[Sca-cooks] Coriander was Back Again

[Decker, Terry D.]

Not particularly manic, but okay.

Coriander is the seed from Coriandrum sativum.  There are some varietal
differences, one of which, the difference between Indian and European
coriander, can be seen on Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages at
http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katzer/engl/generic_frame.html?Eryn_foe.html
.

I don't know of any substitutes for coriander seed, but when you talk about
cilantro (coriander leaf) there are a number of related plants that will
give a similar taste.

Bear

> OK.  How about corriander.  How many different varieties are 
> there?  I 
> brought some whole seeds with me to make the 
> garlic/corriander olives for 
> Atlantia's party.  It is the same stuff I always get and use.  Smells 
> wonderful, looks fresh, has a very nice flavor.  Bec brought 
> hers.  Looked 
> different, didn't smell as good, tasted not so good.  I know 
> she got her's 
> fairly recently but it was so much different.  I opted to use 
> a bit of her's 
> to a lot of mine, just so she didn't feel bad.  Well, the 
> good news is that 
> the crowd ate almost all of a #10 can of black olives.
> Olwen
> 

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