Cilantro: love it or hate it?

[Saint Nick]

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.

You win 😛

 

[AdamK47]

I can't stand cilantro. To me, the soapy bitterness is far too overwhelming. It ruins any mexican food.

 

[dbk]

My gf puts way too much of it in Pho. I don't really have a preference - can't even remember the last time I ate it or notice its taste. *shrug*

 

[CPA]

I call it coriander. Cilantro sounds like the name for a boner pill.

Hey dork, learn the difference. It's actually spelled out in this thread.

 

[gorcorps]

My gf puts way too much of it in Pho. I don't really have a preference - can't even remember the last time I ate it or notice its taste. *shrug*

If you think she puts too much in, then that kind of says you DO have a preference.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I hate the stuff, it's disgusting.

Side note: Cilantro hating may be tied to supertasters:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98695984

Did you read the article?

This, it turns out, is the real problem. My whole life I've been unable to pick up on the scent that is so overwhelmingly good for cilantro lovers that it trumps any possible bad. I come to a disappointing realization: I am not an X-Man with superkeen sensory abilities. I am a sensory dud who's missing the true nature of cilantro.

It's actually that you are unable to smell certain compounds from the plant. That's okay. More cilantro for me.

 

[JoeyP]

It's actually that you are unable to smell certain compounds from the plant. That's okay. More cilantro for me.

That is the critical part. Those who hate cilantro have a taste blind spot that prevents them from experiencing the fresh and heavenly taste the rest of us enjoy.

 

[zinfamous]

My gf puts way too much of it in Pho. I don't really have a preference - can't even remember the last time I ate it or notice its taste. *shrug*

Impossible! D:

I'm a big fan of the Bun Bo Hue made at a particular place here in town. Instead of basil and lemon, you get cilantro and lime.

Holy shit this is the greatest thing in the history of everything. You take the entire plant--stem and all, because the stems are heavenly, especially with texture--crush them and rip them into chunks, toss them in and stir with the lime juice.

yuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmm

 

[ControlD]

That is the critical part. Those who hate cilantro have a taste blind spot that prevents them from experiencing the fresh and heavenly taste the rest of us enjoy.

I think that is wrong. I believe my tongue has the proper sensory mechanisms to realize cilantro actually tastes like old ass. People that like it are missing this advanced mechanism 🙂

 

[Gerle]

Then again, I also didnt know white people had a problem with onions too.

By white people, do you mean black? FWIW, the only people I've ever seen feigning "allergies" or whatever about onions have been black.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

By white people, do you mean black? FWIW, the only people I've ever seen feigning "allergies" or whatever about onions have been black.

Could be but I wouldnt know since there aren't many black people in my area. When I used to work at a food place and took orders, we had to ask people if they wanted onions. There was a good amount of people who gave me the most disgusted look on their face and would say "GOD NO".

Never knew that many people hate onions that bad lol.

 

[DCal430]

I have seen a different study which had different results or reasons. That study showed people who disliked cilantro lacked an ability to smell one of the main chemicals in it, it was the smell that gave the plant a pleasant taste.

 

[AdamK47]

That is the critical part. Those who hate cilantro have a taste blind spot that prevents them from experiencing the fresh and heavenly taste the rest of us enjoy.

It's hard to believe I'm missing something that could make a plant tasting like a bar of Zest into something tasting heavenly. Now I wonder what a bar of soap tastes like to you. Maybe that's where the "fresh" taste comes into play.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

I like cilantro but I've always thought ginger tastes like soap. I wonder if there is a genetic linkage there as well.

 

[mchammer187]

I pretty much like everything except fresh dill.

 

[Printer Bandit]

taco bell cilantro farms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bE4f7ylCaeg