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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
I still get excited when groceries arrive and when I tore the paper bag open I found… a single stick of celery that I did not order. Celery is the vegetable that all the other vegetables don’t want to invite round for dinner. It brings nothing to the table. Watery bastard. Celery and I have had a very distant relationship over the years. I know it’s part of the parsley family and parsley has such wonderful taste and brilliant presentation, but celery is the one vegetable that I have no interest in. The universe has a rather good sense of humour - if you let it.

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Phil 1 year ago
You can send the celery to me 😊
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Zardoz zardoz@orriss.org 1 year ago
I don’t even eat salad. Salad isn’t food. Salad is a promise that real food is coming. Like a promissory note that a steak is on the way…
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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
The broth sounds quite lovely 🤔💜🫂 I don’t mind it so much anymore, but the taste is pretty boring 😭 feels like a place filler - maybe I need to try it in different ways 🫂
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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
My mum uses it in bolognaise 💯🫂 I feel like it would still taste good without it 🥹 but I suppose it’s alright when cooked.
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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
Damn, 👀 I didn’t know it was so important 🤔 does it reaaaaaalllyyy add much flavour though? If we replaced it with fennel would it make a huge difference ? - genuine question 😂 I suck at cooking but I know you’re a chef 🙏🏽
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Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 year ago
It's surprising, but yes, it does actually make a difference and add that much flavor. If you replaced it with fennel, you would get an entirely different flavor. If I lived in the U.K., I would show you a side-by-side of a sauce made with a normal mixture, and then one with fennel, you would immediately taste the difference.
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Enki enki@sovbit.host 1 year ago
Although personally, I definitely agree with you that by itself celery is pretty meh. But in terms of cooking with other things as a whole, it's important.
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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
I feel like I’m talking to ratatouille 🥹🫂 very cool. Huh, so I supposed cooked celery is rather important 🤔 raw celery is still rubbish though 😭. Aw man that actually sounds like so much fun 🔥🫂 someone should do a sauce tasting event here where you have to guess the ingredients- I would definitely go. I would fail, but it would be fun 🤩
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35hara eshara@nostrplebs.com 1 year ago
Me too! I think it’s alright cooked, but raw 👀 sometimes it tastes so strong that I don’t like to risk it. I’d rather just crunch on an ice cube 🥹
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