<Ross@home> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:27:51 -0700, Todd > wrote:
>
>>On 03/22/2013 07:20 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>> I like a bit of cilantro (called coriander here) but just a little. In
>>> salsa though I really just do something basic, the chopped tomato,
>>> onion, salt/pepper and a bit of lime juice (sometimes a few chilli
>>> flakes or a bit of cut up pickled jalapeno - depends on whether you like
>>> spicy, hot or not. I do like it with some canned (in juice) crushed
>>> pineapple and a tad of cilantro.
>>
>>And when your wife tastes one tiny leaf of it and turn to you
>>and says "I think you better call 911" (scared the poop out
>>of me), what would you substitute?
>>
>>Over here we call Cilantro the whole plant, Corrander the
>>leaves, and Cumin the seeds.
>>
>>-T
>
> Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) and cumin (Cuminum cyminum) are two
> different herbs.
>
> Ross.

Agree they are different. Cilantro is the plant, meaning the leaves or
the roots (common in Asian cooking); coriander refers to the seeds.
But...I have seen different customs and usages. Never cumin, though.

pavane