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THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL KNOWLEDGEABLE GARDENERS! IT IS CULANTRO!!!!!!!!!!!! TOO BAD THE GROCERY STORE HAS IT LISTED AS CILANTRO ON THE PACKAGE. I LOVE IT! I AM SO GLAD I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. I HAVE TONS OF SEEDS THAT I COLLECTED YESTERDAY, IF YOU'D LIKE SOME THEN SEND ME A SASE I WILL SEND YOU SOME SEEDS, IT'S DELICIOUS!

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

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Shhhhh.... Your making my dogs bark :lol:


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:lol: Hush Pepper, it's OK. You too, Jacob... Go back to sleep. :wink:

For those not aware, posting in CAPS is considered shouting. :wink:

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Sorry, I was shouting because I was so excited because this site is awesome. Hehe.

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Now there's a delayed reaction... In November, people say shhh, you're shouting, you're waking the dogs and in April the OP says, oh sorry. I guess you had to think about that one a long time! :) (Just teasing! :) )

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This is what is called Spiny Cilantro or Mexican Cilantro (or if your using the seeds Mexican Coriander)

if you look it up on Google images you will see that this kind of Cilantro has flat basal leaves but the tops are Spiny (thus the name spiny cilantro)

Also that last plant looks a bit like Lime Basil, which of course is a basil it just is not as pungent as sweet or mammoth basil.

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Well, I started to get into this last year and decided I'd just be kicking up dust.

April came around and I realized I still didn't have anything to contribute.

I'm not sure if it helps to go back and revisit but . . .

Vietnam or Mexican cilantro, or culantro:

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on the right

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The first plant looks like recao or culantro (common in puertorrican food and other caribbean foods). In English it is called Long coriander or spiny coriander. The latin name is Eryngium foetidum L. This is a very common herb in latin food. My mother uses it with a lot of meals. It is added to soups, beans, stews, etc. Once the meal is done, just remove the leaves before serving. It grows very well, hard to kill and yes, it has a very strong odor. I love it, it is great.



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