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[Ediacara]

I Hate Cilantro! Do you?

[Cathyclysmic]

1. Meh...

I like Cilantro. I've noticed people in cooking magazines and on Food Network wetting themselves over fennel lately. And fennel is gross.

[AirmensMom]

2. I can't stand it.

It tastes like soap to me. :puke: And it seems to be in everything these days.

[Ediacara]

4. Seriously

I can deal with it in small amounts in salsa, and in some Asian food in small amounts. But nowadays, it's the in thing to have grilled Cilantro with a Cilantro dressing and some Cilantro garnish sprinkled with Coriander (which is ground up Cilantro seeds).

[commander bunnypants]

16. Exactly

its like eating a bar of soap

CB

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Uhm....

Something's wrong with your palate.

[Ediacara]

5. Or maybe something's right with it?

I just don't enjoy food that's meant to taste like rotten celery/salt/burnt plastic.

[jukes]

6. personally, i think

it tastes bitter.

if i wasn't already avoiding it, i wd because the bushes publicly favor it.

and ketchup is NOT a vegetable...

[Midlodemocrat]

7. OMG! I LOVE cilantro!!!!

I put it in all my tex mex foods. I simply adore it.

:bounce:

Guess that's just one of the things that make it a great, big, wonderful world.

[azmouse]

12. Cilantro pesto

one bunch of fresh cilantro (leaves only)
about 1 c. olive oil
2 T. toasted pine nuts
1 t. fresh garlic
salt and pepper

This is so good! I use it in seafood tacos. All amounts are approximate so if you make this feel free to adjust it to suit your own taste.

[seemunkee]

17. great with chicken too

I make the pesto put a big spoon of it on a chicken breast wrap it in rice wrapper and bake.

[azmouse]

18. I could eat it by the spoonful!

I'm glad to see there are other cilantro fans out there. I live in the southwest and hating cilantro would be like hating chorizo or avocado... ya just can't cook without the stuff.

[mduffy31]

8. I feel it is the greatest threat to our freedom.

We must start a pre-emptive war against it!

:nuke:

[Ediacara]

10. You're speakin' my language buddy!

Restaurants should be required to have 80% of their menu-items Cilantro-free, and those with Cilantro should be clearly marked with a big biohazard logo

[Left Is Write]

9. I do not care for cilantro.

[djeseru]

11. As with many flavoring and spices...

...a little goes a long way. Unfortuantely, this is an exception these days, therefore, cilantro and many others have been ruined for me. :-(

[tjwmason]

13. It's revolting.

I once bought a herb salad (I fear that I tend to buy ready mixed salads), and then with the first mouthful discovered that there was some in there - so had to spend at least half an hour searching through to find the offending leaves and removing them. :puke:

Plus a warning to any sane folk visiting England we call is coriander over here - so you know what to look out for.

[Ediacara]

15. That's just terrible!

I'm serious about the biohazard warning labels. Cilantro is poison! In the US, coriander is generally just used to describe the ground up seeds, and cilantro is used for the leaves of the plant. At least that's been my experience.

[El Fuego]

14. I love cilantro!!!

[calico1]

19. I love it. But being Hispanic

I grew up eating it so maybe its one of those acquired tastes. I can't imagine making most of my ethnic dishes without it.

[Bridget Burke]

20. Cilantro is used in many Mexican recipes...

And Asian ones--Vietnamese, for example. So I'm fairly familiar with it & think it's OK.

However, I can see where "experimenting" with it could produce some dire results; new users should study the cuisines that use it.

Best used in small quantities. It's NOT like parsley!