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Default Oh No! Cilantro!

On 03/22/2013 08:24 PM, Ross@home wrote:
> 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.
>


Hi Ross,

You are correct. She is allergic to both. Cumin is not
nearly as scary as Coriander/Cilantro.

What would you subsitute?

-T