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barker1964

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Can anyone tell me how easy it is to get Culantro also known as Recao in D.R?...Moving soon and I need to know if to bring my own.
 
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Culantro's different, ww. But it's everywhere, barker. I often find it in my suegra's habichuelas. Mmmmmmmmmmm!
 

CFA123

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i see culantro in the stores in cabarete & sosua all the time. harder to find cilantro in my experience
 

bronzeallspice

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Yes,it's easy to find,culantro ancho.They have it in La Sirena,Supermercado Nacional,El Jumbo.
It's sold everywhere,a very common herb in Dominican cuisine.
 

barker1964

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Also I was told that it's hard to find lemons....What is my best bet to find them?.....Thanks for the fast and helpful response's
 

bronzeallspice

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Very hard to find lemons.The locals use lime or limon verde.Unless you want to grow
your own,I suggest you bring some with you from the states.That is what I plan on doing.
 

bronzeallspice

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It's basically the same flavor. Holds up better in cooking. The more delicate cilantro's better as an addition at the end of cooking or for use in sauces and salads where it won't break down due to the heat.

Yes, culantro is very pungent.
 

bronzeallspice

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Lo siento........


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Here's how it looks.
 

Criss Colon

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"JR" I would prefer to use my own PI$$ before I used bottled lemon juice!
It's like using "Cooking Wine".
If you don't have real lemons,or limes, or real wine, do without!
In my HUMBLE opinion!
 

barker1964

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bottled lemon juice is very easy to find


For the chosen few who know I make a mean New York Style cheese cake (was taught by one of the cooks from Juniors in Harlem) Fresh lemons a must...So I guess I will have to bring that with me.
 

jrhartley

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I have things that look like lemons- they have become more lemon looking recently and are now lemon shaped, everyone told me they arent, but they do look like them