[Sca-cooks] Coriander Seeds, was Back Again
Olwen the Odd
olwentheodd at hotmail.com
Thu Aug 21 13:49:39 PDT 2003
>Olwen wrote:
>>OK. How about coriander. 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.
>
>It doesn't matter how recently she bought them. They were old and stale. If
>they lacked scent and flavor the aromatic oils had evaporated.
>
>In what way did they look different? Was it primarily a matter of color? Or
>were they a different shape?
>
>Anahita
Well, that was my first thought but they didn't look the same as mine so I
think they are a different variety. They had lots of aroma, just not as
pleasant as mine. They were a different colour and shape too.
Olwen
_________________________________________________________________
Get MSN 8 and help protect your children with advanced parental controls.
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/parental
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list