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
Common parsley frog rest under stones or in burrows that they dig. They can also climb reasonably well. They hunt insects at night, and are predated by barn owls, amongst others. Much of the content of this article comes from the (retrieved 8 March 2006) Common parsley frog The common parsley frog ("Pelodytes punctatus") is a very small and slender frog with long hindlegs, flat head and vertical pupils. Males reach only 3.5, females 4.5 centimetres. The upper side of the body is variable in colour, usually with irregular green patches on a light brown, grey or light olive background. The frog's back