I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!

It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet celery.
Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is kind
of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.

Paul

"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>
> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
> celery. Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think.
> Celery is kind of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I
> cook with it.

Thanks!

On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Julie > wrote in message
> ...
>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>
> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet celery.
> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is kind
> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>


Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
celery flavour.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Julie > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
>>> celery
>>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think
>>> it
>>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>
>> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
>> celery.
>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is
>> kind
>> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>>
>
>
> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
> celery flavour.

I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in the
house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.

On 3/28/2012 10:34 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Dave > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
>>>> celery
>>>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think
>>>> it
>>>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>>
>>> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
>>> celery.
>>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is
>>> kind
>>> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
>> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
>> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
>> celery flavour.
>
> I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in the
> house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.
>
>
I've never noticed celery being particularly salty. Possibly, because I
usually use it cooked. I don't really like the standard green celery and
like it naturally blanched, which avoids the bitter chlorophyll taste
but I have to go to Amish farmers' markets to get it.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On Mar 28, 7:53*am, James Silverton > wrote:
> On 3/28/2012 10:34 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Dave > *wrote in message
> m...
> >> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> >>> "Julie > * wrote in message
> ...
> >>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
> >>>> celery
> >>>> until just now. *I know someone else reported on this before. *I think
> >>>> it
> >>>> was Lee. *I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. *But this stuff
> >>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. *I don't
> >>>> mind it. *I like salty things. *I just find it to be interesting!
>
> >>> It varies. *I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
> >>> celery.
> >>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. *Celery is
> >>> kind
> >>> of salty to start with. *I find I need less salt when I cook with it.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:34:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
m...
>> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
>>>> celery
>>>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think
>>>> it
>>>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>>
>>> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
>>> celery.
>>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is
>>> kind
>>> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
>> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
>> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
>> celery flavour.
>
>I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in the
>house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.

Dehy celery works much better if you first rehydrate it in cold water
for like 20 minutes, then toss it in a pot of hot soup... the heat,
any acidity, and fat will prevent the flavoids in dehy vegetables from
fully releasing... this is especially noticable with dehy celery. I'm
a firm believer in keeping dehy veggies on hand, too many times I went
into the fridge only to find I ran out or the celery, bell pepper,
etc, has melted to mush.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:34:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
>>> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
>>>>> celery
>>>>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think
>>>>> it
>>>>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this
>>>>> stuff
>>>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I
>>>>> don't
>>>>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>>>
>>>> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
>>>> celery.
>>>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is
>>>> kind
>>>> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
>>> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
>>> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
>>> celery flavour.
>>
>>I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in
>>the
>>house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.
>
> Dehy celery works much better if you first rehydrate it in cold water
> for like 20 minutes, then toss it in a pot of hot soup... the heat,
> any acidity, and fat will prevent the flavoids in dehy vegetables from
> fully releasing... this is especially noticable with dehy celery. I'm
> a firm believer in keeping dehy veggies on hand, too many times I went
> into the fridge only to find I ran out or the celery, bell pepper,
> etc, has melted to mush.

I also keep red bell peppers and onions. I tried carrots but they tend to
be chewy.

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:34:57 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting
>>>>> celery
>>>>> until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think
>>>>> it
>>>>> was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>>>> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>>>> mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>>>
>>>> It varies. I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet
>>>> celery.
>>>> Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. Celery is
>>>> kind
>>>> of salty to start with. I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
>>> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
>>> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
>>> celery flavour.
>>
>> I keep dried celery for soup and such if I don't have the real stuff in the
>> house. I only need to use a teensy bit of that.
>
> Dehy celery works much better if you first rehydrate it in cold water
> for like 20 minutes, then toss it in a pot of hot soup... the heat,
> any acidity, and fat will prevent the flavoids in dehy vegetables from
> fully releasing... this is especially noticable with dehy celery. I'm
> a firm believer in keeping dehy veggies on hand, too many times I went
> into the fridge only to find I ran out or the celery, bell pepper,
> etc, has melted to mush.

I like 2-3 stalks in my chicken soup. I never tried celery seed in the
soup, but it's a necessity in BBQ sauce around here.

Greg

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
> celery flavour.

A stalk would be quite a lot of celery.
Perhaps you meant a rib.

I've never found much flavor for soup
in the ribs. It's mostly in the leaves.
Celery leaves are great in soup.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
>> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
>> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
>> celery flavour.
>
> A stalk would be quite a lot of celery.
> Perhaps you meant a rib.
>
> I've never found much flavor for soup
> in the ribs. It's mostly in the leaves.
> Celery leaves are great in soup.

I always get stalk and rib confused. And then there was that garlic thing.
I thought a clove of garlic was the whole bulb. The only reason I thought
this was that my husband REALLY likes garlic and would ask me to put one or
two whole ones into the dish.

I didn't realize my mistake until my SIL had to take over the Christmas
recipes one year when my MIL first became ill. She had me try a stuffed
pepper and then apologized and said that she didn't realize that a clove was
one little bit and not the whole bulb. I was like... Uh... Um... It..it
isn't? She thought I was joking. I wasn't. My mom never cooked with
garlic. I didn't know. And the only garlic I had seen my MIL use was the
powdered kind.

On Mar 28, 6:49*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 28/03/2012 1:37 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>
> > "Julie > *wrote in message
> ...
> >> I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
> >> until just now. *I know someone else reported on this before. *I think it
> >> was Lee. *I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. *But this stuff
> >> tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. *I don't
> >> mind it. *I like salty things. *I just find it to be interesting!
>
> > It varies. *I've had some very salty celery and some extremely sweet celery.
> > Just has to do with the weather when it was growing I think. *Celery is kind
> > of salty to start with. *I find I need less salt when I cook with it.
>
> Celery is funny stuff. It is usually quite bland, but I have on occasion
> found it to have much more flavour than usual. A bout a month ago I put
> one stalk of celery into a pot of soup and it turned out to be too much
> celery flavour.

Before chopping, I always try a bite to see if it's bitter, or tired,
or otherwise unpleasant.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:59:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!

Yes, celery naturally has a high sodium content but that it tastes
extrordinarilly salty to you at times is because at times ones
sensitivity to the taste of salt changes due to changes in body
chemistry, depending on what you're been eating and/or medications you
take, and even how much water you drink. Ones emotional state alters
taste sensitivity too, as of course does aging. Taste is not static,
taste is dynamic. Peoples taste changes all the time. Also as celery
ages and loses water its salt content becomes more concentrated.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:59:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>
> Yes, celery naturally has a high sodium content but that it tastes
> extrordinarilly salty to you at times is because at times ones
> sensitivity to the taste of salt changes due to changes in body
> chemistry, depending on what you're been eating and/or medications you
> take, and even how much water you drink. Ones emotional state alters
> taste sensitivity too, as of course does aging. Taste is not static,
> taste is dynamic. Peoples taste changes all the time. Also as celery
> ages and loses water its salt content becomes more concentrated.

Hmmm... I just never noticed it to be salty before.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:34:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:59:11 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>>>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>>>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>>>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>>>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>>
>> Yes, celery naturally has a high sodium content but that it tastes
>> extrordinarilly salty to you at times is because at times ones
>> sensitivity to the taste of salt changes due to changes in body
>> chemistry, depending on what you're been eating and/or medications you
>> take, and even how much water you drink. Ones emotional state alters
>> taste sensitivity too, as of course does aging. Taste is not static,
>> taste is dynamic. Peoples taste changes all the time. Also as celery
>> ages and loses water its salt content becomes more concentrated.
>
>Hmmm... I just never noticed it to be salty before.

Maybe your sensitivities were in a heightened state... could be your
meds, or you just perfomed oral sex.

it is weird, its my "hungry" food, if it t tastes good i am hungry if it
doesn't taste good i probably just need a drink of water, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>I know that celery is high in sodium but I never had salty tasting celery
>until just now. I know someone else reported on this before. I think it
>was Lee. I have had bitter tasting celery a few times. But this stuff
>tastes like someone gave it a really good sprinkle of sea salt. I don't
>mind it. I like salty things. I just find it to be interesting!
>