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

"dido22" wrote in message
...
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.

--

John

On 2009-06-06, Bioboffin wrote:
"dido22" wrote in message
...
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.


(a bit late to this...)

As far as I'm aware, all parts of the plant can be eaten. If you let it
seed, the unripe green seeds concentrate the fresh flavour amazingly.
This is in deep contrast to the mature dry seed. The unripe seeds are
great in a salad

I grow a 20 ft row of coriander every year, with successional (sp?)
sowing, so that there's some at every stage.
--
comp.john

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

...

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.

--

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.

Judith

Judith

On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Judith in France wrote
On Jun 6, 3:01*pm, "Bioboffin" wrote:
"dido22" wrote in message

...

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.

--

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....

--
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

In message
,
Judith in France writes
snip
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.

Judith

Judith

Very lightly fried in a little butter until wilted and served with peas
is good.
--
June Hughes

Judith in France wrote:
I have lettuce
growing, enough to feed the 5,000 and I have no idea how to use the
majority of it


I'll swap you some mange-tout for the lettuce. The slugs got my last
batch of lettuce seedlings.
As for courgettes, I'll soon have enough to feed the 5000.

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

On Jun 13, 10:13*am, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:07:41 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France



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

...

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.

--

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.

Breed rabbits and feed them the lettuce
--

Martin

Oh no Martin, they breed rabbits for the table here and neighbours
keep offering me one, they ask me to select it when still alive!!!!!
The first time my neighbour offered me one, I said "oh dear; you mean
you'll kill it?" she replied "well, you can't eat it alive"! I don't
like rabbit at all.

Judith

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

...

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.

--

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....

--
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

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

Judith

On Jun 13, 10:35*am, June Hughes
wrote:
In message
,
Judith in France writes
snip

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.

Judith

Judith

Very lightly fried in a little butter until wilted and served with peas
is good.
--
June Hughes

Thanks, so Kate said.

Judith

On Jun 13, 11:51*am, David in Normandy
wrote:
Judith in France wrote:
I have lettuce
growing, enough to feed the 5,000 and I have no idea how to use the
majority of it

I'll swap you some mange-tout for the lettuce. The slugs got my last
batch of lettuce seedlings.
As for courgettes, I'll soon have enough to feed the 5000.

--
David in Normandy. *
* *To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
* *subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
* *by a filter and not reach my inbox.

You can send me mange tout any time you like; love them. As for
courgettes, I love cutting them in half, lengthwise, scoop out seeds,
fill the space with sausage meat, herbs, finely chopped garlic'or
onion or shallot or all if you want and breadcrumbs,brush with olive
oil and bake in the oven until the courgette is soft and the filling
is brown and crispy; lovely.

Judith

Judith in France wrote:

they breed rabbits for the table here and neighbours
keep offering me one, they ask me to select it when still alive!!!!!
The first time my neighbour offered me one, I said "oh dear; you mean
you'll kill it?" she replied "well, you can't eat it alive"! I don't
like rabbit at all.

Judith

We've got a neighbour who keeps rabbits for the table. While we welcome
his occasional gift of plums or melons, a skinned rabbit was not the
nicest. The Mrs was not impressed as he had left its head on and its
dead eyes were staring at her as she prepared it. Put her off the meal.
Can't say as I'm too keen on the taste either. The meat is a bit strong,
though I suppose one could get used to it.

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

In article ,
David in Normandy wrote:
Judith in France wrote:

they breed rabbits for the table here and neighbours
keep offering me one, they ask me to select it when still alive!!!!!
The first time my neighbour offered me one, I said "oh dear; you mean
you'll kill it?" she replied "well, you can't eat it alive"! I don't
like rabbit at all.

We've got a neighbour who keeps rabbits for the table. While we welcome
his occasional gift of plums or melons, a skinned rabbit was not the
nicest. The Mrs was not impressed as he had left its head on and its
dead eyes were staring at her as she prepared it. Put her off the meal.
Can't say as I'm too keen on the taste either. The meat is a bit strong,
though I suppose one could get used to it.

The mind boggles! If the rabbit tasted strong, it had either been
eating something unusual or had been left too long after being killed.
It is a very bland meat, except by comparison with supermarket 'white'
meats.

I am afraid that I find both of your responses rather sad. Sorry,
but the reality of butchery is an intrinsic part of meat eating.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

wrote:

I am afraid that I find both of your responses rather sad. Sorry,
but the reality of butchery is an intrinsic part of meat eating.


I agree. Like many people in this respect I'm a hypocrite. I enjoy meat
however, I find the butchery process somewhat repugnant. The actual
act of killing the animal I find even worse.

I was brought up on a farm and one of my earliest memories is having a
pet calf. I called him Henry and grew quite fond of him and used to
scratch behind his ears - cattle love that as do most animals. Anyway,
he got older and one day he disappeared. A few days later I was eating
Sunday lunch when my father proudly proclaimed that I was eating Henry! :-(

I've since heard it said, that if you are raising an animal for meat,
never give it a personal name!

--
David in Normandy.
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subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

On Jun 13, 1:34*pm, David in Normandy
wrote:
Judith in France wrote:
they breed rabbits for the table here and neighbours
keep offering me one, they ask me to select it when still alive!!!!!
The first time my neighbour offered me one, I said "oh dear; you mean
you'll kill it?" *she replied "well, you can't eat it alive"! *I don't
like rabbit at all.

Judith

We've got a neighbour who keeps rabbits for the table. While we welcome
his occasional gift of plums or melons, a skinned rabbit was not the
nicest. The Mrs was not impressed as he had left its head on and its
dead eyes were staring at her as she prepared it. Put her off the meal.
Can't say as I'm too keen on the taste either. The meat is a bit strong,
though I suppose one could get used to it.

--
David in Normandy. *
* *To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
* *subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
* *by a filter and not reach my inbox.

I just don't like the meat; it's something left over from childhood.

Judith