I wish you hadn't told me it tastes like soap... ;) Never thought of it, but it is true... there is a slight resemblance. I never saw fresh coriander/cilantro here, but I do use the dried seeds... especially in my homemade-fake india spice mix (cumin, coriander, piri-piri, cinnamon, ginger - makes whatever you cook taste India...). I assume coriander and cilantro is the same herb (Coriandrum sativum)? Kristofer > I know this discussion on cilantro has gone on before at least a > couple of >times. But I don't recall any discussion about whether > those who detest >cilantro also detest the substitutes such as > Papalo (Porophyllum ruderale >ssp. macrocephalum) or Vietnamese > coriander (Polygonum odoratum) or >Mex coriander (culantro), > botanically Eryngium foetidum. Since these are >different species > from the regular cilantro (Coriandrum sativum), they >might not > evoke the soapy flavor that cilantro seems to produce. I am > >curious about reactions to these substitutes.