John Evelyn's Salad Sermon #6 Fennel

John's obsession with bodily gas continues with fennel, although it should be pointed out where pepper was preventative, fennel is a cure.  He says...

Aromatick, hot, and dry; expels Wind, sharpens the sight and recreates the brain.

So, on one hand, fennel is an ideal food to eat before an exam.  

On the other hand, it's really really not.

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