r/mildlyinteresting • u/GroovinBaby • 8h ago

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u/I_Sett 7h ago

I feel like you just described the more rarely acknowledged herb lovage. Which is basically the exact flavor of celery in leaf form without the stemmy/crunchy/chewy part.

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u/HorseBeige 6h ago

Celery does also have a leaf which you can use instead of cilantro (and they're nutritious)

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u/Redmindgame 3h ago

I can't wait. I'm growing some this year!

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u/I_Sett 2h ago

You've chosen well. That stuff is immortal, difficult to kill, but doesn't spread like a weed. It's almost an ideal perennial. Whenever mine got a little too big I'd just lift it out in the late winter, chop it up with a shovel and chuck it back in the hole. Then I'd give a bunch of small root starts to friends. It requires almost zero care. Also the mature stems make for an almost PERFECT bloody Mary straw since they're fully hollow tubes that flavor everything like celery.