[Sca-cooks] Coriander/Cilantro

[Laura C. Minnick]

Chris Stanifer wrote:
>
> Greetings List,
>
> I know we have period references and documentation for
> the use of coriander seed, but has anyone come across
> a reference for using the herbacious leaves?  They
> probably wouldn't be referenced as 'cilantro', and
> they may not be distinguished by another term at all,
> but it seems to me that if they had the seeds, then
> they HAD to have the leaves, as well.  I'm sure there
> has to be a reference to it (possibly middle-eastern),
> but I don't have one, and was simply curious.

Bal,

I've seen references to 'fresh coriander', which I understand to be the
leaves, but I don't eat things that taste like something you rub on your
body in the shower, so I have never used them in practice...

'Lainie