Recently tried some out hoping it would be good for snacking. Bleh! Not the fussy type but how do people get past the taste of detergent? Sorry to all the celery lovers but there has got to be a way to make it more bearable??
If you are growing your own celery, one of the signs of too little water and/or poor soil quality is that it tastes of soap.Recently tried some out hoping it would be good for snacking. Bleh! Not the fussy type but how do people get past the taste of detergent? Sorry to all the celery lovers but there has got to be a way to make it more bearable??
I love the anise profile. Licorice is my favourite for sweets and I adore things full of fennel & star anise etc.Celery tastes slightly of aniseed and there are some people who really don't like that taste. Fennel and celeriac also fall into the 'anise' category of tastes and go particularly well with fish. Personally I love all things anise flavoured but if you don't like raw celery then using it cooked in a vegetable or meat stew will add a layer of flavour without a dominant anise flavour.
I love the anise profile. Licorice is my favourite for sweets and I adore things full of fennel & star anise etc.
I would never describe celery as being part of this.
Salty. Bitter. Bland. Watery.
'The stalks of celery have a rather more salty, anise character, whereas celeriac is mild and adds root vegetable sweetness and earthiness to the celery flavour'
The taste is also down to the variety of celery grown. I grew 2 varieties in my veg plot this year, one was very green (not self blanching) and the other much more yellow (self blanching via daylight). The green one was a very strong flavour, the yellowy one was much milder.I suppose its also possible that celery grown in other countries tastes a bit different from in the UK.