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From: cat@tommif.UUCP (Catherine Mikkelsen)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Looking for cilantro around Boston
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Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 23:50:44 EDT
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Summary: where to use cilantro:

> What are you planning to do
> with the fresh cilantro?  
> 

AHA!!  One of my pet spices!! I use cilantro in mexican food (i.e. salsa)
and chinese food.  If you have ever eaten chinese chicken salad and 
wondered what that pungent parsley-like herb was -- it's cilantro.

I quote from *The Complete Book of Mexican Cookery* by Elisabeth Lambert
Ortiz: *One of the most important herbs is fresh green coriander (as
distinct from the seeds), known in Mexico as cilantro and in Puerto Rico
as culantro... A member of the parsley family...it is also known as Chinese
parsley and is available in Chinese markets, markets that specialize in 
foods from India, and many Puerto Rican and Latin markets...
Though easy to grow from seed, it unfortunately does not dry well.  It is
sold with its roots on; they should not be removed until the cilantro is
used...Do not rinse before storing, as it will rot very quickly...It can
be frozen.*

Certainly more than you ever dreamed (or wanted) to know about cilantro!

Cilantro is almost always included in Ms. Ortiz's recipes for salsa, which
can be made with either fresh or canned chopped tomatoes, serrano or jalapeno
peppers (which have been roasted, skinned, had the insides removed, and then
chopped), chopped onions, and some garlic.  

Before I run out of steam, cilantro is also excellent in -- oh no, I forgot
the name -- a dish made of raw white fish marinated in lime juice and 
variations of the above salsa recipe.  What's that stuff called again??

At any rate, I suggest *The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook* by Gloria
Bley Miller for further Chinese recipes.  OH -- the raw fish dish is called
ceviche.

Catherine Mikkelsen
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