Love or Hate Cilantro

[Mmm Rrr]

According to this http://http://www.urbancultivator.net/most-used-herbs-across-the-globe/, cumin is the most popular spice in the world and coriander is the most used herb.

I love it, and my 23andme results confirm that I am likely to.

 

[ziggy29]

Love it in small doses. Too much cilantro kills a dish, though. It's a fine line, but it's obvious to me when it has been crossed.

 

[MRG]

I like it most of the time. If it's going old it has a funny slimy smell and soapy taste.

 

[BigNick]

I can't stand it. It tastes awful to me. Cilantro and black licorice are the only things I won't eat.

DW won't eat liquorice, fennel, or anything aniseedy; or cilantro; or cetery (especially her "worst food in the world", raw celery). She thinks they're all related.

 

[Born2BRetd]

DW won't eat liquorice, fennel, or anything aniseedy; or cilantro; or cetery (especially her "worst food in the world", raw celery). She thinks they're all related.

Interesting. I don't like liquorice, fennel or anise. However, I love cilantro and celery.

 

[REWahoo]

DW won't eat liquorice, fennel, or anything aniseedy; or cilantro; or cetery (especially her "worst food in the world", raw celery). She thinks they're all related.

Interesting. I don't like liquorice, fennel or anise. However, I love cilantro and celery.

One more data point: I strongly dislike licorice, fennel, anise and celery. Love cilantro.

 

[Ready-4-ER-at-14]

23 and me said I could like cilantro, but didn't like it. Love black licorice, celery is usually good but occasionally get some with a harsh taste. Liked rhubarb with sugar.

 

[Koolau]

Tastes like Lifebuoy soap. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[anethum]

DW won't eat liquorice, fennel, or anything aniseedy; or cilantro; or cetery (especially her "worst food in the world", raw celery). She thinks they're all related.

Actually, fennel, cilantro, celery, & anise are all botanically related. They're in the Umbelliferae (aka Apiaceae) plant family, along with lots of other food plants such as parsley, carrots, dill, caraway, & parsnips. Liquorice/licorice root, however, is from a plant in the bean family, despite the similar flavor of anise & fennel.

 

[HFWR]

Licorice definitely smells like anise...

 

[dtbach]

I love black licorice, cilantro, anise, etc but can't stand celery, brussel sprouts, cauliflower or broccoli.

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

Nothing much to add here, except to show my amazement at the 4 pages of posts on cilantro.

 

[dtbach]

Nothing much to add here, except to show my amazement at the 4 pages of posts on cilantro.

I guess us ex-flyboys have nothing much better to do

 

[NW-Bound]

Don't forget that the earlier thread in Nov 2018 on this same subject got 61 posts, about the same as this one so far.

See: http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/cilantro-taste-aversion-94712.html

 

[TrvlBug]

I'll add to the post count...LOVE cilantro, celery, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, HATE black licorice and thyme. Neutral on broccoli. Have no idea what fennel tastes like.

 

[meekie]

Hate it as well, it actually tastes more like dirt to me than soap, but I don't eat a lot of soap. It's definitely a strong bitter taste and very overpowering.

 

[jason]

Both my wife and I fall on the hate it side so our kids didn't stand a chance. It tastes exactly like somebody washing my mouth out with a bar of soap.

It's weird, I can't comprehend what it actually tastes like to the other 90% of the world.

 

[unclemick]

"meh".

However I recently tasted some 'street tacos' with lots of lime and cilantro.

heh heh heh - I'm coming around. On this item anyway.

 

[imnontrad]

I'm a "NO" for Cilantro. I'm also a "NO" for Chipotle pepper which means one restaurant chain is completely off my list of places to east.

I'm the only one in my family but I cannot stand any type of melon to the point that I cannot even eat around the melon in a mixed fruit cup.

 

[dtbach]

So it seems I was right to detest various vegetables my mother tried to force me to eat. Apparently its a genetic thing.

Another item, I really like tarragon but apparently I'm the only one in the family that can stand the stuff. Should a new thread be opened on that?

 

[Michael Moore]

I watched a cooking show while waiting for my car to be serviced. The guest chef was asked about his thoughts on cilantro. He said he'd like to have a field of it that he could call a napalm airstrike on. My wife totally agrees with that sentiment. I can tolerate it but I don't seek it out.

 

[roh3]

Nasty crap.

 

[Souschef]

I watched a cooking show while waiting for my car to be serviced. The guest chef was asked about his thoughts on cilantro. He said he'd like to have a field of it that he could call a napalm airstrike on. My wife totally agrees with that sentiment. I can tolerate it but I don't seek it out.

DW and I feel the same way about Brussels sprouts-even bacon cannot save them

 

[Montecfo]

We use cilantro in all our Mexican food recipes and a few Thai and other recipes. But I do know people who just can't eat cilantro, seems to be love it or hate it with no in between.

Well, I do not love it. I certainly don't hate it. I am ambivalent.

I find passion about it curious. But I am open minded.

 

[68bucks]

Way soapy to me, my son and daughter too. I can handle a tiny amount in a salsa or something, but I can always tell you if there is any in the dish. I sub parsley if a recipe calls for it. Sometimes I know it's just not the same to people who like it, which is the majority of people.