Cooking aboard or outdoors

OK. Sounds reasonable....

 

Firstly cilantro..or coriander to others (like me).. is a totally different flavour. It is like comparing wine with beer as being the same!

Parsley, is a wonderful subtle herb. When used with the right dishes can really enhance and bring out all the flavours in harmony. Flat leaf Italian parsley is very flavour-some and i use this a lot, unlike some of the other 'lesser' ones. Goes well with many dishes with sea food too. Mind you most dried parsley you buy is lacking in any flavour in reality and is in my opinion not worth it.
For more info: http://www.yourguidetoitaly.com/italian-flat-leaf-parsley.html

Garnished my lamb ragu last night with it (flat leaf parsley that is)...yummm

 

well, i guess your partner goes hungry, huh?
Reminds me of the little boy walking to sunday school. Mama gave him two nickels. One for the collection plate, and one for ice cream after. One nickle escaped his grasp and rolled down a storm drain. "Well, Lord! There went your nickle!"

 

Parsley is more than just a garnish on restaurant plates. It's also a breath freshener after eating. Most people never learned this reason for this ancient custom.

 

Never said cilantro and parsley were the same thing.

But what's available in the markets around here is usually curly-leaved parsley, rather than the flat-leaf Italian kind. I'll skip it or substitute cilantro with a pretty clear conscience, thankyouverymuch.....

 

Indeed. But your application of said herb suggests otherwise:

Coriander is no substitute for parsley at all. It is a totally different flavour. As noted, like saying i'll substitute beer for wine. You may enjoy the result, but the flavours are totally different.

Curly leaf is ok, you just have to use more of it...well, depending upon what flavour you wish to enhance. I used curly leaf as one of the herbs in my Lamb Ragu, but garnished with flat leaf. Flat leaf is more expensive and less readily available here. I do grow my own but the growing season is tricky in spring time.

 

boiled potatoes with butter and parsley is a simple but admirable dish.

i like cilantro in tomato flavored dishes

 

Getting a little quibbly out... maybe I should take an umbrella.

Would you have felt better if I said, 'I either do without it or use cilanto' instead?

 

If Adhoc was in Australia instead of Japan, you could hve said "Quibbly down under."

 

I enjoyed this in my youth. But i rarely use butter in cooking these days.

Yes agreed. Seems a natural partner, just as is basil.

You can say what ever you wish.

To my pallet, the 2 are totally different flavours and thus would not consider substituting one for the other. The resulting flavour is totally different. By your own admission you not have used it for decades. Thus, perhaps your pallet is unaccustomed to the subtleties of parsley and the differences between the two herbs and resulting dishes when used.

 

Yobi smokes and has done for 50 years . He cant smell or taste anything but peppers,--- but ille wager 100 dollars he will assure that he can and whats more is perfect.

 

Nothing dibbly quibbly about it at all, unless you're unwilling to accept that someone else's pallet tastes flavours different from your own. I doubt you would get a sensible reply offering to substitute a Fosters for a VB in Oz...after you have picked yourself up off the floor for daring such a substitute!

 

Jeez.... you're the only guy I can think of who would work up a head of steam and get morally outraged, simply because you think someone doesn't know the difference between cilantro and parsley.

 

Oh dear..I seem to have hit a raw nerve.

Firstly..where is this 'head of steam'..??..and then..where is the moral outrage??

Talk about read something into meaning where there is none.

To substitute one food for another in cooking implies is has the same/similar texture/colour/flavour...otherwise why substitute it?

It is like saying fancy a glass of red wine vinegar, because i have substituted this for my pinor noir.

If you are unable to discern the differences between coriander and parsley that's fine, doesn't bother me one bit. But do not assume because you cannot no one else can. Also do not assume that because someone else doesn't accept your point of view that they are morally outraged and in a full head of steam in presenting their own...that is bordering on paranoia!!

 

Dang. Talk about running a trivial subject into the ground......

Are you done now? Got it all out of your system?