To think DW should be able to tell the difference between parsley and coriander?

[NeanderChap]

DW is very lovely, but has a small blind spot: she cannot tell the difference between parsley and coriander.

I find this very, very difficult to understand.

She tries, but somehow always gets the wrong one, generally coriander. I have run 'round the corner for a replacement countless times. Unfortunately the two do not substitute well for each other.

We're equally keen cooks, so this affects both of us.

Am I being unreasonable to think that anybody should be able to work this one out? Does this happen to anyone else?

• Bemused Husband

I simply cannot imagine.

lol at not actually throwing the jar in!

reminds me of a friend of mine who cooked some frozen fish and didn't know she was supposed to take off the plastic covering first

not that I am a world class cook or anything myself

my DH came home from the pub starving once

he ate a tray of uncooked stuffing, thinking it was a pie

oh how he suffered the next day ! < evil grin >

My friend threw a dinner party and forgot to cook anything.

I just weed a little bit.

NeanderChap - Parsley is VERY easy to grow. Make sure you get the flat leaf seeds though. I grow mine in tubs outside the back door and they will last 2 years and grow (albeit more slowly through the winter)

I agree growing coriander is more of a challenge - i get 2 cuts and then it goes to seed

that reminds me i need to get a sledge before winter is here properly

my bf went out for something once ( i forget what) and called me to try and persuade me to let him buy an old caravan instead, and leave it on my drive

I moved house once and forgot where it was

The same friend's op went out and bought several million loaves of bread having misread her instruction to get loo rolls. Really.

Don't go to dinner round there.

AF - So easily done..

I did lose my campervan once.

HabbiBOOOO - even I can't work out those door puzzles

Parsley makes me heave...

After 3 kids I forgot that I was never having sex ever ever again you bastard - and voila child number 4

PS Coriander smells and Parsley doesn't so just stick your nose in and smell and if no whiff put it back it's parsley (or such old Coriander you don't want it)

Clearly she wants you to use coriander (which is lovely) rather than parsley (which is not).

Take the hint man! Your dishes are vile with parsley, she wants you to be exotic!

Good point QS, how vile parsley is - the devil's own herb.

This is becoming oddly reminiscent of those Fast Show sketches with Mr "Even better than that!".

AnyFawker: DW is a very loving and forgiving person but I'm pretty sure this would evaporate very quickly if I bought Smash instead of making mash. In fact, her exact words are "I'd forgive you eventually. But not for a very long time". Parsley problems pale into insignificance :)

GetOrfMoiLand: she's a v good cook and I'm pretty sure really cares about the difference, which is why I was so puzzled. But it seems we're both pretty lucky on the shopping accuracy front! Might have to change my name to grumpybollocks though.

Hullygully: oh dear, I hope it was soft bread.

@ Hully.

It would probably be safer if I did I tried cooking beef casserole once and decided to put some garlic in. I phoned a friend, who can cook, and asked her how much I should put in, 1 or 2. Friend "oh put 1 in."

Problem was she was talking about cloves, I was talking about bulbs

You can't have too much garlic.

Fact.

You can when you then put the casserole in the oven and forget about it and it stays there for about 6 hours

Apart from then.

Coriander leaves are much more squishy than parsley leaves.

Parsley smells really strong to me, activate.

Hully, is this one of those "friends" who's actually you?

No, real live friends who breathe and everything. With the dinner thing, the best bit was that none of us noticed, too much wine and talking, until it had gone midnight and someone commented that they were feeling a little peckish.