Parsley, hemlock & Co.
Jul 7th 2018, 9:14 am
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Parsley, hemlock & Co.
Another Silly Season subject!
In the last two weeks, I've bought bunches of "parsley" in two different stores, neither of which had any smell of parsley and, although there hadn't been any reports of mysterious serial deaths-by-hemlock in the area, I hesitated to taste. The first bunch I put in the compost, but had a tasting session with the second when OH's nurse was here (you never know...) and she identified it as coriander. This also went into the compost as we don't like the taste! Chervil which is also a look-alike would have been acceptable, but still not parsley with its incomparable taste and all its virtues.
So, next time I'm buying parsley, I'll crush and chew a leaf first, to make sure!
P.S. I've no luck growing it myself, so that's not a solution...
In the last two weeks, I've bought bunches of "parsley" in two different stores, neither of which had any smell of parsley and, although there hadn't been any reports of mysterious serial deaths-by-hemlock in the area, I hesitated to taste. The first bunch I put in the compost, but had a tasting session with the second when OH's nurse was here (you never know...) and she identified it as coriander. This also went into the compost as we don't like the taste! Chervil which is also a look-alike would have been acceptable, but still not parsley with its incomparable taste and all its virtues.
So, next time I'm buying parsley, I'll crush and chew a leaf first, to make sure!
P.S. I've no luck growing it myself, so that's not a solution...
Jul 7th 2018, 10:32 am
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Re: Parsley, hemlock & Co.
We went to a restaurant with some french friends and the fish was served with "ail des ours".
However, our french friends complained to the chef that there really was not a flavour of this product.
When we dropped one of the friends off at her home, she gave us a jar of her home-made equivalent.
L'ail des ours is wild garlic and is in season when the bears waken from their hibernation.
The bears love the taste and feast on it - hence the name.
Not a lot of people know that - well at least I didn't.
However, our french friends complained to the chef that there really was not a flavour of this product.
When we dropped one of the friends off at her home, she gave us a jar of her home-made equivalent.
L'ail des ours is wild garlic and is in season when the bears waken from their hibernation.
The bears love the taste and feast on it - hence the name.
Not a lot of people know that - well at least I didn't.
Jul 7th 2018, 11:30 am
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Re: Parsley, hemlock & Co.
Where i live we have water dropwort - aka hemlock growing by streams, and to me it really does look like coriander/cilantro - one stalk can kill 20 people,,, careful!
Jul 7th 2018, 11:47 am
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