HELP!!!

So I've finally figured out how to live life without GOYA... Anyone that knows any Latinos knows that we CAN NOT cook without some kind of Goya product 

so my DH searched for instructions on how to make home made Sazon and Adobo two of the main things needed to season anything. The problem is I'm having a really hard time being able to find Culantro or otherwise knows as Long Coriander, Mexican Coriander, Thai Coriander or Sawtooth Coriander. A lot of names for one thing huh? 

Anywho in order for me to make home made Sofrito I need it so can anyone please help me complete my Puerto Rican food by helping me locate where can I find it in Birmingham?

please 

So I've finally figured out how to live life without GOYA... Anyone that knows any Latinos knows that we CAN NOT cook without some kind of Goya product 

so my DH searched for instructions on how to make home made Sazon and Adobo two of the main things needed to season anything. The problem is I'm having a really hard time being able to find Culantro or otherwise knows as Long Coriander, Mexican Coriander, Thai Coriander or Sawtooth Coriander. A lot of names for one thing huh? 

Anywho in order for me to make home made Sofrito I need it so can anyone please help me complete my Puerto Rican food by helping me locate where can I find it in Birmingham?

please 

Hmm, you can get it in Chinatown in London, is there a Chinatown in Birmingham?

Cilantro is called coriander here....any supermarket will have it, morrisons now sell huge bunches of it

There is a Chinatown in Birmingham.  If you haven't visited it yet, PhillyMirah, it's between the Bullring markets and the Hippodrome.

Cilantro is called coriander here....any supermarket will have it, morrisons now sell huge bunches of it

It's not the same thing. Culantro is not misspelled cilantro

It's not the same thing. Culantro is not misspelled cilantro

Ah ok, apologies, you learn something new everyday! It was all the references to coriander though as well!

Wait... cilantro and culantro (never heard of this one) are not the same thing?

With all the 'also known as' references to various corianders, are they not similar enough that you can substitute bog-standard coriander for it?

Apparently it has a stronger taste. Though if the OP can't find it, maybe giving your recipes a try with store bought cilantro/coriander will have to do. :-/ Or finding seeds online to grow your own?

I'd start with the Bullring Indoor Market. And this that might help: http://www.tastethecaribbean.eu/ukshop.html

There's a massive Wing Yip in B'ham too, might be worth a call.

I substitute, and it does not really work out. 

It is just not the same.

If all else fails, try growing your own!

http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/item_525j_culantro_seeds

Wait... cilantro and culantro (never heard of this one) are not the same thing?

With all the 'also known as' references to various corianders, are they not similar enough that you can substitute bog-standard coriander for it?

Culantro has an aniseed note to it and it's really strong, texture is a bit different, I use it in Thai cookery, essentially you could sub coriander but coriander is more fragrant and not quite the same.

It's like how I always use garlic chives even though you can sub chives, not really the same

I just get friends to ship me out bottles of adobo periodically. Much easier

I've cooked Mexican/Tex-Mex my whole life and never heard of 'GOYA'.  Sounds like you're cooking a different style of 'Latino' food to what I'm familiar with!

I dont know if you have looked into this at all, but pretty sure you would find adobo (or chiles in adobo) in these places, if you don't mind shopping online:

http://www.coolchile.co.uk/
http://www.mexgrocer.co.uk/
http://www.lupepintos.com/

Good luck finding what you need!

Goya is a brand name - it's more of a Puerto Rican, Cuban thing...I'm not sure if it's associated as much with southwestern stuff.

I don't know where they're based, but maybe it's a regional thing. Goya was certainly all over RI, though I've never used any of their products.