Re: [CH] Chili question

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> I want to ask you to clarify something for me, because even though I know
> that coriander, cilantro, and soapweed mean the same plant, I use the term
> "coriander" to mean the seeds of the plant and "cilantro" and/or "soapweed"
> to mean the leaves, dry or fresh, of that plant.  So, "ground coriander"
> wouldn't mean the same thing as "soapweed", nor does it even taste the same.
> (Ground coriander is an important ingredient in making sausages and pastrami
> etc. and I can't STAND the taste of cilantro at all, not even the smallest
> little bit, because the soap flavor just overpowers everything to me - and
> please, folks, lets NOT start another thread about that: for some people it
> does and for some it doesn't and we should leave it at that.)
 
> So:  Do you mean the seed or the leaf?

I suspect they mean the seeds, ground up. My jar (from SpiceRite (tm)
of Brooklyn, NY 11238) says "Ground Coriander has a warm, distinctive,
fragrant aroma and a mildly sweet yet slightly pungent taste.....
often an ingredient in curry powders and other spice mixtures.... used
in cookies(?), pastries(?), buns(?), sausages and frankfurters." (sic)

The whiff is about the same as when I crush coriander seeds between
two spoons. So, I'm goona opine that it's ground seeds... but, like
life - there ain't no guarantees on that.  <GGG>

ENJOY!!!
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