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.
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.
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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.
Although I’ve been known to add a bit where appropriate, I have heard it referred to as “dishrag”…
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 ZevonI 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:
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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.
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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)
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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.
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.
I love cilantro!
I 'specially like how it makes my saliva glands work over time…okay so I am not the average person 
I stick to dill. Weed, not seed.
Really? That’s weird. I grew up in southern Arizona and cilantro was in pretty much all mexican food there. YUMMMM
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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.
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.
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