hints from Martha Stewart?

jjbuck · Post by **jjbuck** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:26 pm

While reading up on Belgian wits I suddenly had Zen moment ( or maybe it was the triple I was drinking). I realized that I had saved about 5 ounces of "Flat leaf parsley seeds" from my garden grown parsley. I do believe the seeds are ... wait for it... coriander! Nice to get double use from the plant.
Maybe not great news to the rest of you but I was tickled ( then again it still may be this triple)

tompb · Post by **tompb** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:42 pm

Sorry John. Cilantro seeds are corriander. I'm not sure how the parsley would work.

carrisr · Post by **carrisr** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:02 pm

Tom is right, so it must have been the tripel after all. Could be interesting though. You might try crushing a few and seeing what aromas you get.

jjbuck · Post by **jjbuck** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:26 pm

Cilantro = Italian flat leaf parsley or am I mistaken?

tony b · Post by **tony b** » Sun May 23, 2010 10:34 am

Sorry dude, but parsely is parsely. Italian flat leaf is just another variety from the "normal" curly that we see everywhere.

Confirmation from the others - coriander = cilantro.

jjbuck · Post by **jjbuck** » Sun May 23, 2010 2:45 pm

Knowing that my Alzheimer kicks in often without warning, I did some more checking. Seems cilantro is also known as "Chinese parsley or Indian flat leaf parsley" but not Italian flat leaf. Maybe that is why my lasagna tastes off.

jjbuck · Post by **jjbuck** » Sun May 23, 2010 2:47 pm

However, the seeds I have are definitely coriander, even though I misnamed the plant.