikely places. I learned this from heres_luck, of course. It's entirely her fault that I have no rational way of relating to fenel; all is mystical and, frequently, ominous. But powerful. You put it in the "pork or fish" box at your peril.