Re: [CH] Question: Green chile stew

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Phil Cody wrote:

> >Hmmm...well, I'm stumped - I always thought "Mexican Oregeno" was a
> >nick-name for Cilantro...since I'm wrong 'bout this, what's the
> difference?
> >   thanks,
> >     Brent
>
> Mexican oregano, or "curly leaf oregano" is a different spice that
> either Cilantro or the type of oregano used in Italian cooking.
> Veryry.
> The dish will not taste right!  You can find Mexican oregano in little
> cellophane packages in any Mexican grocery store.  Right next to the
> packages of espazote.  <grin>Snip.....Yeah, Phil, I also use that nice
> yaller stuff with the interesting taste as well...pretty bitter aint
> it! But the differance, as we both pointed out to Brent, is so great,
> between the mediterannean and the mexican oregano, that any mex dish,
> IMHO, is much better with the mex stuff(like the epazote!!!! big
> :-))..) Cheers, Doug in BC    ps... I didnt live in California in the
> forties for nuttin, ya know!
>
> Phil
>
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