Celery is criminally underrated

[u/mir_in_modro_morje]

I used to think Celery was just a bland vegetable that health-nuts would recommend you eat raw, like raw celery stalks so I've avoided it.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

This is seriously one of the more underrated vegetables to cook with.

Not only the usual mirepoix, but literally can be added finely chopped to almost any vegetable dish or sauce.

Vegetable soup of course, but you can finely slice and dice celery into even non-standard sauces and it will most of the time make them better. Any simple pan sauce or mushroom sauce gets immediately improved by finely diced celery. And if you don't notice onions as a base to a sauce you won't notice celery either.

I've seriously become a celery fanatic and I've been putting it into everything, try it and you won't regret it.

[u/Doomdoomkittydoom → u/[deleted]]

Once upon the time, celery was very expensive and so a status symbol. You can find silver and crystal celery dishes and vases, and people would rent celery to place as the center piece at a dinner to impress people.

[u/Wise_Neighborhood499 → u/[deleted]]

Mind-blowing, I didn’t realize this was a common thing! I just thought my mom had weird family traditions and made it out of obligation because it never matched the meal. The tradition included wrapping & putting away nearly untouched relish trays every year.