Oh No! Cilantro!
On 03/22/2013 09:03 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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> "Todd" wrote in message ...
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> 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.
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> Hi Oz,
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> Diced tomatoes, dices onions, line juice, salt pepper, dash of Chipotle
> sauce? What do you think?
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> Could work, experiment a little. If you use parsley, I think I would go
> for the continental, flat-leaf variety.
Thank you!
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