Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hi there, I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's been even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts have it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 try avoiding the stems...that's what I hate. If you chop up the cilantro, do you still have that extreme of a hatred for it? -parag On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:38:58 -0000, hcusworth <hcusworth wrote: > > Hi there, > I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's been > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts have > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? > Thanks, Heidi > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I like Cilantro just fine. My wife doesn't like it at all. The only substitutes for it that I have read about are: " Italian (broad leaf) parsley or well-chopped celery leaves. " but for those who like cilantro, it's not the same. It might work for those who don't. Actually there is supposedly a third but I have read it is hard to find although you could try an Asian market: ketumbar = daun ketumbar Gary At 03:38 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote: >Hi there, >I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I >absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's been >even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be >rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts have >it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? >Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 cilantro seems to be an herb that people either love or hate. i absolutely love cilantro! when i was younger i couldn't stand it and hated the taste. in my twenties i really got into cooking and started using cilantro more and more. now i can't live without it. i swear i use 2 or 3 bunches of cilantro a week! and did you know cilantro helps detoxify the body of heavy metals (like mercury)? susie --- hcusworth <hcusworth wrote: > > Hi there, > I'm just curious about how people feel about the > herb Cilantro. I > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat > anything that's been > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap > could be > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so > many reciepts have > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to > use instead? > Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Heidi, I think it tastes just like Ivory dish soap. I can't stand it, and I can't eat anything that comes into contact with it. I wish I liked it, but then again, tasting as it does, I can't imagine how anyone can eat it! I always substitute parsley for any recipe that calls for it. Susan > Hi there, > I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's > been > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts > have > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? > Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Pico de Gallo would never be the same with a substitute for cilantro! I include it in most of my mexican dishes. I am not vegetarian, so maybe it is the combination with [reference to me*t ingredient edited] that makes it tasty. My husband tolerates dishes with cilantro much better than peppers of any kind. Jalapeños he won't touch, and digs the green (bell) peppers off pizza along with the mushrooms. He complains if I stirfry peppers because of the smell. I do the other veggies separate for him, then combine my peppers for my serving. Interesting that cilantro detoxifies the body of metals..Veggies are sooo healthy, I really enjoy this site for recipes. hcusworth <hcusworth wrote: Hi there, I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 There seem to be primarily two groups of people. I think the soap reaction is due to the individual's pH or some enzyme reaction but I haven't found a definitive answer. Gary At 06:32 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote: >Heidi, > >I think it tastes just like Ivory dish soap. I can't stand it, and I >can't eat anything that comes into contact with it. I wish I liked >it, but then again, tasting as it does, I can't imagine how anyone can >eat it! I always substitute parsley for any recipe that calls for it. > >Susan > > > Hi there, > > I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I > > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's > > been > > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be > > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts > > have > > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? > > Thanks, Heidi > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Love cilantro- Absolutely love it. Going to begin growing some soon. Parsley is the only thing I can think of for a substitute, though. -selena > I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's been > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts have > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? > Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I love cilantro! i even grow it! i love it in fresh salsa, salads, indian food.... you name it. ........never thought it tasted like soap, lol. ;-) -angela Make your home page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I feel EXACTLY the same way...I detest cilantro and can taste it in anything. Marvin Koch --- hcusworth <hcusworth wrote: > > Hi there, > I'm just curious about how people feel about the > herb Cilantro. I > absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat > anything that's been > even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap > could be > rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so > many reciepts have > it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to > use instead? > Thanks, Heidi > > > > " We can make peace with the Arabs only when they learn to love their children more than they hate us " Golda Meier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 From HYPERLINK " http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/variation.PDF " www.uic.edu/classes/b ios/bios101/variation.PDF: Taste of Cilantro-Some people like the taste of cilantro. Other people hate it. There is actually a genetic polymorphism for a receptor that influences the way a person senses the taste of cilantro. Nobody knows for sure, but it is probably a codominant trait. Individuals with one or more copies of one variant tend to taste it as " soapy " or Unpleasant I remember learning about this way back in introductory genetics, so I did a quick search to find a reference. (I’m a cilantro lover, personally.) _____ -- Sherri " It's been my experience that if you hang out with the right bunch of twisted, drooling, cackling sicko perverts and tell them your erotic fantasies, they won't *stay* fantasies. " - Philip the Foole The Karma of Literature: Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Sherria _____ -- Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release 3/27/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 The stems are the best part (for me). I wash the whole bunch, spin it in a salad spinner, snip a small amount of the stem at the bottom and chop up everything and put them into all types of dishes (American, Indian, Mexican, Asian). I thought about growing it once but figured I'd try growing an herb that i couldn't find that cheap at the store. I find them in bunches for either .25 or .33 " cents " . As per expensive herbs in the store - try looking at your local Asian market if you've got them wherever you live. I've gotten mint, thai basil leaves, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass, cilantro for dirt cheap. There are plenty of other things that I haven't tried yet too. As per the taste of the wonderful cilantro - hmmm. It's a taste I can't compare which is probably why I love it. It's very ...i don't know how to describe it - sharp, pungent...it's the type of thing that stands out in a dish no doubt. When I make a salad mixture (did the other day), I mix lettuce with chopped cilantro and mint leaves. It's great. If you don't want to put in the mint just add the cilantro. You can put just enough that you get hints here and there of cilantro while eating the salad. Good stuff. I've heard of what Gary mentioned on the cilantro sub as well. I believe it was flat leaf parsley and celery leaves (which is something else I've added to salad mixtures). Shawn , " Parag B. Shah " <paragbshah@g...> wrote: > > try avoiding the stems...that's what I hate. If you chop up the > cilantro, do you still have that extreme of a hatred for it? > > -parag > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I absolutely flippen HATE the stuff. Nauseates me. Even getting a whiff in the supermarket as I reach for something else turns my stomach. BUT I do like ground coriander & use it fairly often. Cilantro is NASTY. JMHO. Beth hcusworth <hcusworth wrote: Hi there, I'm just curious about how people feel about the herb Cilantro. I absolutly hate it, I hate it so much I can't eat anything that's been even near it. It tasted like rotten soap (if soap could be rotten..........) Granted I wish I liked it, as so many reciepts have it listed. Any good ideas for alturnative herbs to use instead? Thanks, Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Fascinating! Actually, I perceive it as having a " soapy " component, and I adore it anyway. Sherry in Oregon At 06:29 PM 3/30/2005, you wrote: > From HYPERLINK > " http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios101/variation.PDF " www.uic.edu/classes/b >ios/bios101/variation.PDF: > >Taste of Cilantro-Some people like the taste of cilantro. Other people hate >it. There is >actually a genetic polymorphism for a receptor that influences the way a >person senses >the taste of cilantro. Nobody knows for sure, but it is probably a >codominant trait. >Individuals with one or more copies of one variant tend to taste it >as " soapy " or > >Unpleasant > > > >I remember learning about this way back in introductory genetics, so I did a >quick search to find a reference. (I'm a cilantro lover, personally.) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 In a message dated 10/2/2007 9:50:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, roseta_lleo writes: tabouli mmmmmmm I haven't had any of this in a while. Too expensive in the grocery, and I haven't remembered (or me-membered as Lily says) to get the ingredients. Maybe tomorrow.... ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 The first time I tried cilantro, I substituted it for parsley in my potato soup. It tasted like soap.......... Shutter...... But then I tried it in salsa and potato salad and other things and I loved it. Now I don't even taste any soapy taste at all. LOL wonder why it tasted that way to me the first time. Maybe I over did the amount, since it is stronger than parsley in cooked things. At least that is what I have found. Judy - Donnalilacflower Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:59 PM cilantro I hated cilantro for the longest time. Years ago I was in Yucatan visiting my BIL's family, everything had cilantro in it. I couldn't even pick it out of the food. A few years later I was making a recipe and had no idea that horrid herb I had tasted in Yucatan was cilantro. I gather all my ingredients in the market, get home, washed the cilantro and when I went to chop it I almost passed out. I put rubber gloves on and continued with the preparation, the stench was in my hands at least 24 hrs. You know the recipe tasted very good. I started to introduce myself to cilnatro a little bit at a time. In salsa, in Mexican rice, tossed a little in soups and now I love it. I have a girlfriend who will buy 2 bunches, wash and eat them both with salad dressing, just like that. Yikes! I can't do that. I only herb I can't stand is MINT. Donna --- akfral wrote: > I hated cilantro for years, now I love it. I love > basil, rosemary, black > pepper, and what we call 'rocket fuel' which is home > ground dried hot peppers. > Amy > > > > ************************************** See what's > new at http://www.aol.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " Old Swedish proverb. ________ oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile./mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 It definitely is possible to over do it with cilantro. My dh was trying to duplicate a pico de galo recipe & we were tasting it. I told him to put more cilantro in it & he put a little too much. That's all I tasted. The only thing I've used it for was to make Texas caviar (with black eye peas). I've gotta try it in potato salad now! Thanks for the idea! Rhoda On 10/2/07, wwjd <jtwigg wrote: > > The first time I tried cilantro, I substituted it for parsley in my > potato soup. It tasted like soap.......... > Shutter...... But then I tried it in salsa and potato salad and other > things and I loved it. Now I don't even taste any soapy taste at all. LOL > wonder why it tasted that way to me the first time. Maybe I over did the > amount, since it is stronger than parsley in cooked things. At least that is > what I have found. > Judy > - > Donnalilacflower > <%40> > Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:59 PM > cilantro > > I hated cilantro for the longest time. Years ago I > was in Yucatan visiting my BIL's family, everything > had cilantro in it. I couldn't even pick it out of > the food. A few years later I was making a recipe and > had no idea that horrid herb I had tasted in Yucatan > was cilantro. I gather all my ingredients in the > market, get home, washed the cilantro and when I went > to chop it I almost passed out. I put rubber gloves > on and continued with the preparation, the stench was > in my hands at least 24 hrs. You know the recipe > tasted very good. I started to introduce myself to > cilnatro a little bit at a time. In salsa, in Mexican > rice, tossed a little in soups and now I love it. I > have a girlfriend who will buy 2 bunches, wash and eat > them both with salad dressing, just like that. Yikes! > I can't do that. I only herb I can't stand is MINT. > Donna > --- akfral <akfral%40aol.com> wrote: > > > I hated cilantro for years, now I love it. I love > > basil, rosemary, black > > pepper, and what we call 'rocket fuel' which is home > > ground dried hot peppers. > > Amy > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > > new at http://www.aol.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " > Old Swedish proverb. > > ________ > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search > that gives answers, not web links. > http://mobile./mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Donna, I bet you would like mint if you had one of my Mojitos...never had a mojito? funny, my dad does not like mint either. I like it but not with chocolate as many people do, I like it in tabouli though. , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > I hated cilantro for the longest time. Years ago I > was in Yucatan visiting my BIL's family, everything > had cilantro in it. I couldn't even pick it out of > the food. A few years later I was making a recipe and > had no idea that horrid herb I had tasted in Yucatan > was cilantro. I gather all my ingredients in the > market, get home, washed the cilantro and when I went > to chop it I almost passed out. I put rubber gloves > on and continued with the preparation, the stench was > in my hands at least 24 hrs. You know the recipe > tasted very good. I started to introduce myself to > cilnatro a little bit at a time. In salsa, in Mexican > rice, tossed a little in soups and now I love it. I > have a girlfriend who will buy 2 bunches, wash and eat > them both with salad dressing, just like that. Yikes! > I can't do that. I only herb I can't stand is MINT. > Donna > --- akfral wrote: > > > I hated cilantro for years, now I love it. I love > > basil, rosemary, black > > pepper, and what we call 'rocket fuel' which is home > > ground dried hot peppers. > > Amy > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > > new at http://www.aol.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " > Old Swedish proverb. > > > > ___________________ _______________ > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search > that gives answers, not web links. > http://mobile./mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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