I hate celery
May 30, 2007 | 8:01 am
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May 30, 2007 | 8:11 am
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Hate raw celery, hate raw cilantro/coriander.
I do cook with both (only the roots and seeds of cilantro)
I treat raw celery the same way as a strong raw onion. If you cook it until transparant and vaguely caramelised (together with leek and carrots) it does 'lift' a dish. A little celery salt in a Bloody Mary is acceptable.
Raw, it's vile and hateful.
I'm supposedly a 'supertaster' - have lots of papillae closely packed onto my tongue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...periment.shtml - see for yoursef
This is a simpler 'test' with 5 questions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...s/supertaster/
Is disliking celery/cilantro a 'supertaster' thing?
I do cook with both (only the roots and seeds of cilantro)
I treat raw celery the same way as a strong raw onion. If you cook it until transparant and vaguely caramelised (together with leek and carrots) it does 'lift' a dish. A little celery salt in a Bloody Mary is acceptable.
Raw, it's vile and hateful.
I'm supposedly a 'supertaster' - have lots of papillae closely packed onto my tongue - http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...periment.shtml - see for yoursef
This is a simpler 'test' with 5 questions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...s/supertaster/
Is disliking celery/cilantro a 'supertaster' thing?
May 30, 2007 | 8:17 am
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Wow, what a great thread!! Here I was thinking I was the only one to pick out the celery from tuna/chicken/potato salads.
My husband thinks I'm nuts, says you can't taste it...but I hate the feeling of bitting down on it. I'm also with you on the cilentro-- it has such a strong taste 
-- and I also can't stand pimentos. (Years ago, I use to almost live on Starkist Tuna Pot Pies, and have 'fond' ?? memories of picking out every single pimento before I'd eat it-- even though my Mom would try to tell me they were tomatos!)
(PS-- along with pimentos, I won't eat peppers -- or anything that had peppers in it)
My husband thinks I'm nuts, says you can't taste it...but I hate the feeling of bitting down on it. I'm also with you on the cilentro-- it has such a strong taste -- and I also can't stand pimentos. (Years ago, I use to almost live on Starkist Tuna Pot Pies, and have 'fond' ?? memories of picking out every single pimento before I'd eat it-- even though my Mom would try to tell me they were tomatos!)(PS-- along with pimentos, I won't eat peppers -- or anything that had peppers in it)
May 30, 2007 | 8:21 am
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While I can't get all excited about celery, I use it often in cooking.
It finds it way into homemade soups, tuna, shrimp and egg salads and several other dishes.
I like the crisp texture it adds and it holds up fairly well when cooked for a length of time.
Cilantro is another story. I spent my whole life despising it but I now live in CA with a Mexican restaurant on every corner.
And they all use boatloads of cilantro.
And you can't eat around cilantro or pick it out of something as it overpowers whatever it's used with. Once it's in a dish, that's it.
One day a year or so ago, I decided I no longer hate cilantro and now I mildly enjoy it and actually add it to some recipes.
Strange.
It finds it way into homemade soups, tuna, shrimp and egg salads and several other dishes.
I like the crisp texture it adds and it holds up fairly well when cooked for a length of time.
Cilantro is another story. I spent my whole life despising it but I now live in CA with a Mexican restaurant on every corner.
And they all use boatloads of cilantro.
And you can't eat around cilantro or pick it out of something as it overpowers whatever it's used with. Once it's in a dish, that's it.
One day a year or so ago, I decided I no longer hate cilantro and now I mildly enjoy it and actually add it to some recipes.
Strange.
May 30, 2007 | 8:38 am
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I can tolerate celery if it was dripping in ranch dressing. I used to despise cilantro but now I like it in just about everything. I was told you acquire a taste for it as you grow older....
May 30, 2007 | 9:08 am
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This is a simpler 'test' with 5 questions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...s/supertaster/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbo...s/supertaster/
May 30, 2007 | 10:52 am
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I approach cilantro very very carefully, as it sometimes reaches out and chokes me. Or at least makes me gag.
Occasionally, I can handle it. But I would never choose it.
Now there's a support group for folks like us.
IHateCilantro.com
Whew. Some sanity in the world, at last.
Occasionally, I can handle it. But I would never choose it.
Now there's a support group for folks like us.
IHateCilantro.com
Whew. Some sanity in the world, at last.
May 30, 2007 | 11:43 am
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Prior to this weekend, I would have been on the "I hate celery" bandwagon, but this weekend in the Napa Valley, I had a salad at a restaurant that totally changed my viewpoint as a life-long celery hater.
It was a "shaved" celery salad - peeled stalks chopped very thin dressed in a gorgonzola cheese cream dressing topped with candied nuts and fig slices and garnished with the edible (who knew?!) leaves from the celery tops.
It made a believer out of me. I clearly have just been eating really bad stuff.
It was a "shaved" celery salad - peeled stalks chopped very thin dressed in a gorgonzola cheese cream dressing topped with candied nuts and fig slices and garnished with the edible (who knew?!) leaves from the celery tops.
It made a believer out of me. I clearly have just been eating really bad stuff.
May 30, 2007 | 2:10 pm
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Hahahaha!!! I missed this comment, earlier.
I like celery for the most part. I like it raw with a smear of McLaren's Imperial Sharp Cheddar every now and then. I think it's essential (including chopped leaves) in a good chicken soup. I don't like it much in some stir-fried dishes, though.
There are some claims that celery and celery extracts can be beneficial in treating things like gout, arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
And of course, I like celery for stirring my Bloody Mary or Caesar!!!
I like celery for the most part. I like it raw with a smear of McLaren's Imperial Sharp Cheddar every now and then. I think it's essential (including chopped leaves) in a good chicken soup. I don't like it much in some stir-fried dishes, though.
There are some claims that celery and celery extracts can be beneficial in treating things like gout, arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
And of course, I like celery for stirring my Bloody Mary or Caesar!!!
May 30, 2007 | 3:34 pm
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Wow, what a great thread!! Here I was thinking I was the only one to pick out the celery from tuna/chicken/potato salads. My husband thinks I'm nuts, says you can't taste it...but I hate the feeling of bitting down on it. I'm also with you on the cilentro-- it has such a strong taste -- and I also can't stand pimentos. (Years ago, I use to almost live on Starkist Tuna Pot Pies, and have 'fond' ?? memories of picking out every single pimento before I'd eat it-- even though my Mom would try to tell me they were tomatos!)
(PS-- along with pimentos, I won't eat peppers -- or anything that had peppers in it)
My husband thinks I'm nuts, says you can't taste it...but I hate the feeling of bitting down on it. I'm also with you on the cilentro-- it has such a strong taste -- and I also can't stand pimentos. (Years ago, I use to almost live on Starkist Tuna Pot Pies, and have 'fond' ?? memories of picking out every single pimento before I'd eat it-- even though my Mom would try to tell me they were tomatos!)(PS-- along with pimentos, I won't eat peppers -- or anything that had peppers in it)
Add green peppers to the list. I hunt for the smallest pieces to be sure my food isn't contaminated; all other colors of pepper are fine.
In addition to not liking celery ... I also dislike bleu cheese and chicken wings (independently)!
May 30, 2007 | 8:51 pm
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Heh, no kidding, me too. I don't have a problem with any other color of bell pepper (red, yellow, sometimes orange too which I guess is from the red and yellow), but green ones, bleh. Most of the time I can eat food that has been cooked with it, so long as I don't have to eat the pepper itself. Many other kinds of pepper including most hot ones are fine too.