"Can We Compromise on Cilantro?" Topic

New evidence suggests that genetics play a bigger role on people's response to cilantro than had been understood.

I for one have always been able to tolerate it if it's finely chopped but can't stand it in its increasingly popular and fresh, leafy form.

Can anyone else bridge the gap or does it remain a matter of love/hate?

Question: what is the disposition of someone who plays with toy soldiers on the consumtion of cilantro?

A. Love it
B. Hate it
C. It depends on the quantity (Assume typical quantities.)
D. It depends on the form (cooked, raw, dried, fresh, etc)
E. The compromise position (C and D.)
F.

F. It's fine.

G. It might be the only green thing some wargamers eat!

A

H.!

I don't care.

You can put it in or leave it out, I don't think it will matter to my enjoyment of anything that ought to have cilantro in it. It does not taste like soap to me, but it doesn't make much of a difference.

We keep fresh cilantro around the house and I work with it every day. My wife likes it in omelettes and all kinds of things. So I carefully wash, chop, and incorporate it. Something that makes my wife happy and only costs a dollar and takes a couple minutes is a good thing.

Tastes like soap to me. Then again thats why you love it or hate it….your genetics make it taste great or awful.

That's interesting. My dad likes to eat almost anything. He HATES cilantro. So do I. Hidden in a salsa is okay (as long as it's well hidden). but liberally sprinkled in its leafy form: no.

Oh, you're supposed to eat it then?

Cilantro and I have a pact to avoid each other like the plague

What's "cilantro" in English?

Coriander (I had to look it up … never heard of cilantro before). Also known as Chinese parsley.

I can't tell you how much I really don't care.

I. Don't think i ever had any.

No she lied about the emails.

You mean it's not some small engagement in the wars of Italian unification? Or a general in the Western Desert?

A

A for me, love it.

I use it as an additive to kick up the flavors in the dish. So E.

What's the old joke, I call my girlfriend "cilantro" because she ruins everything.

J: I like that it tastes like soap.

A for me.

B. Ruins the taste of the whole dish.

A

Its fine

It's fine but in moderation. If you use too much of it, it gives whatever it's in the aftertaste of soap. In salsa, especially a tomato based salsa, it's needed to balance out the acidity of the tomatoes. It's used in Mexican and Thai cooking constantly.

The only problem I have with coriander/cilantro is that it won't grow in our garden!

A

C

A+

It is a favorite of mine!

B and No

Like any other flavoring, depends on the amount, the dish, my mood, preparation, phase of the moon, and paring with other flavors.

I use coriander a fair bit in cooking, but it needs to complement the dish. Excellent in leaf style in Thai style curries. For my Indian styles I tend to use a ground cumin and coriander base (usually with a touch of fenugreek and cardamon pods)

A

A. It's an important herb in Mexican cuisine and I use it often.

I like it when it's used appropriately.

I guess that's true for just about any food, except for things that taste so bad that I won't eat them absent duress.

So cilantro is great in banh mi or on kao pad, but would not work as the primary green leafy vegetable in salad.

K. Never heard of it.

Coriander I've heard of but it has never generated any heated debate.

Coriander (I had to look it up … never heard of cilantro before). Also known as Chinese parsley.

Thanks – I wondered, but I wasn't sure. Anyone know why we call/used to call it "Chinese parsley" when it has a Greek name?

A, then. Love the stuff, seed or leaf.

And why is it called cilantro in America when it already has two perfectly acceptable names….?

I like coriander….especially in a Naan bread

Coriander refers to the seeds, usually ground. Cilantro is the green leaves.

Ohhh! I thought the poll was about the Cilantro who works at the Penthouse Cub in Paris .
much more interesting than what he was referring to

Coriander refers to the seeds, usually ground. Cilantro is the green leaves.

In the UK they're both coriander. Though probably only the leaves were ever "Chinese parsley". And in Spanish, or so Google Translate suggests at least, both the leaves and the seeds are cilantro.

A

In some Latin languages and some areas they use the word culanthro , with a U .
I have my own theories why

Never touch the stuff, along with kale and 99% of all leafy stuff. You might as well invite me to graze on my lawn………..

Like any other flavoring, depends on the amount, the dish, my mood, preparation, phase of the moon, and paring with other flavors.

Some people pare it with unusual flavors.

A. Cilantro fan. I have it with my granola in the morning.

My nostrils dilate while savoring the acrid odor of gunpowder and blood… Crazy with fury I will stain my rifle red while slaughtering any surrendered enemy that falls in my hands! With the deaths of my enemies I prepare my being for the sacred fight and join the triumphant proletariat with a bestial howl!

Che Guevara

A

Well after that last post etotheipi you are banned from eating cilantro in my presence. Triumphant proletariat must be smashed!

Without a bit of hesitation – A