From: Doug Irvine <dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca> >GADZOOKS! First tofu, now cilantro....What is next that you hate with such >passion? Robert A. Heinlein. :-) >And I am a little curious to know how you were able to taste the industrial >grade disinfectant/deodorant that is used in garbage rooms???Did you hold your >nose when you tasted it? Come on, you know the stuff... incredibly strong, cloying, but just sickly-sweet enough to nicely complement the reek of decay it is trying to mask... omigod Horrible thought -- maybe that stuff smells _nice_ to cilantro eaters! >Hw about all the folk out there who REALLY love >Dave's singed cat sauce? Me included! Seriously....cilantro is one of the GREAT herbs of >this world, and has been used for centuries by the folk in Asia, as well as >Mexico, possibly one of the reasons it is called chinese parsley, so I think >that the greater percentage of the world think that it tastes just great! >Cheers, Doug in BC(and so do I) Yeah, but there are those out there who are physically incapable of holding that opinion. (now go on, have you ever seen a better line than that? I'm going to try it on the gun thread on rasfw) >J. B. Cattley wrote: > >> AFAIK, perception of the flavour of cilantro is genetically determined. Like >> being able to curl your tongue laterally. Some people can, some can't. To us >> cilantro-haters, the stuff smells and tastes like the industrial-grade >> disinfectant/deodorant used to clean garbage rooms in large shopping >> centres. >> >> I've often wondered it must taste like to the other half of the world... >> >> jbc