Cilantro: Yes or No?

[geardaddy]

I was just thinking about cilantro today and was wondering how many people like it and how many hate it. Me? I personally find it tastes like soap, but can handle tiny amounts in salsa and Indian or Thai food. I just got overpowered by the stuff when I lived in Taiwan and would order soup at a street stall and they piled the shit on.

What are your thoughts?

[Ysabel]

1. i love it...

my husband is the cook here tho and he doesn't like it as much as i do (he's a very good cook) so i eat what he makes (he makes lots of indian and also some thai and all sorts of other good stuff but doesn't use cilantro very often) btw he has just made some thai food this very moment so off to eat i go...

[av8rdave]

2. I use it in salsa and black bean soup...it's great

[KitchenWitch]

3. In minute amounts it is okay

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I agree. I just wave a sprig over the dish and that's quite enough.

:D

[Kali]

4. It does have a "distinctive" flavor but I like it and it HAS to be in some foods.

I dislike biting into whole seeds when using them in foods, however. :puke:

[petronius]

6. Yes, but in small quantities - too much gets bad in a hurry... (nt)

[supernova]

7. I'd bathe in the stuff if I could!

I ADORE cilantro! :9 :9 :9 :9

When I was at Whole Foods a couple of hours ago, they had a chicken in tomato sauce for taco fillings on their take away bar. But that's not the fun part. There was a WHOLE PANFUL of chopped cilantro to put on top! Of course, I loaded up by the tablespoonful. :9 :9

[SallyMander]

18. Totally with you

I eat it straight while Iza is trying to make guacamole! :D

[Jade Fox]

8. Love it!

[philosophie_en_rose]

9. NO!

:puke:

[begin_within]

10. Love cilantro. Hate cumin. Love almond extract. Hate nuoc man.

[geardaddy]

25. Love cumin.

What's nuoc man? Sounds Vietnamese.

[begin_within]

41. It's that fish sauce on every table in a Vietnamese restaurant. Looks like soy sauce but icky.

Belongs in the trash just like cumin.

[geardaddy]

48. I respectfully disagree.

I love fish sauce!

[grasswire]

54. I will never eat fish sauce or oyster sauce

I watched the program on the travel channel where they were making the stuff. No, no, no. Never again.

[fizzgig]

11. ...

:puke:

[NNN0LHI]

12. Soap, yes. I hate it for that reason too

[Callalily]

13. Actually, I'm eating homemade

black bean dip with cilantro right now! ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Nasty shite...

if I wanted to eat soap, I would. :puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Not for me, thank you!

I don't like it in anything...

[Nikia]

16. I think that it is decent

Cilantro tasting like soap is a genetic thing. Not suprisingly, cilantro doesn't taste like soap to most people of Asian descent. I'm not of Asian descent, but it doesn't taste like soap to me either.

[geardaddy]

29. Is that true?

When I lived in Taiwan, there were indeed a lot of people who liked it, but I remember a noticeable amount hated it.

[FloridaJudy]

61. It's very much genetic.

Some people are what's called "supertasters": to them certain foods are painfully bitter/spicy. They actually have more than the usual number of taste buds. Me? I'm obviously not one! I adore cilantro, licorice, espresso, pickled herring, camembert and Vindaloo masala. My son is just as obviously the opposite - his favorite flavor is "white". It made for an uncomfortable childhood, when I made spaghetti sauce from scratch with fresh basil and spicy sausage, and he wanted Chef Boyardee.

http://research.yale.edu/ysm/article.jsp?articleID=77

[Zuiderelle]

17. LOVE it.

[yellowdogintexas]

19. I Love it. One of the things I never used before I moved to Texas, that now is

an indispensable part of my culinary routine.

I make salsa
I put it in my homemade chili
I use it in black bean soup
I use it in taco soup
I put it in my curried lentils and other curry dishes

it is a frequent ingredient in Weight Watchers recipes for casseroles, soups and dips.

[greenbriar]

20. hubby makes the best salsa and uses it

liberally

[Pale Blue Dot]

21. Hell yes! nt

[Richardo]

22. A few atoms goes a long way for me...

...I don't like it in large quantities. x(

[datasuspect]

23. si

[geardaddy]

24. Thanks for the responses everyone.

I used to HATE it, but now can tolerate it in small amounts in certain things.

[Lady Effingbroke]

26. Yes.

[LibraLiz1973]

27. FUCK YES

I put it on almost everything, in massive quantities.

[SarahB]

28. Tasty!

:9

[TreasonousBastard]

30. I hate ALL foods that get some new fancy schmancy...

name just because some ignorant yuppie scum can't pronounce the old one.

Of course you can handle it in small amounts because it's CORIANDER, and it's an herb, not an ingredient!

Here ya go...

http://ihatecilantro.com/

Gawd, now ya got me thinking of basil salad or parsely soup... GAACK!)

[MrsBrady]

31. love it n/t

[redwitch]

32. YUM!

:-)

[GCP]

33. I love it

I put a lot in guacamole.

[WinkyDink]

34. Love it. Am growing some.

[libnnc]

35. Not a fan of the cilantro

I've tried...but no go.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. i love it. it small and large amounts. i love cilantro pesto.

[trof]

37. How it tastes to you is governed by genetics.

To me, it tastes like chlorine.
Like when you got swimming pool water up your nose.
To many it has a peppery, minty taste.

[Pierre.Suave]

38. I have never eaten it

outside of a salsa or as a garnish, so I really do not have an opinion.

[femmocrat]

39. I grow it, but never use it!

I keep a pot on the patio in case I run across a recipe that uses it. It self-seeds, so it comes back every year. I really don't care for the smell of it, though.

[malta blue]

40. a vegetable in our house...

I can't live without it.

[Deja Q]

42. Love it! Ergo, YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

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Oui?

[azmouse]

43. Good stuff.

Love it in Mexican food.

[NV Whino]

44. Love it.

[AbbeyRoad]

45. Yes. I absolutely love it. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

46. I am glad that I'm not one of the afflicted who think it tastes like soap.

[bluethruandthru]

47. ICK!!! n/t

[Lethe]

49. i put it in almost everything

it is delicious harb

[Withywindle]

50. YESYESYES

I love it. It doesn't taste like soap at all to me - it tastes fresh and green. :9


People are so different in which herbs taste good to them, though - for me, even the teeenist bit of fennel or anise can make even the otherwise-yummiest dish inedible. :puke:

[moriah]

51. My Ex-Husband HAD to have Cilantro in almost everything

It was the way he was raised, Cilantro was used in a lot of cooking.

I'm glad I'm not one of those people who have the genetic issue of it tasting soapy.

[PassingFair]

52. Hate It.

CONTAMINATES everything it touches.

RUINS gazpacho!

[grasswire]

53. used to hate it; now I love it

I like to go to Baja Fresh restaurants because it's on the condiment bar and I can heap a lot of it on whatever I'm eating. They also have lime wedges for the taking. Yum!

[Pisces]

55. Love it, the more the better!!

[MrScorpio]

56. Not just soap, but Ivory Soap

Hate it

[kwassa]

59. I prefer the taste of Ivory to Irish Spring.

cilantro rocks!

[geardaddy]

57. Here's a disclaimer...

I very much enjoy ground coriander in curry dishes.

:shrug:

[RedShoes]

58. love it.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

60. HATE IT