The roots have been used as vegetables or sweetmeats, particularly Eryngium maritimum. Young shoots and leaves are sometimes used as vegetables like asparagus. Eryngium foetidum is used as a culinary herb in tropical parts of the Americas and Asia. It tastes similar to coriander or cilantro, and is sometimes mistaken for it. It may be called spiny coriander or culantro, or by its Vietnamese name of ngo gai.Ramcharan, C. (1999) Culantro: A much utilized, little understood herb. p. 506–509. In: Janick, J. (ed.). Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.
The roots have been used as vegetables or sweetmeats particularly Eryngium maritimum. Young shoots and leaves are sometimes used as vegetables like asparagus. Eryngium foetidum is used as a culinary herb in tropical parts of the Americas and Asia. It tastes similar to coriander or cilantro and is so,metimes mistaken for it. It may be called spiny coriander or cu,lantro, or by its Vietnamese name of ngo gai.Ramcharan, C. (1999) Culantro: A much utilized, little understood herb. p. 506–509. In: Janick, J. (ed.). Perspectives on New Crops and New Uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA.