"gregz" > wrote in message
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> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:34:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in
>>> the
>>> house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.
>>
>> Dehy celery works much better if you first rehydrate it in cold water
>> for like 20 minutes, then toss it in a pot of hot soup... the heat,
>> any acidity, and fat will prevent the flavoids in dehy vegetables from
>> fully releasing... this is especially noticable with dehy celery. I'm
>> a firm believer in keeping dehy veggies on hand, too many times I went
>> into the fridge only to find I ran out or the celery, bell pepper,
>> etc, has melted to mush.
>
> I like 2-3 stalks in my chicken soup. I never tried celery seed in the
> soup, but it's a necessity in BBQ sauce around here.

My dad always put celery seed on his mac and cheese. That to me sounds
strange.