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Short piece in National Geographic about the love/hate relationship with cilantro.
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melissa-dallas
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Aside from the gene thing, I think it is an acquired taste.
Most people aren't wild about large doses of it when they first taste it. It grows on a lot of people with exposure.
Most people aren't wild about large doses of it when they first taste it. It grows on a lot of people with exposure.
melissa-dallas
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Me too. When if first started to be available here fresh most people didn't like it much
or at least not a lot of it in things. Then with our repeated exposure to more & more of it being used in Mexican food many of us came to love it.
or at least not a lot of it in things. Then with our repeated exposure to more & more of it being used in Mexican food many of us came to love it.
magnoliainchicago
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Aha!! Proof!!
Cilantro lovers just can't believe or understand!!
I must definitely have "the anti-cilantro" gene.
While I have definitely become more tolerant with small amounts of cilantro in a dish, it still and always will taste like dishsoap to me, and if I get a large dose, I am done. As such, I avoid dishes that advertise cilantro; I am surprised when I get a strong taste without advanced notice, and can only tolerate small amounts (as in the rice served at Chipolte.)
What I don't understand is the "why/how can't you like cilantro?" attitude. My dislike for cilantro is one of less than a handful of things I "choose" to avoid. I still don't understand why people don't like peas, lima beans, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and brussels sprouts? I don't say anything about these dislikes, so why am I chastized for not liking cilantro?
I always liked the weird vegetables and ended up having to eat frozen green beans or cooked carrots for much of my young life - which I hated -because my siblings wouldn't eat the others! SIGH.
Let's agree to understand and respect each other's dislikes without predjudice!!
Cilantro lovers just can't believe or understand!!
I must definitely have "the anti-cilantro" gene.
While I have definitely become more tolerant with small amounts of cilantro in a dish, it still and always will taste like dishsoap to me, and if I get a large dose, I am done. As such, I avoid dishes that advertise cilantro; I am surprised when I get a strong taste without advanced notice, and can only tolerate small amounts (as in the rice served at Chipolte.)
What I don't understand is the "why/how can't you like cilantro?" attitude. My dislike for cilantro is one of less than a handful of things I "choose" to avoid. I still don't understand why people don't like peas, lima beans, mushrooms, water chestnuts, and brussels sprouts? I don't say anything about these dislikes, so why am I chastized for not liking cilantro?
I always liked the weird vegetables and ended up having to eat frozen green beans or cooked carrots for much of my young life - which I hated -because my siblings wouldn't eat the others! SIGH.
Let's agree to understand and respect each other's dislikes without predjudice!!
melissa-dallas
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Aside means too, as in I agree there is probably something genetic.
Nobody said it is not a legitimate dislike. I just said a lot of people I know didn't always like it like they do now. I didn't question your loathing or your right to do so, and I am not trying to convert you. I certainly don't have a "why/how can't you like it" attitude.
Nobody said it is not a legitimate dislike. I just said a lot of people I know didn't always like it like they do now. I didn't question your loathing or your right to do so, and I am not trying to convert you. I certainly don't have a "why/how can't you like it" attitude.