# Cilantro Sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2000, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907 "2000-03-14T19:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/21 "2000-03-15T03:43:00Z")
I LOATHE cilantro. Every other recipe seems to end “…and add a handful of chopped fresh cilantro”. It tastes just like soap, I have stolen a leaf off a bunch in the supermarket now and then to see if I’ve changed my mind. I haven’t. There ain’t much I won’t put in my mouth, but not cilantro. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/22 "2000-03-15T03:50:00Z")
Ughh, ::shudder:: cilantro is horrible! It’s so…I don’t know…_dry_. It has the same sensation as really dry wine, without the good taste. Ick. * * * A woman needs four animals in her life: A mink in the closet, a Jaguar in the garage, a tiger in the bedroom, and an ass to pay for it all. —Zsa Zsa Gabor ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/23 "2000-03-15T03:56:00Z")
Cilantro… Yuck! Tastes like dish soap. I pick out as much as I can in my food, and scoop around it in salsa. * * * _It is too clear, and so it is hard to see._ ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/24 "2000-03-15T04:02:00Z")
Although I’ve been known to add a bit where appropriate, I have heard it referred to as “dishrag”… ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/25 "2000-03-15T06:02:00Z")
Speaking for this carnivore, if the spice or herb does not enhance the flavor and aroma of dead, seared animal flesh, then it is of limited or no use. Cilantro falls in this category, from my few unimpressive encounters with it. * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/26 "2000-03-16T06:18:00Z")
I am with the anti- group here. What is worse is that I will taste it repeatedly for hours after a meal which includes cilantro. The horror… :eek: * * * I am a redhead, you see, and I do not tempt. I insist. -Cristi ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/27 "2000-03-16T06:33:00Z")
Viva la Cilantro! Although, in a street fight, Basil beats any other herb hands down. Basil is to me as Catnip is to my cat. * * * DON PEDRO: Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. BEATRICE: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; but then there was a star danced, and under that was I born. -Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc: i ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/28 "2000-03-15T20:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Good salsa should just reek of cilantro --Opalcat > [@](#): > > Hell yeah! This is how I make mine. loads and loads of cilantro… --Demo I agree Opal! Hey Dem (and Opal too!), you should come over and try my parents’ salsa - made completely from fresh ingredients out of mom and dad’s garden (I’ve still got one [frozen] container left). TO DIE FOR! I’m completely stunned that **so** manny people HATE cilantro. I can’t get enough of it and I honestly don’t recall ever hearing anyone go off about it the way you folks have! Of course, some people LOVE milk and _feh!_ makes me queasy and goops up my throat; some people LOVE taking a big bite out of a tomato and [rl=http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/tomato.html]URK! I just can’t do that… ## Oh well - Vive la difference! (please forgive my lack o’ Frenchyness - you all know what I mean) [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/29 "2000-03-15T22:55:00Z")
I honestly don’t know if I like cilantro or not. I love salsa, and spicy foods in general, so I guess it doesn’t bother me too much. I will say this, however: It is the only spice I have ever seen so quickly polarize the citizens of our fine community. ---
**Author:** ![LBJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecae2f/32.png) [@LBJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LBJay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/30 "2000-03-16T00:53:00Z")
I’ve lived in California for over 20 years and I still can’t get used to the taste of Californian Mexican food, mostly because of the cilantro. I grew up in New Mexico, and it pretty much didn’t exist as flavor. It probably does now what with the (I love this word) Californication of Santa Fe and all the other beautiful places in America. I’ve tried to make my peace with the damn stuff, since it’s in everything; but too much still makes me choke. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2000, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/31 "2000-03-16T01:01:00Z")
I love cilantro! I 'specially like how it makes my saliva glands work over time…okay so I am not the average person 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/32 "2000-03-19T12:54:00Z")
I stick to dill. Weed, not seed. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/33 "2000-03-19T13:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by LBJay: > I’ve lived in California for over 20 years and I still can’t get used to the taste of Californian Mexican food, mostly because of the cilantro. I grew up in New Mexico, and it pretty much didn’t exist as flavor. Really? That’s weird. I grew up in southern Arizona and cilantro was in pretty much all mexican food there. YUMMMM * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![perkitl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@perkitl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perkitl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/34 "2000-03-19T16:05:00Z")
I live in Louisiana and I never even heard of cilantro until twelve years ago when I went to southern California. Thought the mexican food would be great there, but they put cilantro in everything and it was nasty. Now I am finding it in more and more mexican restaurants here. I can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![Jo3sh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907/35 "2000-03-19T16:08:00Z")
Had an AMAZING dinner the other night with Mrs. Jo3sh at a Thai restaurant in a neighboring town. Wow. I can’t even really describe it fully. You cilantro-haters would choked, but I was practically stunned by our opener: a salad with grilled shrimp, cilantro, wilted sweet basil, sliced peppers and green onions… ## Oh. My. God. Perfectly complemented by a Singha. A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cilantro-sucks/14907.md?page=1)