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Cilantro: love it or hate it?

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Do you like cilantro?

  • A lot, cannot get enough

  • A little bit is ok now and then

  • It tastes like soap, sweaty gym socks, or mildewey flip flips

  • Never tried it (or am not wearing pants)

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I hate it, the stupid Baja mexicans ruin their food with it. I understand though since they don't have access to any decent chile...

It doesn't taste like soap, but has a very strong taste that overwhelms the rest of the dishes in the Cali/Baja crappy Mexican food.
 
Im Vietnamese and I live in a Mexican area, I never knew white people had a problem with it until very late in life. Then again, I also didnt know white people had a problem with onions too.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
In the U.S., coriander is the spice (seeds) from the cilantro plant while cilantro is the herb (leaves). You can call it whatever you like outside the U.S. 🙂
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That's the way I've always seen it labeled at the grocery store. Coriander is a spice from the seeds, while the leaves are always labeled Cilantro.

The article seems to use the term interchangeably.

I like Coriander, but don't care for Cilantro.
 
Saint Nick said:
I can't believe they spend time and money researching this. Who gives a shit. Put that effort towards something worthwhile.
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the question that is asked isn't: "do you like cilantro?" It's: "Why?"

and that is an awesome question, worthy of much funding. It's about the genetics of smell and taste, heritabilty, and discovering the components of how this stuff works has wide-ranging applications.



Otherwise, you might as well repeat the infamous Palin comment from 2008: "All those researchers studying them fruit flies in Paris France!"

Well, Mr. Palin, without studying "fruit flies," we would know nothing of modern genetics--for example, the fact that the Palin family tree does not branch.
 
as for the question: cilantro is the 2nd greatest herb next to thyme, imo.

I've recently come to prefer culantro, though, when I can find it.
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
Im Vietnamese and I live in a Mexican area, I never knew white people had a problem with it until very late in life. Then again, I also didnt know white people had a problem with onions too.
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as posted in the other thread today, where this question came up, it seems that the anti-cliantro genetics are more prevalent in people of south-asian descent.

odd, perhaps.
 
vi edit said:
Yes, coriander is definitely ground up seeds of the cilantro plant. Cilantro propper is the leaves of said cilantro plant. Two very different things.

Cilantro goes in salsa, ethnic dishes, ect. Coriander is a spice used in bread, some sauces, and is awesome in belgium style whit beers.
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but east asians, indians, and all that use the term coriander to refer to the whole plant, as well.

It's all coriander, basically.
 
A little bit on certain dishes is OK, but I can't even eat at a place like Baja Fresh or Chipotle because they think its the main ingredient for food. Which doesn't surprise me coming from a culture who thinks that all you have to do is pile cheese on everything to get it to taste good
 
I guess I have that genetic defect as I HATE Cilantro!

It prevents me from eating lots of good Mexican food since they put that shit in their sauce, etc.
 
Zeze said:
Probably the least important ingredient in salsa.

avoc, tomatoes, onions, lime juice, jalepano, s&p are all you need.
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Replace tomatoes with tomatillos, add seranno, and put lots of cilantro, and you have a killer green authentic salsa
 
Cilantro makes me ill. And cilantro lovers put it in everything like its some type of "secret ingredient" that makes their week old produce taste "fresh" 😛

Taste wise its fine, it just gives me indigestion every time.
 
I've always liked it, but my dad hates it and can taste it even in small amounts in just about any food. Thankfully skipped me, hope it doesn't appear in my potential offspring.
 
AznAnarchy99 said:
Im Vietnamese and I live in a Mexican area, I never knew white people had a problem with it until very late in life. Then again, I also didnt know white people had a problem with onions too.
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"White" people have a problem with onions? Considering that they pretty much slather them on everything from hot dogs to hamburgers, dump them in chile and cover them with batter and fry them it would probably be news to most "White" people that they have problems with onions.
 
Linflas said:
"White" people have a problem with onions? Considering that they pretty much slather them on everything from hot dogs to hamburgers, dump them in chile and cover them with batter and fry them it would probably be news to most "White" people that they have problems with onions.
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I think onions are the most used vegetable in western cooking.
 
I hate it and pass on many Indian/Mexican dishes because of it. My sister also hates it. We're both Europeans born in Europe, our parents too, and their parents...
So we do fit the study conclusions well...
 
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