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I'm trying to make Antonio Carluccio's Mafalde (Fusilli) al ragu di agnello (pork), also found here: https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/home-garden/food/mafalde-al-rag-di-agnello-italian-lamb-stew-with-pasta-ribbons-33294.html

Anyways, he asks for "a stalk of celery"
What did he mean by this? You look this shit up on Google and there are millions of retards claiming the entire fucking thing is a stalk, or each fucking rib if a stalk.
And indeed, the bag the celery came in claims that the entire thing is "1 STALK"

What do? Maybe anons more familiar with Italian cooking can tell me what the sane proportion of celery to everything else is supposed to be

How do I keep celery from going bad? I only use it in a few stews and the occasional mirepoix where I'm only using 2-3 stalks tops. Before I've gone through an entire bouquet half of it is spoiled. Can you pickle it maybe?

>>9360284
There are people who cook carrots, tuna, peas, I don't think anyone cooks cucumber, but they're pretty similar to zucchini.

Find me someone who cooks CELERY