Sofrito peppers, celery can replace onions, and parsley or culantro can be used in place of cilantro. In Ecuadorian cuisine, sofrito is called "refrito", and it is made of Spanish onions, cubanelle peppers, fresh tomatoes, roasted garlic, cilantro, and ground toasted cumin. In the Mexican state of Yucatán, habanero chiles are essential to the local variation of sofrito. In Puerto Rican cuisine, sofrito is mostly used when cooking rice dishes, sauces, and soups. Sofrito is closely related to "recaíto". The two main ingredients that give Puerto Rican sofrito its characteristic flavor are "recao" (culantro) and "ají dulce", but red and green
Henry N. Parsley Jr. Henry N. Parsley Jr. Henry Nutt Parsley, junior (born October 29, 1948) is the retired tenth Bishop of Alabama, and the former Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of Easton. The Diocese of Easton seat is at Trinity Cathedral (Easton, Maryland) and was at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama. Parsley is also a former Chancellor of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He now resides in Wilmington, North Carolina and attends St. James Parish in Wilmington. In January 2006, Parsley was nominated for Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and came in second in balloting