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What's the deal with cilantro?
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:39 am
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:39 am
I find cilantro to be an indispensable component of the kitchen. I use it in many recipes, from soups to grilled cheese sandwichs to pesto. It's the most delicious herb in the world, IMHO.
However, I can simply utter the word "cilantro" and some people gag in disgust. What gives with this spice?
However, I can simply utter the word "cilantro" and some people gag in disgust. What gives with this spice?
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Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:42 am to tarzana
Luv it
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:44 am to tarzana
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What's the deal with cilantro?
Is this a Seinfeld bit?
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:45 am to tarzana
I think I read somewhere that genetic variation factors into this...
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:51 am to tarzana
I used to think cilantro tasted like soap. Nowadays it doesn't taste that way to me at all. In fact I think it gives a fresh taste to foods it's added to.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:59 am to MSU5
That's an interesting link. So there's a genetic component to this!
Also racial. Indians, Hispanics and Middle Easterners prefer it and other groups, not so much.
Also racial. Indians, Hispanics and Middle Easterners prefer it and other groups, not so much.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 9:04 am to tarzana
I love cilantro and can eat it right off the stem.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 9:27 am to tarzana
Some people have a genetic mutation where cilantro tastes like soap. These people should be put down to prevent this from spreading. Cilantro is delicious.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 9:31 am to TH03
Cilantro is a dirty weed meant to appease the genetic poors
Posted on 4/1/17 at 9:32 am to TH03
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Cilantro is delicious
I agree. It's true it's popular in the Middle East, India and Latin America.
Maybe there's a method to the madness of open borders, after all.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 10:13 am to tarzana
I had no idea what it was the first time I fished a sprig out of some salsa at a Mexican restaurant many years ago.
Someone at the table told me it was cilantro, which was the first time I had even heard the word.
Now I buy a bunch almost every week. Love the stuff.
Someone at the table told me it was cilantro, which was the first time I had even heard the word.
Now I buy a bunch almost every week. Love the stuff.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 10:16 am to Cajunate
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I used to think cilantro tasted like soap.
That's because it does taste like soap. You were right.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 10:17 am to Twenty 49
It looks a little like Italian parsley, but the two herbs could hardly be more different: Italian parsley is tasteless and IMO worthless in cooking, whereas cilantro is delicious and finds it's way into many recipes, and condiments
Posted on 4/1/17 at 10:21 am to Twenty 49
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Now I buy a bunch almost every week. Love the stuff.
Maybe you should try growing your own. This is the perfect time of year to give it a try.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 10:53 am to HonoraryCoonass
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Maybe you should try growing your own. This is the perfect time of year to give it a try.
And it grows like a fricking weed.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:36 am to tarzana
Cilantro > parsley
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:46 am to tarzana
I have friends who do think it tastes like soap, and I've even heard "grass". I happen to love the stuff. It's like garlic for me. Whatever the recipe calls for, I'm putting in twice the amount.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:47 am to Degas
Salsa without cilantro is just plain ole catchup
Posted on 4/1/17 at 12:24 pm to tarzana
Cilantro tastes like a mix between stinkbug, soap, and Hitler. The proper way to prepare it involves napalm or nuclear weapons.
This post was edited on 4/1/17 at 12:27 pm
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