Re: [CH] cilantro
Elaine & Eric (vassar@ols-inc.com)
Sat, 21 Nov 98 23:37:01 PST
As I had wrote to Rain. When I first tried it, I didn't like it. I was working for a someone who used cilantro in their taco's. I didn't like it. It did taste like soap, but somehow, sometime, it hit me. I love the stuff. If its not in my Salsa, i don't like it. I even grew it this year. It really does add something! Elaine
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> Rain wrote;
>
> > This is only on topic because of how common an accompaniment cilantro
> > has become to all things chileheaded...but can somebody out there who's
> > into food chemistry explain to me, other than just that likes and
> > dislikes vary, why fresh cilantro tastes lovely to some people and to
> > others (like me) is exactly as nauseating as taking a honkin' big bite
> > out of a bar of soap?
> > x
> > Even the smell makes me queasy unless the stuff is really disguised (a
> > *small* bit in a hot, oniony salsa, for instance), and I'm wondering if
> > it really does taste/smell different to the people who like it--i.e., if
> > there's some chemical factor like the one for phenylketonuria.
>
>
> I read that 20% think that cilantro tastes like soap. These
> folks never get over that. Other people will dislike it at
> first and then develop a liking for the stuff. I personally
> use it in pesto. My mother thinks it tastes like Tide.
>
> I am moving from Maine to Gaylord, Michigan. I cruised
> through the produce aisle at the Gaylord Buy-Low and found
> no jalapeņos or cilantro. I think I'm in trouble.
> --
>
> St. Kit
>