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Default Oh No! Cilantro!

On 03/22/2013 08:37 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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> "Todd" wrote in message ...
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> 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.

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> 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?
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> 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.


Hi Oz,

Diced tomatoes, dices onions, line juice, salt pepper, dash of Chipotle
sauce? What do you think?

-T