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Default Really potent parsley

On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:33:55 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 6/16/2016 3:29 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 16/06/2016 3:59 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:51:11 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16/06/2016 2:50 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:40:26 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 1:45:35 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>> "Helpful person" > wrote in message
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 1:30:19 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Today I bought the regular flat leaf at the same store. The
>>>>>>>>> regular curly
>>>>>>>>> was looking a bit brown. OMG what a difference! This was so full
>>>>>>>>> of scent
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> was assaulting my nose. And the taste is out of this world! I
>>>>>>>>> liked it so
>>>>>>>>> much, I put the whole bunch in. Yum!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Glad you discovered flat leaf. The curly parsley is an
>>>>>>>> abomination and
>>>>>>>> should never be used.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't just discover it. I had tried it before and found it to
>>>>>>> be rather
>>>>>>> flavorless in comparison to the curly. This made me wonder why
>>>>>>> people said
>>>>>>> it was better. Apparently I finally got a good bunch. I guess the
>>>>>>> key is to
>>>>>>> sniff it before I buy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I could never understand the fascination with parsley. Never liked
>>>>>> the taste...all it is good for is decoration.
>>>>>
>>>>> I love the stuff, I'll probably have some with my poached eggs this
>>>>> morning. Grated carrot, OTOH, is only good for decoration.
>>>>>
>>>> Both members of the Umbellifera.
>>>
>>> Umbelliferae, yes. But I only want to eat the foliage of one of them
>>>
>>>

>> As long as you avoid hemlock:-)

>
>Hemlock, in doses to the right person, is heavenly.


True, although I haven't tried it myself. I remember some years ago
seeing it available on eBay. If I looked I would find some in the
yard, used to be lots of it here.