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Celery

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Created by Carantoc > 9 months ago, 25 May 2013
Carantoc
WA, 7298 posts
25 May 2013 8:04PM
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Is there any point to celery ?

Why does anyone buy or grow it ?

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
25 May 2013 10:17PM
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you can grow it???

mine goes straight into my bank account

Test pilot 1
WA, 1430 posts
25 May 2013 8:19PM
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Tastes great on its own cold, a treat with peanut paste cooked with tomatoes half'n half, volume wise noice. Add to soups. Celery soup add a bit of onion. Add whole bunch, leaves an all to stews. Good to nibble on without gaing a lot of weight

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
25 May 2013 10:23PM
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it's like a vege you have when you're not having a vege

noice sliced and mixed with grated cheese as a side dish

it lasts for ages in the fridge

echunda
VIC, 765 posts
25 May 2013 10:25PM
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Grow it and use it in soups and stocks.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
25 May 2013 10:44PM
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It works as a scoop for dips like Hummus, Baba Ganoush, ...

Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
25 May 2013 8:49PM
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Risotto! Celery was invented to go in risotto...

slammin
QLD, 998 posts
26 May 2013 1:02AM
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Tastes like dirt.

Likewise nice with peanut butter!

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
26 May 2013 1:06AM
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I guess because without it, you would have nothing worth posting. Ummmmmm, not worth posting.

paddymac
WA, 943 posts
25 May 2013 11:11PM
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Like it, adds some crunch to many dishes and is a natural salt additive. Of course it is green so my kids hate it. I have a dastardly plan to cut it up super fine and add it to the spag bol tomorrow. Nice to try and outsmart a three year old, doesn't happen often

theDoctor
NSW, 5786 posts
26 May 2013 1:57AM
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celery juice lowers blood pressure

smicko
WA, 2503 posts
26 May 2013 1:10AM
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It's an edible spoon. Awesome with a tub of ricotta or cottage cheese, instant protein fix, low cal and bulks up your nards. Who could ask for more.

GypsyDrifter
WA, 2371 posts
26 May 2013 1:13AM
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Woolies sell it

1 x bunch $2.75
1/2 x bunch $1.75
1 stick/piece $2.50 ??????????????? WTHeck

I grow it in a large tub....
let it die off and then if watered..it comes up again....
never need much but always have it on hand

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
26 May 2013 9:18AM
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Caramelised in small bits with carrots by honey on top of salmon in the oven - great taste !

missymoo
NSW, 24 posts
26 May 2013 9:41AM
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The most disgusting food I have ever tasted. It should be banned.

saltiest1
NSW, 2575 posts
26 May 2013 10:39AM
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missymoo said..

The most disgusting food I have ever tasted. It should be banned.



you must be doing it wrong.

Rupert
TAS, 2967 posts
26 May 2013 10:44AM
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Celery - Hate it, it makes my teeth squeak.

James
WA, 549 posts
26 May 2013 9:41AM
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Haircut said..

it lasts for ages in the fridge


That's an incomplete truth , envelop the stuff in tin foil and it really will stay hard n crisp in your fridge , for weeks ! ! ! Without the tin foil, after a couple of days , it would only be good for soup. I like it in a tomato and red onion salad and sometimes on its own with salt. J

Wanga F One
QLD, 231 posts
26 May 2013 11:52AM
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I think what Carantoc might be asking is does it have any nutritional value?

hargs
QLD, 634 posts
26 May 2013 11:55AM
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Makes a good & edible swizel stick in a bloody mary!

Test pilot 1
WA, 1430 posts
26 May 2013 10:29AM
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slammin said..

Tastes like dirt.

Likewise nice with peanut butter!


You are a dirt gormet or somefin eh

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
26 May 2013 2:10PM
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paddymac said..

Like it, adds some crunch to many dishes and is a natural salt additive. Of course it is green so my kids hate it. I have a dastardly plan to cut it up super fine and add it to the spag bol tomorrow. Nice to try and outsmart a three year old, doesn't happen often


Just insert it in a glass of water with food coloring in it. Won't be green for long.

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
26 May 2013 5:40PM
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Wanga F One said..

I think what Carantoc might be asking is does it have any nutritional value?


It takes more energy to chew it than it provides. (may not be actually unfactual, not)

dinsdale
WA, 1227 posts
26 May 2013 7:44PM
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missymoo said..

The most disgusting food I have ever tasted. It should be banned.


Couldn't agree more. It'd kill a brown dog at 50 paces I reckon.

Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
26 May 2013 9:47PM
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evlPanda said..

It takes more energy to chew it than it provides. (may not be actually unfactual, not)


is that a triple negative!?

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
27 May 2013 10:35AM
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Celery sticks with sweet chilli & cream cheese dip...Mmmmmm.

cammd
QLD, 4495 posts
27 May 2013 11:02AM
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Without something that tastes bad, how would you know what tastes good

felixdcat
WA, 3519 posts
27 May 2013 11:51AM
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Tastes like grass, looks loke grass, green like grass................. can you smoke it??? even the worms in my farm wont touch it! Horrible stuff! makes peanut butter or anything you may dip it in taste bad!

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
27 May 2013 2:11PM
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felixdcat said...
Tastes like grass, looks loke grass, green like grass................. can you smoke it??? even the worms in my farm wont touch it! Horrible stuff! makes peanut butter or anything you may dip it in taste bad!


You must be doing it wrong.

Hausey
NSW, 325 posts
29 May 2013 12:00AM
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great with vegemite !

I buy it organically at the local b bay farmers market, usually sells out by 9am

subasurf
WA, 2154 posts
28 May 2013 11:23PM
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Stuthepirate said..

evlPanda said..

It takes more energy to chew it than it provides. (may not be actually unfactual, not)


is that a triple negative!?



The reason you don't get much calorific value out of celery is because it is mostly made up of cellulose which is a polysaccharide we cannot digest. In fact, there are very few animals that can digest cellulose and those that can (like termites) require a symbiotic relationship with very specific bacteria to do so.

So it's not so much that it takes more energy to chew or anything like that. You simply get nothing out of it. Your body extracts the water and excretes everything else. That's not to say there are not any benefits from eating it. It makes for great roughage.



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