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Par-Cel
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Par-Cel, sometimes styled parcel, is a celery-leaf plant that looks like flat-leaf parsley at a glance but tastes unmistakably of celery—bred as a dual-appearance herb for continuous cutting. Stems are slender; leaves are broad compared with Amsterdam Fine types. A bridge plant for cooks who want celery aroma without bulk stalks. Use anywhere you would add parsley and celery leaf together in one handful. Soup finish, tabbouleh-adjacent salads, and potato dishes shine. Heat softens the edge quickly, so add near the end of cooking for brightness.
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Par-Cel type celery-leaf herbs were popularised in European seed trades.
British garden catalogues promoted Par-Cel as parsley-shaped celery leaf.
Chefs used Par-Cel as a convenient aromatic microgreen-scale herb.
Par-Cel remained a niche but beloved kitchen-garden celery form.