topic Re: Cilantro in Kitchen

Cilantro

pprmntstx — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:18:36 GMT

Do you like cilantro?

I think it tastes like soap!

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colleena — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:24:07 GMT

@pprmntstx After planting cilantro this year I discovered I didn't like it at all. And, come to find out there's only 1 neighbor out of a couple dozen who like it & the deer who've come by every day or so to eat other things don't care for it either.

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Itsjustme4 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:26:50 GMT

that means you have the gene OR6A2. People with this gene find that cilantro tastes like soap.

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Franell — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:31:12 GMT

Love it! I add it to chile, guackamole, marinades, and chicken and fish dishes.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:34:25 GMT

Love it! 🌿

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amyb — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:37:26 GMT

@pprmntstx wrote:
Do you like cilantro?
I think it tastes like soap!

I've always thought that too! It does taste like soap. Not that we've ever had soap, but I know what you mean.

I don't mind it a little in some Mexican dishes, or in guacomole. But not overpoweringly. I rarely eat it otherwise.

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Citrine1 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:39:46 GMT

That's how I feel about Rosemary. To me, it tastes like dirty dishwater.

I do like cilantro, however.

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Love my grandkids — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:48:02 GMT

@pprmntstx I loathe it. Spent most of my life in So. Calif. with tons of good (and cheap) Mexican food available. If a dish couldn't be prepared without this, I ordered something else.

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aubnwa01 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 01:53:03 GMT

Cilantro is a NO for me.

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kitcat51 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:03:25 GMT

No.

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qbetzforreal — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:06:36 GMT

I like it.

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shoesnbags — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:10:29 GMT

I love cilantro, so I guess I don't have that gene. But then I really like broccoli, too, so who knows?

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loriqvc — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:11:30 GMT

I enjoy cilantro—but like any green herb, add too much and it tastes like grass and leaves instead of a pleasant flavoring.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 02:28:19 GMT

@Franell wrote:
Love it! I add it to chile, guackamole, marinades, and chicken and fish dishes.

@Franell. I d9 too but only a very small amount so I can barely taste it. I think many people use too much.

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AZfem — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:14:49 GMT

Yes its good. Like it in scrambled eggs, guacamole & will throw a few sprigs in salads to give it a kick.

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nwbabs — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:19:27 GMT

Yes Please on Cilantro!

Fresh Cilantro or Italian Parlsey always in the kitchen. Ground Coriander in the spice cabinet and added to most dishes to add a brightness.

Interesting to see more dislikes than likes responding, so far. Amazing this Chomosone 11 specifically OR6A2 mentioned by a previous poster dictates this aversion. All beyond my pea brain!

Happy Friday (almost)!

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sunshine45 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:46:29 GMT

love it.......i use it in salsa, pico de gallo, soups, rice, stews, tacos/mexican foods.

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LizzieInSRQ — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:42:32 GMT

Yum yum, Pico de Gallo and Cilantro Lime Rice are two of my favorite things to eat!

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ID2 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:26:17 GMT

I love cilantro! I already dried all of my herbs, including my bumper crop of cilantro! Love using all of my homegrown herbs over the winter.

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Carolina925 — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:46:09 GMT

I love it and don't have the gene mentioned above by @Itsjustme4 . I've read that those who love it and don't feel it tastes like soap are the normal ones, the ones of us who love it are abnormal. Doesn't matter to me, being normal is probably not something I subscribe to. We have a noodle/soup restaurant in town that puts it in almost every single dish they offer. A friend and I went and, when she asked the waitress to have the cilantro kept out of the dish, the poor waitress just had that deer in the headlights look. I try to grow a plant every summer and use it very sparingly in my salads; I always add a little to the store-bought salsa to kick it up.