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Default Oh No! Cilantro!

On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:27:51 -0700, Todd > wrote:

>On 03/22/2013 07:20 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>> I like a bit of cilantro (called coriander here) but just a little. In
>> salsa though I really just do something basic, the chopped tomato,
>> onion, salt/pepper and a bit of lime juice (sometimes a few chilli
>> flakes or a bit of cut up pickled jalapeno - depends on whether you like
>> spicy, hot or not. I do like it with some canned (in juice) crushed
>> pineapple and a tad of cilantro.

>
>And when your wife tastes one tiny leaf of it and turn to you
>and says "I think you better call 911" (scared the poop out
>of me), what would you substitute?
>
>Over here we call Cilantro the whole plant, Corrander the
>leaves, and Cumin the seeds.
>
>-T


Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum) are two
different herbs.

Ross.