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Totally agree about cardamom, it's an abomination
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Totally agree about cardamom, it's an abomination
Curly parsley is pretty awful...
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Thanks Ruth!
That sounds like a good potential tagline for this thread, seeing that a sudden herb hating session seems to have arisen...
… To which I will add: What's the deal with coriander!? It smells and tastes like grass clippings!
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It is but adds a lot added late on to a curry.
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I hardly dare say it ........ but I will and blame it on Covid madness........ All green herbs are the devils work
Mojitos!! Why ruin perfectly good rum by adding an ingredient that makes it taste like a compost bin? Coriander root is fine, but the leaves .... horrible, nasty, bitter examples of gribbley fodder and don't get me started on parsley - what did any poor fish ever do to deserve parsley?
Erm, I'll exit left now
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I hardly dare say it ........ but I will and blame it on Covid madness........ All green herbs are the devils work
Mojitos!! Why ruin perfectly good rum by adding an ingredient that makes it taste like a compost bin? Coriander root is fine, but the leaves .... horrible, nasty, bitter examples of gribbley fodder and don't get me started on parsley - what did any poor fish ever do to deserve parsley?
Erm, I'll exit left now
I'll keep that in mind Ironfan, next time I make a curry
No no that was true before COVID-life. I used to work in a bar and despised making Mojitos, a pain to make and clean.
Parsley... I got nothing but will take your word for it
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I'll keep that in mind Ironfan, next time I make a curry
No no that was true before COVID-life. I used to work in a bar and despised making Mojitos, a pain to make and clean.
Parsley... I got nothing but will take your word for it
When I worked behind a bar, we had a regular old lady came in every sunday for Snowballs, absolute pain!
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I hardly dare say it ........ but I will and blame it on Covid madness........ All green herbs are the devils work
Mojitos!! Why ruin perfectly good rum by adding an ingredient that makes it taste like a compost bin? Coriander root is fine, but the leaves .... horrible, nasty, bitter examples of gribbley fodder and don't get me started on parsley - what did any poor fish ever do to deserve parsley?
Erm, I'll exit left now
While I don’t necessarily agree with all your thoughts on herbs, I am certainly loving the way you have expressed them.
And a new word...gribbley... I love new words.
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I know our “bay-zul” is your “baz-il”.
I guess I haven’t yet heard a Brit say oregano.
ETA: Just took a listen. Your oregano is much closer to the Italian.
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Yep there's always that one pain, and then they sling 20p in the tip jar and look at you like they just bought you a car
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I know our “bay-zul” is your “baz-il”.
I guess I haven’t yet heard a Brit say oregano.
ETA: Just took a listen. Your oregano is much closer to the Italian.
Orrie gar no
Is Cummin .....come in or queue min?
ps I really like parsley, agree that snowballs are a bartender's nightmare, though i used to hate all the gardening required for a jug of Pimms.
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We would make up loads at a time when it was quiet and freeze it. Then take out when needed, break it up and no need to add ice.
Flat parsley I love. Curly parsley I detest.
I full agree with the cardamon and star anise views expressed.
Coriander - smells and tastes great but seems to make me sneeze...
I hardly dare say it ........ but I will and blame it on Covid madness........ All green herbs are the devils work
Mojitos!! Why ruin perfectly good rum by adding an ingredient that makes it taste like a compost bin? Coriander root is fine, but the leaves .... horrible, nasty, bitter examples of gribbley fodder and don't get me started on parsley - what did any poor fish ever do to deserve parsley?
Erm, I'll exit left now
Mint is what makes a good Mojito surely?
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Snowballs...
Snowballs...
Really, everyone is just going to let snowballs be just a cocktail and not a gross blow job thing?
Snowballs...
Really, everyone is just going to let snowballs be just a cocktail and not a gross blow job thing?
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I enjoy mint on lamb but not in cocktails. Give me one (or several/all) Daiquiri variants and I'll be a happy bunny.
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I'm with Londoner on this one. Flat-leaf parsley is utterly delicious and I use it a lot, but curly is dull and uninspiring.
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Apparently so. Although ordering the latter would be equally distasteful at the bar...
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I figured that you would have far more fun commenting on it, so didn't want to steal your thunder.
ETA: I was not familiar with the cocktail, so just looked it up. Eewww...sort of like a lemonade egg nog??? That sounds disgusting. Between the two, I think I'd have to choose the non-alcoholic version.
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Per Andrew Shanahan in The Guardian...
Snowball: Simple to make as it's just advocaat and lemonade. Advocaat is a Dutch version of eggnog, which so soon after the English eggnog experience causes some reflex gagging. Later research reveals the grotesque fact that the Dutch also have a thick version of advocaat which they eat with a spoon. The taste is like eggnog (as we've established, not good) but with a weak fizz (really not good).
An opposing view...despite Nigella and young Scottish bartenders, I'm not convinced.
https://12bottlebar.com/2010/12/the-snowball/
Snowball: Simple to make as it's just advocaat and lemonade. Advocaat is a Dutch version of eggnog, which so soon after the English eggnog experience causes some reflex gagging. Later research reveals the grotesque fact that the Dutch also have a thick version of advocaat which they eat with a spoon. The taste is like eggnog (as we've established, not good) but with a weak fizz (really not good).
An opposing view...despite Nigella and young Scottish bartenders, I'm not convinced.
https://12bottlebar.com/2010/12/the-snowball/
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Hmmmmm Snowballs are very retro but surely the US is the home of the Cream Soda and Ice cream float? A ball of ice cream plonked on a glass of coke? Have I remembered that correctly? Perhaps that’s just what we did at home although back in the day we didn’t have proper coke but we did have a Sodastream - it’s ok because they were EXACTLY the same!
I can’t believe no one canvassed for Rosemary ( as in the herb) although Coriander is the work of the devil. Spice wise I can’t stand Star Anise.
I can’t believe no one canvassed for Rosemary ( as in the herb) although Coriander is the work of the devil. Spice wise I can’t stand Star Anise.
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I once encountered a person who didn't like choc-mint as a combination! I now know the devil walks among us...
