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Default Oh No! Cilantro!



"Todd" wrote in message ...

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.

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I don't think it needs a substitution personally, just drop it from a
recipe.