On 03/22/2013 08:35 PM, Todd wrote:
> 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

Figured out where I went wrong. The reference said:

The coriander comes from the leaf of the cilantro
while the cumin comes from a seed

I read "from 'the' seed" instead of "a seed". Oooops.