"I don't know what happened to the parsley I just bought. It went bad overnight and I had to toss it in the trash! How can parsley taste and smell that way, it still looked great?"
When I heard about, how it had smelled and tasted, I could not help but smile.
She had bought cilantro, it looks like parsley but the taste is totally different.
Grocery stores like to place all the herbs together and especially parsley and cilantro.
Now, cilantro does not please every one's taste buds, but it is widely used in Mexican dishes.
I can not imagine a Salsa without it. I like the taste and the smell.
One lady at the little fruits and vegetable store where I buy it, always tells me, " cilantro tastes like soap". So, in other words, you either like the taste or you hate the taste.
Cilantro has a faint lemony smell to it. It always reminds me of fresh water, I don't know why, but it does. I hope you like this recipe.
Cucumber cilantro salad:
1 cucumber ( if the seeds are too big, you can take them out, I prefer to buy the European ones,
smaller seeds)
1/4 cup sugar
1 glove garlic
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup onions, chopped ( you can use red, green or the regular yellow ones, I like the red or green
ones for color)
about 3 tbs. cilantro, chopped ( I use more)
Peanuts optional
Peel, slice and if needed, seed a cucumber and set aside. Chop the onions and cilantro and add to the cucumber.
Place sugar, salt, pepper and minced garlic in a separate non metal bowl and with the back of a wooden spoon mash them together. Add vinegar and water and stir until sugar dissolves.
Now you can add the dressing to the cucumber, onion and cilantro and mix well. Top the salad with peanuts, if you like. It tastes great without the nuts.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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