Celery Stalk?

Love the site and am new but I just bought the most amazing stalk of organic celery and was looking for some recipes when I noticed every recipe that included celery asked for numbers of stalks instead of ribs. You can't mean stalks????

Drzarkov
  • 3577 views
  • 3 Comments

3 Comments

pierino
pierino July 2, 2012
Yes, the two terms are interchangeable. BTW celery is hugely popular ingredient in Roman cooking. If you are buying a "head" (or "bunch") look for one with the tops intact. There is so much flavor contained in celery leaves.
 

Voted the Best Reply!

chefsusie
chefsusie July 2, 2012
A stalk is a single rib. A group of stalks is a head.
 
Dea H.
Dea H. July 2, 2012
In American English, the words are interchangeable. I am not certain about the usage in other English-speaking nations.

There's even a children's book that uses stalk as a pun in the title. *The Celery Stalks at Midnight" from the Bunnicula series.
 
Recommended by Food52

Popular on Food52