On 4/11/2019 2:42 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 14:04:42 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 4/11/2019 12:15 AM, graham wrote:
>>> On 2019-04-10 9:39 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 4/10/2019 9:52 PM, wrote:
>>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:44:25 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:36:40 AM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regular flat Italian parsley and reg cilantro taste almost the same in
>>>>>>> the produce section of most sprmkts.Â* It was "organic parsley" that
>>>>>>> got
>>>>>>> me started into "organic".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> nb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can always tell the difference between parsley and cilantro
>>>>>> at the grocery store.Â* Either your grocery store sucks, or your
>>>>>> taste buds require greater stimulation than mine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>
>>>>> Boy, howdy!Â* Cilantro may be green but it certainly doesn't taste
>>>>> anything
>>>>> like parsley.Â* Nasty stuff to me; as Ina Garten says about cilantro "not
>>>>> now, not ever."
>>>>>
>>>> I'm one of those people who thinks cilantro tastes like soap.Â* So no
>>>> way amd I going to add chopped (or dried) cilantro to anything.
>>>> Parsley is a whole different thing. 
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> While I agree with you about cilantro, parsley to me has never been more
>>> than a decorative herb, its flavour so inconsequential that drying it
>>> would be a waste of time.
>>> There must be genetic markers to match up with people's likes and
>>> dislikes of some herbs just as some lack the gene to smell asparagus pee.
>>
>> ROFL! I haven't heard about asparagus pee in decades. Sorry, but I
>> don't sit around sniffing my urine, I just get up and flush the toilet.
>> Never noticed a smell after eating asparagus.
>>
>> Curley parsley is good for decorating a plate but it does have flavour.
>> Flat leaf parsley is different. Tastes different from the curley.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I only grow curly leafed parsley because it has so much more flavor
> than the flat leaf. Flat leaf has a very grassy flavor
>
That's a good description, Janet. Grassy. Curley parsley is slightly
sweet. Used as a breath freshener in some cultures. And, as you
mentioned elsewhere in the thread, like a little splash of lemon it just
brightens up a dish when added at the end.
Jill