Cilantro: Love it or leave it?

[BurtWorm]

[redqueen]

1. Is that also called coriander?

Not sure about that, but I know cilantro = leave it, for me.

[BurtWorm]

3. Yes. Also called Chinese parsley.

Personally, I love it.

[redqueen]

4. If there's only a little tiny bit in something

then it can be nice or not so bad at least. But it's so strong... and so many people seem to not get that.

[Sequoia]

10. No, it is not coriander.

Coriander is tiny little seed like things you use as a spice with say....yummy baby back ribs.

Cilantro came to us from the Chinese who built the Trans Pacific railroad back in the day. I put it in my green salad as well as cucumber salad, Spanish Rice and burritos.

[petronius]

11. Same plant, I believe - cilantro is the leaves and coriander is the seed

[Sequoia]

13. You are probably correct.

I considered that after I posted it. Thanks.

[cemaphonic]

14. yep that's right

My cilantro this year went straight to seed for some reason, so I still had to buy cilantro, but I have a ton of coriander now.

[AlCzervik]

2. Love it!

in Thai Food and mexican food.

[Jamastiene]

5. I haven't a clue.

Is that something you eat with arugula? I've never had it. It looks like the one triffid in my yard that I don't really have to mow, because it stays rather short.

The rest of the triffids in my yard tower over me and mock me until I knock them down and push my 6.5 HP lawn mower over them. The lawn mower whines and moans while the triffids do the Alien Weed Limbo to avoid being cut.

If that's cilantro, maybe I should take a bite. I'm afraid to though, because it looks like it is spreading a little and may one day thin the taller triffids down. I don't want to jeopardize that. It's pretty though. :D

[Sisaruus]

6. Tastes like soap.

I'm one of those people for whom cilantro tastes like soap.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

19. Same here.

Cilantro, ginger, lemon grass. I don't know how people can eat that stuff.

[leftyclimber]

21. I thought I was the only one.

Glad to know I'm not a freak. :hi:

[astral]

7. I love it but I don't eat it all the time

The first time I tried it was in some home made salsa and I have loved it ever since. It's even not bad mixed in a salad long as it's got tomatoes in it.

[Lucian]

8. Ewww...gross. Leave it.

[Arugula Latte]

27. It is YOU who should leave ... the USA!

How dare you speak unkindly of the great herb, you un-American traitor!! :spank:

[Bryan]

9. I love it.

I'm having cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, baked beans, cilantro, cilantro, cilantro, and cilantro!

[PeaceNikki]

12. I'm strongly in the "leave it" camp.

[Fenris]

28. My name is not John McCain, but I approve this message.

The smell alone makes me ill. The smell of Cilantro, not McCain. Although I would guess McCain would make me ill too.

[SidDithers]

15. Put a little fresh, chopped cilantro into store-bought salsa...

it really freshens it up :)

Sid

[shanti]

23. sure does!

:hi:

[triguy46]

16. In moderation. Too many people use too much of it. On the subject...

if you do like it, it is easy to grow, in fact it will take over your garden if you let it. We have to weed eat ours to keep in under control.

[begin_within]

17. I love it so much I could eat it by itself.

But I don't. I use it in guacamole and other Mexican dishes, and it is also prominent in Vietnamese cooking.

[supernova]

18. Love it! I could bathe in the stuff!

:woohoo: for cilantro!

[curse10]

20. I feel bad for the genetically deformed folks

it tastes like soap to them :-P

My best friend is afflicted with the soap-gene. She misses out on the best salsas...

[shanti]

22. mmmm, LOVE it!

can't eat mexican or thai without it, imo! my favorite cilantro flavored food has to be fresh salsa - yumm!

[crim son]

24. I don't eat it by the handfuls but do always grow it.

It's that elusive missing flavor in home-made Mexican food. I use it all the time.

[yellowdogintexas]

25. I discovered cilantro when I came to live in Texas. I put it in my salsa, my chili

my curried lentils, green chile stew and black bean soup.

[dhpgetsit]

26. Started out hating it. Then it grew on me.

OK, not literally!
:9

[QMPMom]

29. Leave it for the most part. I think most people use too much and it overwhelms.

[Dogtown]

30. Bitter

like arugula and chicory. I'll pass, thanks.

[Owl]

31. Bitter and Yucky. Leave it!