I grew so much cilantro this year that I had to dehydrate most of it.Once it's dehydrated put it in a sealed jar and freeze it . The smell and taste is just like having it fresh. >From owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com Sat Nov 21 14:34:01 1998 >Received: from [209.66.116.20] by hotmail.com (1.0) with SMTP id MHotMail30891404412533506532470351079323611490; Sat Nov 21 14:34:01 1998 >Received: (from majordomo@localhost) > by webhosts.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12190 > for chile-heads-list; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:33:13 -0800 >Received: from zzapp.org (zzapp.org [206.165.125.1]) > by webhosts.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA12182 > for <chile-heads@GlobalGarden.com>; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:33:10 -0800 >Received: from sl19.zzapp.org ([206.165.125.244]) by zzapp.org > with SMTP (IPAD 1.52) id 8883900 ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 17:32:35 EST >Received: by sl19.zzapp.org with Microsoft Mail > id <01BE1574.9EBC9020@sl19.zzapp.org>; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 17:30:23 -0500 >Message-ID: <01BE1574.9EBC9020@sl19.zzapp.org> >From: Dale Hitchcock <dhitchco@zzapp.org> >To: "'chile-heads@GlobalGarden.com'" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> >Subject: [CH] Keeping Cilantro Fresh >Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 17:30:21 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Sender: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: Dale Hitchcock <dhitchco@zzapp.org> > >Rich McCormack (Poway, CA) macknet@cts.com wrote: ><< >To keep cilantro fresh: pour water in a small jar or drinking glass >'till it's about 1/2 full, cut about 1/2 inch off the stem end of the >bunch, immerse the end of the stems in the water as if it were a bunch >of flowers in a vase, put it back in the 'frigerator...works for me.>> > >To add my two cents, I would say first rinse it under cold water >and let dry a bit, then put it in the glass of water, put a plastic >bag (like the one from the grocery store it probably came home >in) loosely over the whole thing, and store in the refrigerator. >For what it is worth, I usually put mine in a heavy mug to make >it a little more stable in the refrigerator. Should last a week if >not longer. The cutting of stems, as Rich notes, is key here. >(I think I learned this from a Chile-Heads post a few years back....) > >Dale H. >dhitchco@zzapp.org > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com