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Sacramento Fruit Bowl Recipe

Ingredients
2	cup	water
1 1/2	cup	sugar
3	tablespoon	lemon juice
2	tablespoon	anise seeds
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1	each	pineapple
1	each	honeydew melon
1	each	cantalope
2	each	oranges
2	each	nectarines
2	each	purple plums
1/2	pound	grapes, seedless
2	each	kiwi fruit
Directions:
In 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, cook water, sugar, lemon juice, anise seeds and salt for 15 minutes, or until mixture becomes a light syrup. Refrigerate until syrup cools. Meanwhile, remove peel from pineapple, honeydew melon, cantalope. Cut pulp from pineapple and melons into bite-size chunks. Peel and section oranges. Slice nectarines and plums into wedges; do not peel. Slice grapes in half. In large bowl, combine fruits. Pour chilled syrup through strainer over the fruit. Cover and refrigerate until well chilled, stirring occasionally. TO SERVE: Peel and slice kiwi. Gently stir into the fruit mixture.