On Mar 28, 6:49*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> 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.

Before chopping, I always try a bite to see if it's bitter, or tired,
or otherwise unpleasant.