Yum.

[icepixie]

I just had a licorice-flavored cookie.

That's kind of awesome.

(Further research reveals that it was a pizzelle. Someone at Dad's work gave him a bag of them today. Mmmm.)

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[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, licorice!

[chiroho.livejournal.com]

Firstly, a pizzelle is not a cookie. At least according to my wife, who is of Italian heritage. It's more like a waffle, and a pizzelle maker actually looks very like a waffle maker.

Secondly, they're not liquorice flavoured, they're anisette flavoured. You use anisette when making them. Anise may smell similar to liquorice, but actually is not the same thing.

They do taste nice though, especially when you put a scoop of vanilla ice cream between two warm ones. :)

[laserhead.livejournal.com]

Yea pizzelle! My great-aunt makes them every year at Christmas, though she uses vanilla flavoring and powdered sugar. Did you pronounce the last e or not? I've found the Southern Italians do the former (i.e. my family), and the Northern the latter.

[icepixie]

Mmmm, bittersweet goodness.

[icepixie]

Firstly, a pizzelle is not a cookie. At least according to my wife, who is of Italian heritage. It's more like a waffle, and a pizzelle maker actually looks very like a waffle maker.

Ehhh, cookie, waffle, whatever...it tastes good, anyway. ;)

Secondly, they're not liquorice flavoured, they're anisette flavoured. You use anisette when making them. Anise may smell similar to liquorice, but actually is not the same thing.

That's always confused me. I don't taste much difference (anise is maybe a little more "planty" of a flavor), and they smell exactly the same. I figure anise, licorice, and fennel are all basically the same in effect. *g*

They do taste nice though, especially when you put a scoop of vanilla ice cream between two warm ones. :)

Oooh. Must try that...

[pellmelody.livejournal.com]

OMG! I just ragged on my friend at work for not making any for me for the holiday!! I don't like licorice flavoring generally, but it's just a light anise flavor and I love these.

[icepixie]

Did you pronounce the last e or not?

Pshaw, like my Scots-Irish-English-German family would have a clue about how to pronounce Italian words. *g* I only just learned the word today, but my first instinct is to say "piz-el." No final "e," I guess. Wikipedia, perhaps wisely, doesn't choose a side in this debate.

[icepixie]

Are these things extremely popular in places I've never been? I'd never heard of them before today.

[pellmelody.livejournal.com]

They are an Italian cookie. I hadn't heard of them until I came to Florida and my friend made them and she's not Italian. I know you have to have a special iron to make them on. I don't think they are hard to make, but they take a little time because they cook rather like a waffle, and you can't put too much batter on for each cookie.

[icepixie]

Maybe it's the utter lack of Italians around here, then. (Two of the, like, four Italian restaurants around here are run by a Greek and someone from the Middle East, respectively.) Although we're lousy with Scots-Irish, and there's not a hint of either Scottish or Irish cuisine to be found, either, so maybe that's not it.

I would so be making these if I had a special iron to do so with. I'm thinking of adding anise/licorice flavoring to sugar cookies or something as a substitute.