ATTENTION: Cilantro Haters. A must-read
Apr 15, 2010 | 5:06 pm
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I hate it. Totally ruins anything it is in for me.
I would absolutely love to visit Vietnam, but the cilantro is literally the only thing that's stopping me.
I make my own guacamole and salsa and substitute parsley (which I love) for cilantro.
I don't eat Indian food at all, and cilantro is definately a big reason.
I would absolutely love to visit Vietnam, but the cilantro is literally the only thing that's stopping me.
I make my own guacamole and salsa and substitute parsley (which I love) for cilantro.
I don't eat Indian food at all, and cilantro is definately a big reason.
Apr 16, 2010 | 12:05 pm
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As for store bought guac, that's another thread, but I alwasy prefer to make my own. Takes only a few minutes.
Apr 16, 2010 | 9:25 pm
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Apr 17, 2010 | 12:52 pm
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Apr 19, 2010 | 7:51 am
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It tastes like soap to me, but the article mentioned that you can condition yourself to liking it. Its tough to find good fresh salsa without cilantro, so I just add a little extra hot sauce.
Apr 20, 2010 | 7:23 pm
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For such a love-it-or-hate-it herb, I find it oddly unmoving. I don't dislike it, enjoy it in moderation in say, Mexican food or when they sometimes include it in Pho or the occaisonal tomato soup (CX lounge in HKG had a memorably good one!) but don't care for it enough to use it when I cook.
Meanwhile, it seems like a lot of people who like it REALLY like it, and I don't get that either; my wife uses wayyy too much of the stuff when she cooks for herself.
Meanwhile, it seems like a lot of people who like it REALLY like it, and I don't get that either; my wife uses wayyy too much of the stuff when she cooks for herself.
Apr 22, 2010 | 4:48 pm
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It's the amount of cilantro that I hate - I can take it in small doses. It seems to me that it's used in much more abundance in Tex-Mex food than in real Mexican Food. As for Vietnamese, I've encountered very little in their food, but it's true that they love fresh herbs of all kinds.
Apr 22, 2010 | 5:19 pm
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This is my reaction to it - I don't find it to taste soapy, but I do find that it tastes very metallic. I hate it, as does my dad - I always wondered if there was a genetic component to that.
I find the taste more comparable to foil than soap.