ATTENTION: Cilantro Haters. A must-read
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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.
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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.
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It tastes like soap to me, but the article mentioned that you can condition yourself to liking it. It’s tough to find good fresh salsa without cilantro, so I just add a little extra hot sauce.
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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.
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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.
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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.