In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> 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.
>
>

How dry was it?
I've seen some older celery that is a bit dry that can be very strongly
flavored. Celery that does not get enough water can do that.

When I buy it, I try to make sure that the head is nice and juicy.

Don't know if that was the case this time for you or not?
--
K.