On Jun 13, 10:21*am, Kate Brown wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Judith in France wrote



On Jun 6, 3:01*pm, "Bioboffin" wrote:
"dido22" wrote in message

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Hello,

I grow coriander in a pot on the window-ledge & it does fine there.

It is starting to produce little flowers. Should I leave them on? or
should I remove them to encourage growth?. *I assume I can eat them OK?

Thanks

If you leave them, they should produce seeds, which are also useful in
cooking. However you can save them, and sow them next year.

I grow coriander in the garden - last year I bought a plant in a garden
centre, but this year about 6 plants have grown from the seeds which fell
off last year's plant. I currently have massive 80cm tall coriander plants
which are beginning to flower too.

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John

John, how would you use that amount of Coriander? *I have lettuce
growing, enough to feed the 5,000 and I have no idea how to use the
majority of it; although I eat a green salad every day. *Maybe I
should go into the cooking group and ask for recipes; although lettuce
soup is awful.

There's a lovely recipe for peas which jazzes up ordinary frozen peas,
and I often do this with lettuce that has sat a day too long in the
fridge, or excess from my rocket patch.

Cut up shallots finely and saute them in a drop of olive oil or butter,
add peas, then chopped up lettuce, add a little stock or white wine and
simmer for ten minutes or so (if using fresh peas, add the lettuce when
the peas are nearly cooked). *Add a grating of lemon zest and a little
lemon juice, plus a good spoonful of creme fraiche, mix in till the
cream is hot and serve. *Fantastic with fish.

As for coriander, large quantities are very good with either grilled
lamb or prawns.

Heavens, I've only just finished breakfast and I'm hungry already....

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Kate B

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want to reply personally

Fabulous Kate, thank you; that will be on the menu for sure.

Judith