Got cilantro?

Nancy wrote on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:24:47 -0400:

??>> "Felice Friese" <[email hidden]>

??>>> Here's one dish you can make to use up the leftover
??>>> cilantro before it rots. And are there many smells worse
??>>> than that of rotten cilantro?
??>>
??>> The absolute worst is rotten potatoes, hidden away in the
??>> back of the pantry, long forgotten. Smells like dead
??>> mice.

NY> Ugh. My first memory was when I was a kid, we lived in the
NY> projects, and my mother brought home the groceries,

I shared a house when I was a student and everyone bought
cooking supplies. I remember trying to get the owner of the
house to deal with an unbelievable stench. Fortunately, just
before the plumbers came we discovered a forgotten cabbage at
the back of a closet. The owner had some choice words for us!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote

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Nancy wrote on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:24:47 -0400:

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NY> Ugh. My first memory was when I was a kid, we lived in the
NY> projects, and my mother brought home the groceries,

I shared a house when I was a student and everyone bought cooking
supplies. I remember trying to get the owner of the house to deal with an
unbelievable stench. Fortunately, just before the plumbers came we
discovered a forgotten cabbage at the back of a closet. The owner had some
choice words for us!

Ugh! That might top a bag of fish forgotten in the trunk, Jill?

Maybe not.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote

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Nancy wrote on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:24:47 -0400:

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Ugh. My first memory was when I was a kid, we lived in the
projects, and my mother brought home the groceries,

I shared a house when I was a student and everyone bought cooking
supplies. I remember trying to get the owner of the house to deal
with an unbelievable stench. Fortunately, just before the plumbers
came we discovered a forgotten cabbage at the back of a closet. The
owner had some choice words for us!

Ugh! That might top a bag of fish forgotten in the trunk, Jill?

Maybe not.

nancy

LOL! Wasn't my fault the stupid checker put that one package of (frozen)
fish in a tiny bag all by itself! It would have easily fit in with the
other seafood, or heck, even one of the bags of produce or frozen veggies.
And of course that little bag of fish got lost amidst the other non-grocery
stuff stashed in the trunk of the car. The stench is gone now, thank
goodness. Praise Lysol 🙂

Jill

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LOL! Wasn't my fault the stupid checker put that one package of
(frozen) fish in a tiny bag all by itself! It would have easily fit
in with the other seafood, or heck, even one of the bags of produce or
frozen veggies. And of course that little bag of fish got lost amidst
the other non-grocery stuff stashed in the trunk of the car. The
stench is gone now, thank goodness. Praise Lysol 🙂

Jill

UGH! I'll bet that rotten fish was an odor one would not likely forget. I
once forgot a tub of cabbage soup in the back of the fridge. I remember
finding it a couple of months after making it. I barely lifted the lid and
was almost knocked over. LOL... our little cocker (may he RIP) started
rolling on the floor. I think he thought it was something to roll in. I
slammed the lid back on and threw it out, container and all.

Michael

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Felice Friese said:

Here's one dish you can make to use up the leftover cilantro before
it rots. And are there many smells worse than that of rotten cilantro?

Rotting crab meat or discarded crab shells. Believe me.

Dora

Chatty Cathy said:

ravenlynne said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:41:49 -0400, Felice Friese wrote:

> And are there many smells worse than that of rotten cilantro?

Rotten potatoes are far worse.

-sw

Rotten shrimp.

That too 😉

Shrimp rot? Guess they've never had the chance to do it at my house!

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sf said:

Chatty Cathy said:

ravenlynne said:

Rotten shrimp.

That too 😉

Shrimp rot? Guess they've never had the chance to do it at my house!

Not in this house either - but the shells get chucked into the "outside"
garbage can immediately 😉

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sf said:

Chatty Cathy said:

ravenlynne wrote:
> Rotten shrimp.
>
That too 😉

Shrimp rot? Guess they've never had the chance to do it at my house!

Not in this house either - but the shells get chucked into the "outside"
garbage can immediately 😉

Cheers
Chatty Cathy

If you're going to discard the shells and the trash collector isn't due for
a few days, bag and freeze them until trash day. Before I did this, when we
lived in the 'burbs and had once-a-week collection, we planned shrimp for
the night before the trash men came!

Better yet, collect them in the freezer until you have a batch and then make
a killer stock that will be a whole lot better than bottled clam juice.

Felice

Felice Friese said:

If you're going to discard the shells and the trash collector isn't due for
a few days, bag and freeze them until trash day. Before I did this, when we
lived in the 'burbs and had once-a-week collection, we planned shrimp for
the night before the trash men came!

I don't blame you 😉

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Better yet, collect them in the freezer until you have a batch and then make
a killer stock that will be a whole lot better than bottled clam juice.

I have heard a few other RFC-ers suggest that... might indeed be a good
idea. Made stock a few times - used the shells/heads right away, tho' -
and then froze the stock.

We sometimes use that "trassie" stuff - concentrated shrimp paste.
Extremely strong smelling(!) but a little goes a long way and it is good
in a lot of seafood dishes.
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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:38:50 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"

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I usually buy potatoes and onions as I need them. The only time I buy them
in bulk is when I know I'll be using all of them in a short period of time,
like at Thanksgiving or other holidays/events.

Michael

Potatoes can be a real problem south of the snow belt.
Roaches and other critters can come home in a bag of potatoes.

So where's a safe place to store them ?
Fridge ? causes mystery chemical changes.
Pantry ? a bad 'tater will turn to goo in a warm pantry.
No root cellar in modern condo's.
???

<rj>

RJ said:

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:38:50 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"

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I usually buy potatoes and onions as I need them. The only time I
buy them in bulk is when I know I'll be using all of them in a short
period of time, like at Thanksgiving or other holidays/events.

Michael

Potatoes can be a real problem south of the snow belt.
Roaches and other critters can come home in a bag of potatoes.

Huh. I've never encountered a single roach (or other crittersin a bag of
potatoes.

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So where's a safe place to store them ?
Fridge ? causes mystery chemical changes.

I don't have that problem, either. Maybe your potatoes are just weird 😉

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:18:50 -0700, "<RJ>" <[email hidden]>

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:38:50 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"

Quoted message said:

I usually buy potatoes and onions as I need them. The only time I buy them
in bulk is when I know I'll be using all of them in a short period of time,
like at Thanksgiving or other holidays/events.

Michael

Potatoes can be a real problem south of the snow belt.
Roaches and other critters can come home in a bag of potatoes.

So where's a safe place to store them ?
Fridge ? causes mystery chemical changes.
Pantry ? a bad 'tater will turn to goo in a warm pantry.
No root cellar in modern condo's.
???

Sounds like you need a wine refrigerator for that job. It mimics a
cellar.

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Felice Friese said:

Here's one dish you can make to use up the leftover cilantro before
it rots. And are there many smells worse than that of rotten cilantro?

Rotting crab meat or discarded crab shells. Believe me.

I believe you, Dora! My roommate at Penn State was from Baltimore. Her
sisters came to visit one weekend and brought a bushel of steamed crabs with
them to share with our group of friends in the dorm. A bunch of us managed
to plow through about half the bushel before giving up. The remaining crabs
sat in our dorm room overnight, and by morning were STINKY. Just one night
and P-U!! Took awhile for us to completely get the rotting crab smell out of
our room.

Mary

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If you're going to discard the shells and the trash collector isn't due
for a few days, bag and freeze them until trash day. Before I did this,
when we lived in the 'burbs and had once-a-week collection, we planned
shrimp for the night before the trash men came!

I do that when I cook with boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I trim 'em up
pretty well and freeze the trimmings (or prepare them the night before trash
pickup).

Mary

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Potatoes can be a real problem south of the snow belt.
Roaches and other critters can come home in a bag of potatoes.

Ewwww... I've heard that but never experienced it. I guess the insects and
whatever climb right into the bags in the stores.

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So where's a safe place to store them ?
Fridge ? causes mystery chemical changes.
Pantry ? a bad 'tater will turn to goo in a warm pantry.
No root cellar in modern condo's.
???

I don't know really. When I was condo living I would store them in a wire
basket in the pantry.

Michael

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MareCat said:

I do that when I cook with boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I trim 'em up
pretty well and freeze the trimmings (or prepare them the night before trash
pickup).

The "trimmings" from our chicken breasts don't need to go in the trash -
one of our felines just loves them 😉 Unfortunately, I have not been
able to talk him into eating the shrimp shells too 😉
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"<RJ>" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:38:50 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan"

Quoted message said:

I usually buy potatoes and onions as I need them. The only time I buy
them
in bulk is when I know I'll be using all of them in a short period of
time,
like at Thanksgiving or other holidays/events.

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So where's a safe place to store them ?

At the store. I'm not exaggerating by much. I try
not to buy too many potatoes, and to buy them from the
bin and not already bagged, so I can see if one isn't looking
too good.

nancy

Chatty Cathy said:

Unfortunately, I have not been
able to talk him into eating the shrimp shells too 😉

We cook shrimp in their shells at my house. Son and I eat them shell
and all. He even eats the tail, but I draw the line at that.

🙂

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Felice Friese said:

Here's one dish you can make to use up the leftover cilantro before
it rots. And are there many smells worse than that of rotten
cilantro?

Rotting crab meat or discarded crab shells. Believe me.

I believe you, Dora! My roommate at Penn State was from Baltimore. Her
sisters came to visit one weekend and brought a bushel of steamed
crabs with them to share with our group of friends in the dorm. A
bunch of us managed to plow through about half the bushel before
giving up. The remaining crabs sat in our dorm room overnight, and by
morning were STINKY. Just one night and P-U!! Took awhile for us to
completely get the rotting crab smell out of our room.

Mary

Hi, Mary! I know what you are saying. Years ago, our next-door
neighbor in Baltimore brought home a bushel of *live* crabs. A couple
escaped from the basket and took up residence in a spare tire in the
trunk. Wow, one day he opened the trunk.......

Oysters have finished here on the Eastern Shore. Crab time will soon be
here again!

Dora

Steve Wertz said:

Felice Friese said:

And are there many smells worse than that of rotten cilantro?

Rotten potatoes are far worse.

-sw

I'll throw in another vote for rotten potatoes, so far as
vegetable-based stinks go. I have a runner-up to take a possible
second-place in the veggie stinkathon though:
I sometimes toss a couple of ears of sweet-corn into my microwave oven,
to steam inside their husks for four or five minutes. The cooked corn
husks that end up in my garbage pail decay with astonishing speed
though, and can get pretty nasty.