My pot of coriander is sprouting. Just this weekend my daughter, Moonglow is her Mudcat name, was down and commented that she hates buying a bunch of coriander, using a few sprigs, and the rest rotting in the bag in the fridge. I walked her over and pointed at the little leaves appearing in a pot.

I have a trick, though, that keeps it from drying and shifting it's flavor. I pull off most of the stems so I have just a pie pan filled with leaves, then I pour boiling water over it, shallow, so they are just covered when they wilt. I pop that in the freezer so it becomes a frozen ice disk of coriander. I crack this thing into fragments so when I need some of the leaves I can usually drop the equivalent of an ice cube or two into the dish (usually beans, but sometimes I thaw it and squeeze them out for guacamole). Works very well.

I had a large tomato ripen last week, and I picked another one today that was fairly orange when I found it. So far the bugs have beaten me, I haven't had a perfect one yet, though the cherry tomatoes (4 so far, on the window sill) are good. I usually pick them once they have the orange tint on the bottom so I know they'll ripen, but the bugs and birds are just too efficient around here.

SRS