PSA...

[AnnieBananie]

Alright, so... if you haven't tried a certain food item (ie: cilantro) and aren't sure you'll like it... don't make a recipe (ie: a giant batch of pico de gallo) where it's one of the few ingredients in said recipe. You'll just end up spending more time than you'd care to admit picking out the leafy green shrapnel with ninja-like OCD skillz.



That is all.

[Joan]

Send it to me! I <3 <3 <3 cilantro.

[BrattyMeg]

me too..esp in a homemade salsa yummmm

[Megan Turnidge]

Cilantro in pico de gallo is SOOOO GOOOOOOD!

[Tracie Stroud]

dude. Send it my way! lol

[Leila]

Keep the salsa, send me the cilantro.

[Jenn Barrette]

Dude, cilantro is the bomb. I am making my own salsa this week me thinks.

[crystalbella77]

LMAO! I LOVE cilantro too....in salsa!! YUMMY!!!!

[Winter Ivy]

Cilantro makes my skin crawl. When I smell it, it literally makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

-Diana

[AnnieBananie]

Originally Posted by Winter Ivy

Cilantro makes my skin crawl. When I smell it, it literally makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

-Diana

I'm glad there's SOMEBODY out there that doesn't like it LOL

[Leila]

Originally Posted by Winter Ivy

Cilantro makes my skin crawl. When I smell it, it literally makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

-Diana

Gah! You sound like Andrew used to sound about it--now he always adds more to the food I use it in. LOL!!

[nanienamou]

There is no middle ground with cilantro. You hat it or you love it.

I love it!

[Susan Bartolini]

Yeah, I have a problem with Cilantro as well. Does it taste like soap to you? Certain people can taste the unsaturated aldahydes.....which is a compound in soaps. I have learned to deal with it in salsa but if given a choice, I would leave it out. I have a similar reaction to fresh parsley.

Susan

[cheltzey]

You know, I honestly read that aversion to cilantro was a genetic thing. Seriously. Weird, isn't it.

But I HEART cilantro.

[cheltzey]

Originally Posted by Chef

Yeah, I have a problem with Cilantro as well. Does it taste like soap to you? Certain people can taste the unsaturated aldehydes.....which is a compound in soaps. I have learned to deal with it in salsa but if given a choice, I would leave it out. I have a similar reaction to fresh parsley.

Susan

This is exactly what I read, but I couldn't remember it! Thanks, Susan!

[xboxmom]

I just recently discovered my LOVE of cilantro. Once I moved out of Utah we started trying a lot more ethnic type foods and I love love love to cook Indian food and their stuff requires tons of cilantro. And now I even put it in my eggs in the morning.

[Traci Reed]

I wub wub wub cilantro!

[EveRecinella]

Originally Posted by Traci Reed

I wub wub wub cilantro!

WORD!! It is actually my favorite herb! Yum!

[AnnieBananie]

Originally Posted by Chef

Does it taste like soap to you?

YES! *shudder*

[Darcy Baldwin]

OH MAn - and that's something I would LOOOOOVE! Sorry you didn't like it!

[Winter Ivy]

Originally Posted by Chef

Yeah, I have a problem with Cilantro as well. Does it taste like soap to you? Certain people can taste the unsaturated aldahydes.....which is a compound in soaps. I have learned to deal with it in salsa but if given a choice, I would leave it out. I have a similar reaction to fresh parsley.

Susan

That's exactly it, I had never heard that before. It tastes synthetic to me...not earthy & pleasant like other spices. To me it tastes a lot like how some plastic things smell when they are new out of a box.

-Diana

[SeattleSheri]

lol Annie I acquired a taste for cilantro and now I love it. The first time I had it, I wasn't crazy about it, but now I buy/use it all of the time!

[AnnieBananie]

Yeah, I acquired a taste for paste when I was a kid (boy I bet that explains a lot) ROFL

I will say, the soap taste has pretty much neutralized in my Pico on day 2 and is quite pleasant. I think the tomato killed it LOL

[Susan Bartolini]

The soap or detergent taste is a very common reason for dislike of cilantro. There is probably something genetic about those of us that can taste that chemical compound. Here is an article about it:

http://www.culinate.com/articles/fea...Mixed+feelings

FYI - Julia Child hated cilantro.

Susan

[4noisyboys]

My dh doesn't like cilantro, and I found out the same way...by making a HUGE batch of pico de gallo. I knew that I loved it, and figured he must love it too...because we're married...he has to love what I love...yada yada yada

NOPE.

That was many years ago, and I still make things with cilantro in it, but I just put a smaller amount in. He deals with it, mainly because he has to! I cook the meals

[NettieB]

Originally Posted by Chef

Yeah, I have a problem with Cilantro as well. Does it taste like soap to you? Certain people can taste the unsaturated aldahydes.....which is a compound in soaps. I have learned to deal with it in salsa but if given a choice, I would leave it out. I have a similar reaction to fresh parsley.

Susan

THANK YOU. Now I actually can explain in a picture why it and parsley give me the heeby-geebies.

[Leila]

Am I the only person who finds parsley to be totally flavorless? I don't ever buy it because it seems pointless to me (even for garnish). Paprika's another one, unless it's smoked or hot paprika. Sweet paprika--pointless.

[Darcy Baldwin]

Originally Posted by Leila

Am I the only person who finds parsley to be totally flavorless? I don't ever buy it because it seems pointless to me (even for garnish). Paprika's another one, unless it's smoked or hot paprika. Sweet paprika--pointless.

I like Italian/flat leaf parsley, and use it A LOT. But yes, it is a mild flavor, but it does add a brightness to a dish, sort of like how lemon can brighten something without actually tasting the lemon so much. The curly parsley is useless. I can't eat it, it doesn't taste the same, and the texture just gives me the willies.

And I agree with you on the paprika thing. Sweet paprika might was well be sold with food coloring, because that's just about all it's really good for.

[Leila]

Curly parsley needs to go the way of the dinosaur.

[AnnieBananie]

ITA about paprika.... I thought it was just me because I have "taste issues" lol

[Winter Ivy]

I am seriously dying laughing, Susan, thank you so much for that article, I loved it! That was another thing I always wondered about, why cilantro tasted so gross, but coriander is so good. Annie, thanks for this thread, I no longer feel alone in my cilantro revulsion.

The article linked to ihatecilantro.com and let me just say that I am in love with the haikus ( http://www.ihatecilantro.com/haikus.php )...so filled with darkness and hatred for this vile weed

-Diana