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I have always grown herbs & this year I bought a couple of new ones to me & today I realised that one of them had really taken off in it's pot....Vietnamese Coriander. It had been looking rather poorly; straggly with very few leaves. Now it is flourishing.....I think this warm weather after all the rain has bought it on, in fact it is standing in a shallow saucer of water. I had never tried the leaves but I knew it was used in Vietnamese & Thai salads as well as in cooked dishes. So i nipped off a leaf to taste......WOW !! was it a surprise.....it is so spicy & your tongue tingles. It does have a background taste of coriander. I don't think people who dislike coriander would enjoy it but I now enjoy it so I am going to try it in some dishes from that part of the world. Here is what Wickipedia says about it.
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That's interesting, one of its chemicals, alpha humelene, is also found in Hops.
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I've tried lovage for the first time this year. It is supposed to taste like celery but it doesn't to me, it tastes more like a spicy coriander, but I like it and it is a perennial unlike celery.
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I love most herbs but a big dissapointment for me was salad burnet, bought a couple of small plants last year and they have taken really well, but I don't like the taste and they constantly need cutting back. (worried that they constantly form some rather boring flower heads and if I'm not careful I'll have then everywhere)
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JoannaS said:
I've tried lovage for the first time this year. It is supposed to taste like celery but it doesn't to me, it tastes more like a spicy coriander, but I like it and it is a perennial unlike celery.
The seeds & roots are tasty too. I have it in my garden. Last year, in The Guardian, Hugh FW wrote an interesting article with some good recipes, here's the link.
"The beautiful is as useful as the useful...perhaps more so."
from Les Miserables
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Lovage and Brandy is a tum settler in the west country same as Port and Brandy , knocked back in one if it don't bounce you'll improve .
Seed catalogues are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than the web and playboy combined . (after Michael Perry)
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That sounds like a darned good addition to any garden, thanks for the link Hattie. And Seth for the information!
I'll try that again!
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Hattie,glad you've found Vietnamese coriander because we've used it for years,taking cuttings from a plant our neighbour bought about 12 years ago.Forgive me if you already know this but its not winter hardy,i usually take cuttings from it at end of August & have these in the house over winter as we do not heat our greenhouse,then pot them up in the spring.We love making curries from scratch & use it alot in them.Also when i make courgette or carrot soup it goes in there.
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Thank you, Ann, for the information....I knew it wasn't winter hardy & as it's in a pot it is easy for me to bring it indoors. I will also take some cuttings later this month on your advice. It certainly packs a punch; I am using it with care.
"The beautiful is as useful as the useful...perhaps more so."
from Les Miserables
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