Katra wrote:

> 1 Stalk is 1 section/piece/leaf.
> Celery is purchase by the head, consisting of several stalks.
>
> Personally, I don't think a single stalk is enough for soup for 4
> people. :-) I'd use at least 3 or 4 of them, but then I love celery in
> soups!

I ruined a stew a few weeks ago with too much celery. It didn't seem like a lot at the
time and I always thought that celery was relatively mild flavored. I had a larger
than usual stalk and chopped up the whole thing to fry up with the onions,carrots and
mushroom. It was a surprise to me that the celery was almost overpowering.