On 2019-04-10 10:26 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:15:43 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 2019-04-10 9:39 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 4/10/2019 9:52 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:44:25 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:36:40 AM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regular flat Italian parsley and reg cilantro taste almost the same in
>>>>>> the produce section of most sprmkts.Â* It was "organic parsley" that got
>>>>>> me started into "organic".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nb
>>>>>
>>>>> I can always tell the difference between parsley and cilantro
>>>>> at the grocery store.Â* Either your grocery store sucks, or your
>>>>> taste buds require greater stimulation than mine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>
>>>> Boy, howdy!Â* Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste
>>>> anything
>>>> like parsley.Â* Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>> now, not ever."
>>>>
>>> I'm one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap.Â* So no way
>>> amd I going to add chopped (or dried) cilantro to anything.Â* Parsley is
>>> a whole different thing. 
>>>
>>> Jill
>> While I agree with you about cilantro, parsley to me has never been more
>> than a decorative herb, its flavour so inconsequential that drying it
>> would be a waste of time.
>> There must be genetic markers to match up with people's likes and
>> dislikes of some herbs just as some lack the gene to smell asparagus pee.
>
> I think you're right about the markers. Because to me, the curly
> parsley is very fragrant and tasty. In fact, I pick it and chew on
> the stems because they are sweet and herby.
> In contrast, I can taste nothing in store bought parsley of either
> kind. I also notice a difference between those herbs grown outdoors
> in the wind and weather and sun. They are far more fragrant and tasty
> than even the same varieties that I grow on my window sill indoors in
> the winter.
> Janet US
>
It looks as if my thyme plant has survived our terribly cold winter as I
buried it under a lot of snow. another herb that I grow is French
tarragon that is very fragrant. Last fall, I cut it back in readiness
for winter and my organic waste bin still smells of that distinctive,
aniseedy smell. I have rosemary and oregano in the kitchen but the
former is never better than straggly.