On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Julie > wrote in message
> ...
>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>
> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet celery.
> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is kind
> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>


Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
celery flavour.