ATTENTION: Cilantro Haters. A must-read
Apr 13, 2010, 6:46 pm
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ATTENTION: Cilantro Haters. A must-read
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/di....html?emc=eta1
This is one of my favorite paragraphs from the article:
"If the flavor doesn’t fit a familiar food experience, and instead fits into a pattern that involves chemical cleaning agents and dirt, or crawly insects, then the brain highlights the mismatch and the potential threat to our safety. We react strongly and throw the offending ingredient on the floor where it belongs."
I am a true cilantro hater.
This is one of my favorite paragraphs from the article:
"If the flavor doesn’t fit a familiar food experience, and instead fits into a pattern that involves chemical cleaning agents and dirt, or crawly insects, then the brain highlights the mismatch and the potential threat to our safety. We react strongly and throw the offending ingredient on the floor where it belongs."
I am a true cilantro hater.
Apr 13, 2010, 6:55 pm
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Very interesting article, thanks for posting the link.
I have known people who hate cilantro, and I always was curious why, since I love cilantro. This was very insightful.
I have known people who hate cilantro, and I always was curious why, since I love cilantro. This was very insightful.
Apr 13, 2010, 6:59 pm
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I never eat Thai or Southwestern food. Finding good salsa is a real challenge for the cilantro hater. Fortunately, Trader Joes makes a cilantro-free salsa.
I have always said one of the reasons I love Italy is that it is a CFZ (cilantro free zone).
Apr 13, 2010, 7:00 pm
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You and the Hawaiian.... I'll have to read this so I can understand him better. 
(Actually, I started out an absolute cilantro hater, too--it was the bane of my existence when I was an exchange student in Thailand, but somehow I got over it.)
(Actually, I started out an absolute cilantro hater, too--it was the bane of my existence when I was an exchange student in Thailand, but somehow I got over it.)
Apr 13, 2010, 7:24 pm
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The article will give you great insight. You will be even more understanding of your fiancee's disgust of this particular green herb.
Apr 13, 2010, 7:25 pm
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Apr 13, 2010, 7:58 pm
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I am on the fence. It is sometimes used as a garnish, especially in Asia, and I will eat it depending on the position its in. If its in or on my food, I'll eat it. But if its placed on the side of the dish I'll leave it alone. My parents love it and will grab it off my plate if they see it placed on the side.
Apr 13, 2010, 8:02 pm
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I hate, hate, hate it. I've never noticed the smell, but I know when it's in my food. I've asked waiters to not use it in my food. I've been to Vietnamese noodle places that use it as a garnish on their dry noodles. I'll pick it out of my food when I see it. Unlike Julia Child, I do eat arugula, although it does have a really sharp, biting taste.
I find the taste more comparable to foil than soap.
Apr 13, 2010, 10:11 pm
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Thanks for the link to that article. My son absolutely despises cilantro, and won't eat anything containing it. Doesn't bother me at all, nor anyone else in my family...well, actually my daughter doesn't like it because my son doesn't like it...!
Apr 13, 2010, 10:31 pm
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/di....html?emc=eta1
This is one of my favorite paragraphs from the article:
"If the flavor doesn’t fit a familiar food experience, and instead fits into a pattern that involves chemical cleaning agents and dirt, or crawly insects, then the brain highlights the mismatch and the potential threat to our safety. We react strongly and throw the offending ingredient on the floor where it belongs."
I am a true cilantro hater.
This is one of my favorite paragraphs from the article:
"If the flavor doesn’t fit a familiar food experience, and instead fits into a pattern that involves chemical cleaning agents and dirt, or crawly insects, then the brain highlights the mismatch and the potential threat to our safety. We react strongly and throw the offending ingredient on the floor where it belongs."
I am a true cilantro hater.
Odd thing is my kid loves it, and has since he was a toddler. Maybe because he ate more Indian food than fast food between the ages of 18 months and 6 years?
... Not a fan whatsoever. From experience, its a bit like marmite, you either love it or you hate it.