Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!hao!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Cilantro vs. soap (again) Message-ID: <156@opus.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 03:39:46 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.156 Posted: Thu Oct 24 03:39:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:41:43 EDT References: <330@aoa.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 20 > Months ago there was a discussion on the merits of the spice cilantro > (a.k.a. coriander leaves, chinese parsley). Some (myself included) said > it was wonderful. Others said it tastes like soap... > ...Eventually I found that Wilson Farms in Lexington carries it occasionally. > They bring it in from Calif. The first bunch I bought smelled and tasted > right, but I was busy and didn't use it right away. Within about 3 days, > it didn't have much taste at all. What taste there was reminded me vaguely > of (surprise!) soap!... > ...So that's the answer. It must be fresh!... Disagree. I have smelled it just about as fresh as it comes, namely before it's even been picked, in one of our herb planters. Friends and I agree that it smells very much like soap, as far as that analogy is valid. (It's soapy along with a variety of other aromas and tastes.) Use the usual criteria for judging fresh herbs--nothing turning yellow or looking bruised or elderly. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...At last it's the real thing...or close enough to pretend.