Originally Posted by
TMOliver
Using cilantro is a regional/local choice with cilantro-fortified salsas being de rigueur in Mexico and Central America, but far less often used in Southern South America, the "home" of Chimichur(r)i.
Chileans eat cilantro on practically a daily basis, in their favorite salsa, "pebre,'" which they typically eat on buttered bread rolls rather than on tortilla chips, and they also routinely eat cilantro on fish and shellfish, among other things.