coriander and cumin

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coriander and cumin

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Who, on Eileen's Lounge, is using either of these, and how?

I've been seeing C&C as ingredients in recipes in the Toronto Star for a long time, so I bought a small jar of each.
I suppose I could start by adding a bit to my brown rice, or to a soup etc, but I'd be interested to get some very basic uses from co-Loungers, to get me off to a better start than my normal random-process technique.
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I use both in sauces, particular Italian tomato sauces; but the cumin is a bit too strong for the Italian types. I use it in Mexican sauces and in Indian dishes.

For any who don't know, coriander is the seed from the cilantro plant. It is about the size of a BB, black and is usually ground before adding to a dish 'tho this is not strictly necessary to get the flavor.
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BobH wrote:I use both in sauces, ...
Thanks Bob.
For my next batch of onion-and-tomato pasta sauce I'll try a teaspoon of one; the other for the next batch.
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You must be familiar with the first line of the Tennyson poem
Cumin to the garden, Maud
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John Gray wrote:You must be familiar with the first line of the Tennyson poem...
Sadly, no.
I was in the "Science Stream" at High School and didn't pay much atennyson to the English language bloke.
I was much more interested in the mathematics of phsics, torsion, tension, and that sort of thing ... :flee:
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BobH wrote:I use both in sauces,...
:salute: Reporting back, sir.
I put a fingernail-full of each into my lentil, left-over chick-pea, defrosted chicken-breast and vegetable-stock soup on the weekend, and it was yummy!
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BobH wrote:For any who don't know, coriander is the seed from the cilantro plant.
I didn't know this. Thank you for the info! Yea! I learned something today! :smile:
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
BobH wrote:I use both in sauces,...
:salute: Reporting back, sir.
I put a fingernail-full of each into my lentil, left-over chick-pea, defrosted chicken-breast and vegetable-stock soup on the weekend, and it was yummy!
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Skitterbug wrote:
BobH wrote:For any who don't know, coriander is the seed from the cilantro plant.
I didn't know this. Thank you for the info! Yea! I learned something today! :smile:
Being more specific, cilantro is an herb and coriander is a spice (I think?).
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Coriander is the name of the plant, and in many languages, also the name of its fresh leaves used as a herb; the name cilantro appears to be specific to North America.
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We grow coriander in our vegetable garden each year, and in the fall, I harvest the seeds. While coriander seed is available at the grocery store, throwing the newly harvested seeds in a spice grinder yields a much more flavourful product, and the aroma is amazing. :grin: :joy:
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