Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:52 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

I want congress to pass a law outlawing cilantro.

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I want congress to pass a law outlawing cilantro. (Original post)	trof	Jun 2019	OP
Pro choice voter here!!!!	Freethinker65	Jun 2019	#1
It's the most popular herb in the entire world	donkeypoofed	Jun 2019	#2
I thought pot was the most popular 'herb'.	trof	Jun 2019	#6
No, cumin is.	Ptah	Jun 2019	#11
Spice vs herb	Major Nikon	Jun 2019	#12
Ok	Ptah	Jun 2019	#16
Parsley is the herb from the leaves. Cumin comes from the seed	Major Nikon	Jun 2019	#38
Thanks for educating me.	Ptah	Jun 2019	#59
So, you want to make people who like it into outlaws???	CaliforniaPeggy	Jun 2019	#3
HEY PEG!!!	trof	Jun 2019	#19
WE SURE ARE!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jun 2019	#21
Awww...me too.	trof	Jun 2019	#22
Sure! I'll bring the cilantro!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jun 2019	#23
You are a funny lady.	trof	Jun 2019	#26
I'm working on it, my dear trof!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jun 2019	#36
Cilantro is good when you are roasting a chicken.	madaboutharry	Jun 2019	#4
A proper taco always has cilantro	Major Nikon	Jun 2019	#39
Otherwise know as soapy green goop.	applegrove	Jun 2019	#5
Tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool when you get the water up your nose.	trof	Jun 2019	#7
Exactly	sobenji	Jun 2019	#8
Did you know that your genetics	customerserviceguy	Jun 2019	#42
Yes. I'm sure i am missing something wonderful but i'll just have to find	applegrove	Jun 2019	#43
In this case	customerserviceguy	Jun 2019	#45
Oh i would never tell anyone not to cook with it. I would eat it without complaint	applegrove	Jun 2019	#46
I used to be that way	customerserviceguy	Jun 2019	#47
My sister cannot even have china in her house with an eggplant painted	applegrove	Jun 2019	#48
I will be at the steps of the capital to protest that ban.	Doreen	Jun 2019	#9
You're weird.	trof	Jun 2019	#14
Yup	Doreen	Jun 2019	#25
I am eating a tostada loaded with cilantro at the moment.	alittlelark	Jun 2019	#10
So are you.	trof	Jun 2019	#15
I'll sign the petition.	greatauntoftriplets	Jun 2019	#13
OK, guys. You probably know this, but it's genetic.	trof	Jun 2019	#17
No . . . . I love cilantro.	Vinca	Jun 2019	#18
It's not the cilantro; Blame it on your genes!	procon	Jun 2019	#20
Sounds like we need to outlaw those who hate cilantro	Major Nikon	Jun 2019	#41
just rename it coriander and claim victory nt	msongs	Jun 2019	#24
I love it.	fierywoman	Jun 2019	#27
Where do I sign? I HATE the stuff	elfin	Jun 2019	#28
lol! Noooo!!! it should be the nation's official food!	TalenaGor	Jun 2019	#29
23andme has a genetic test for 2 markers of cilantro disliking	spooky3	Jun 2019	#30
I agree, tastes like soap.	Luciferous	Jun 2019	#31
Apparently crushing it is supposed to reduce the soapy smell	unblock	Jun 2019	#32
Why Genetics May Be The Reason You Hate Cilantro	TalenaGor	Jun 2019	#33
I want it to be made mandatory, but I want onions outlawed.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2019	#34
Hear hear! I was about to post that. Onions are REVOLTING	lunamagica	Jun 2019	#35
They are.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2019	#40
Ah but the smell when they are cooking. I wish fabreeze made an onion scent.	applegrove	Jun 2019	#44
That would drive me out of the room faster than country music	The Velveteen Ocelot	Jun 2019	#49
I didn't like country music the first time i heard a lot of it. But it kind of	applegrove	Jun 2019	#55
bluegrass and some older country is ok	shanti	Jun 2019	#64
If Chanel made a frying onions and bacon fragrance...	trof	Jun 2019	#57
Ha!	applegrove	Jun 2019	#58
my dad hated onions and garlic	shanti	Jun 2019	#63
I bake cilantro in brownies. nt	NCjack	Jun 2019	#37
I want a total ban as well...	Phentex	Jun 2019	#50
Ptoooooooey!! Cilantro Yuck!!!	Alliepoo	Jun 2019	#51
No, outlaw green peas	leftofcool	Jun 2019	#52
fresh? really?	shanti	Jun 2019	#65
NO - I LOVE cilantro.	lark	Jun 2019	#53
I love Cilantro and	Bettie	Jun 2019	#54
I can't eat the stuff.	ploppy	Jun 2019	#56
I used to hate cilantro. It tasted soapy to me and overly floral, too green and slimy. Then, one	japple	Jun 2019	#60
that's the same way	shanti	Jun 2019	#66
I hate cilantro, too!	Blue_playwright	Jun 2019	#61
Never!	shanti	Jun 2019	#62

Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:52 PM

Freethinker65 (6,867 posts)

1. Pro choice voter here!!!!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:54 PM

donkeypoofed (2,083 posts)

2. It's the most popular herb in the entire world

Dont know why. I'll eat it if I cant avoid it.

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Response to donkeypoofed (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:55 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

6. I thought pot was the most popular 'herb'.

No?

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Response to donkeypoofed (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:14 PM

Ptah (30,218 posts)

11. No, cumin is.

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Response to Ptah (Reply #11)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:31 PM

Major Nikon (34,552 posts)

12. Spice vs herb

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Response to Major Nikon (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:36 PM

Ptah (30,218 posts)

16. Ok

Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumin#Description

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Response to Ptah (Reply #16)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 09:38 PM

Major Nikon (34,552 posts)

38. Parsley is the herb from the leaves. Cumin comes from the seed

A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice

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Response to Major Nikon (Reply #38)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 05:59 PM

Ptah (30,218 posts)

59. Thanks for educating me.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:54 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (132,727 posts)

3. So, you want to make people who like it into outlaws???

I don't like it either, but plenty of folks do.

They can have our share, my dear trof!

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:43 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

19. HEY PEG!!!

We're still here!
WOOHOO!

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Response to trof (Reply #19)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:47 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (132,727 posts)

21. WE SURE ARE!

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #21)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:50 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

22. Awww...me too.

Maybe we oughta get a room?

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Response to trof (Reply #22)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:53 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (132,727 posts)

23. Sure! I'll bring the cilantro!

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #23)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:03 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

26. You are a funny lady.

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Response to trof (Reply #26)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:38 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (132,727 posts)

36. I'm working on it, my dear trof!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:55 PM

madaboutharry (33,181 posts)

4. Cilantro is good when you are roasting a chicken.

Just saying.

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Response to madaboutharry (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 09:42 PM

Major Nikon (34,552 posts)

39. A proper taco always has cilantro

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:55 PM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

5. Otherwise know as soapy green goop.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:56 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

7. Tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool when you get the water up your nose.

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Response to trof (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 06:59 PM

sobenji (256 posts)

8. Exactly

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Response to applegrove (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 11:51 PM

customerserviceguy (24,778 posts)

42. Did you know that your genetics

play a role in how you perceive the taste of cilantro?

https://www.news-medical.net/health/The-Genetics-of-Corianders-Soapy-Taste.aspx

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Response to customerserviceguy (Reply #42)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 11:53 PM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

43. Yes. I'm sure i am missing something wonderful but i'll just have to find

away to live without 'sudsy parsley' in my life.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #43)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 11:58 PM

customerserviceguy (24,778 posts)

45. In this case

you simply have to avoid it. It's like someone with a peanut allergy having to avoid peanut products, there's no reason to make them illegal for people who have no such problem.

For you, it can't be wonderful, and that's OK.

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Response to customerserviceguy (Reply #45)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:02 AM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

46. Oh i would never tell anyone not to cook with it. I would eat it without complaint

if i was a guest.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #46)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:03 AM

customerserviceguy (24,778 posts)

47. I used to be that way

about eggplant. Now, I'm just a cranky old man who expects to get his way!

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Response to customerserviceguy (Reply #47)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:08 AM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

48. My sister cannot even have china in her house with an eggplant painted

on it her husband hates it so much. I tried to give her a celery pot and she said her husband would divorce her if she brought it home with the eggplant painted on it. I've tried to like it. I've tried to cook it but i can only stand it in mousaka somebody who knows what they are doing has made.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:02 PM

Doreen (9,313 posts)

9. I will be at the steps of the capital to protest that ban.

I love cilantro and I am willing to fight for it. Cilantro has rights too. If you outlaw cilantro you have to outlaw all other herbs and how would that suit you?

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Response to Doreen (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:35 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

14. You're weird.

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Response to trof (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:02 PM

Doreen (9,313 posts)

25. Yup

I learned throughout my life to be proud of it. 😁

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:03 PM

alittlelark (17,620 posts)

10. I am eating a tostada loaded with cilantro at the moment.

Mega-yum !!!

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Response to alittlelark (Reply #10)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:35 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

15. So are you.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:33 PM

greatauntoftriplets (171,045 posts)

13. I'll sign the petition.

Probably not the world's worst-tasting stuff, but close.

Some may disagree, but they must have had their mouths washed out with soap a lot as kids. Not me, my mother taught me lots of bad words.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:39 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

17. OK, guys. You probably know this, but it's genetic.

To some of us, cilantro tastes bad.

Some people can roll their tongue.
(Can you?)
It's genetic.

Some can raise the right side of their upper lip and lower the left side of their lower lip in a really terrific sneer.
(Can you?)
It's genetic.

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:41 PM

Vinca (44,461 posts)

18. No . . . . I love cilantro.

I've been told some people find it tastes like soap. I'm guessing that's you.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 07:46 PM

procon (14,716 posts)

20. It's not the cilantro; Blame it on your genes!

Love it or hate it, some people possess a gene that makes them very sensitive to a chemical component in the popular herb cilantro.

Your genes are out of whack, so you can't help but hate the smell and taste of cilantro. I love the stuff and use it almost every savory recipe, my SIL has the bad gene and she swears it tastes like soap.

Google the details.

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Response to procon (Reply #20)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 10:57 PM

Major Nikon (34,552 posts)

41. Sounds like we need to outlaw those who hate cilantro

Problem solved!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:00 PM

msongs (55,850 posts)

24. just rename it coriander and claim victory nt

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:06 PM

fierywoman (4,467 posts)

27. I love it.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:15 PM

elfin (6,262 posts)

28. Where do I sign? I HATE the stuff

A little (tiny bit) is OK, but just go with regular parsley for me. Instant gag reflex.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:16 PM

TalenaGor (931 posts)

29. lol! Noooo!!! it should be the nation's official food!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:17 PM

spooky3 (24,984 posts)

30. 23andme has a genetic test for 2 markers of cilantro disliking

I bet you have both of them!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:17 PM

Luciferous (4,170 posts)

31. I agree, tastes like soap.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:23 PM

unblock (45,609 posts)

32. Apparently crushing it is supposed to reduce the soapy smell

Most people either don't smell anything soapy about it, or find it a mild or not unpleasant smell.

For those who it find it too soapy-smelling, crushing it releases enzymes that break down the aldehydes that create the soapy smell.

Personally, I really like cilantro, but mrs. unblock hates it.

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:25 PM

TalenaGor (931 posts)

33. Why Genetics May Be The Reason You Hate Cilantro

I knew I saw something about this!!

[link:https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliewu/2018/02/28/why-genetics-may-be-the-reason-you-hate-cilantro/#46fb36145206|]

Does the sight of cilantro in a dish make you shudder? Do you find an automatic reaching for the salt shaker as a de rigueur element to your dining experience?

There may be a scientific reason for your palate quirks that go beyond a matter of taste and deep into your genetic makeup.

Master of Wine Tim Hanni has a lot to say on the subject. A certified wine educator and former chef, Hanni had a 35 year career in the hospitality business, cooking and consulting, as well as working for Beringer Wine Estates.(and its new owners Foster’s Wine Estates) as director of international developments for 15 years. Now, Hanni studies the scientific elements of taste and senses with university researchers.

34. I want it to be made mandatory, but I want onions outlawed.

Damn, but I hate onions.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #34)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 08:33 PM

lunamagica (9,967 posts)

35. Hear hear! I was about to post that. Onions are REVOLTING

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Response to lunamagica (Reply #35)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 10:29 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (85,487 posts)

40. They are.

I have never understood why so many people regard them as food.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #34)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 11:55 PM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

44. Ah but the smell when they are cooking. I wish fabreeze made an onion scent.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #44)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 09:50 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (85,487 posts)

49. That would drive me out of the room faster than country music

which for me is onions for the ears.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #49)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:54 PM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

55. I didn't like country music the first time i heard a lot of it. But it kind of

grows on you after a while.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #55)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:27 PM

shanti (20,788 posts)

64. bluegrass and some older country is ok

i don't care at all for new stuff.

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Response to applegrove (Reply #44)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 02:55 PM

trof (52,764 posts)

57. If Chanel made a frying onions and bacon fragrance...

there wouldn't be a single man in the U.S.

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Response to trof (Reply #57)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 03:23 PM

applegrove (95,066 posts)

58. Ha!

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #34)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:26 PM

shanti (20,788 posts)

63. my dad hated onions and garlic

so mother never used them in her cooking. can you say BLAND?? i knew you could!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Fri Jun 28, 2019, 09:05 PM

NCjack (6,266 posts)

37. I bake cilantro in brownies. nt

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 11:45 AM

Phentex (15,432 posts)

50. I want a total ban as well...

restaurants are using it like parsley now. You have to tell everybody not to put it on everything. Even things you would not expect it to be on! WTF?

FULL BAN. Bring it!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 11:52 AM

Alliepoo (984 posts)

51. Ptoooooooey!! Cilantro Yuck!!!

Can’t stand the stuff! I must be one of those genetically programmed peeps that think it tastes nasty! Lol!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:02 PM

leftofcool (19,460 posts)

52. No, outlaw green peas

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Response to leftofcool (Reply #52)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:28 PM

shanti (20,788 posts)

65. fresh? really?

spring peas are the best!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:04 PM

lark (16,305 posts)

53. NO - I LOVE cilantro.

it's my fave herb, you can't take it! NO! I'll grow my own!

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Sat Jun 29, 2019, 12:09 PM

Bettie (8,984 posts)

54. I love Cilantro and

coriander!

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Sat Jun 29, 2019, 01:24 PM

ploppy (1,964 posts)

56. I can't eat the stuff.

It tastes so bad to me and it's everywhere!!!!

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Sat Jun 29, 2019, 06:05 PM

japple (8,145 posts)

60. I used to hate cilantro. It tasted soapy to me and overly floral, too green and slimy. Then, one

day my taste buds said "hey, wait a minute..." I had some sort of epiphany and my taste buds awoke to the joy of cilantro. I think it must have been that fresh mango salsa. But I don't even remember when/where. I do remember that I hated it, and then I loved it.

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Response to japple (Reply #60)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:29 PM

shanti (20,788 posts)

66. that's the same way

i felt about bell peppers.

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 12:43 AM

Blue_playwright (868 posts)

61. I hate cilantro, too!

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Response to trof (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 02:19 PM

shanti (20,788 posts)

62. Never!

Mexican food (and lots of other types) would be totally bland without it. Salsa without cilantro is not worth eating. I love the stuff! 23nme says I have "slightly higher" odds of disliking it, but apparently is not true in my case.

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