Cilaaaaaantro!

[sageandsea]

Having had a perfectly lovely bowl of pho nearly ruined tonight (thanks for being so patient as I tried to pick it all out, alphaskye), I submit to you this survey.

[Poll #101148]

Comments

[ariadnesthread.livejournal.com]

I take it you're like me--part of that 3% (I think that's the number) for whom cilantro tastes like soap?? My dad's one, too. Funny thing is, he likes parsley, which I find just a shade less vile than the evil leaf.

Of course, I'm just weird. The only other food/spice I'm sensitive to is caraway seed. Can't eat seeded rye bread. Can barely handle the smell of the stuff. In my organic chemistry lab in college, we had to distill caraway seed oil. I thought I was going to pass out, especially when my lab partner's distillation train exploded because of cracked glassware. I practically had to run to the door for fresh air. Bleah.

[sage-and-sea.livejournal.com]

I'm part of that minority. I really can't stand the taste of it at all, and it's odd because most foods/spices I have no problem with.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I'm one of the people for whom it tastes like soap. Or, I suppose, a soapy ass. J loves it, which can be awkward sometimes; I have developed a tolerance for very small amounts as a result, though I too pick large amounts out.

[sage-and-sea.livejournal.com]

Luckily, CJ doesn't like it either, so I don't need to worry about it being in things at home. Just have to remember to ask them not to put it in thai, vietnamese or mexican if at all possible. Last night I was trying to pick little chopped stems out of my pho!

[toratigris.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I'm one of those 3% (what does soap taste like, exactly?), but I think cilantro tastes awful.

I'm strange, though, I'm one of the very very few people in the world who doesn't like pepper, either.

[sage-and-sea.livejournal.com]

Black pepper gives me a headache &/or heartburn, so I almost never use it any more. Tabasco or a similar red pepper sauce is much tastier and doesn't do bad things.

[teapot-farm.livejournal.com]

I'm the "Huh?" - what the hell's cilantro? Well, some sort of herb, presumably, but I've no idea what. Does it have a different name in the UK or something? Anyone?

[sage-and-sea.livejournal.com]

" Cilantro - pronounced [sih-LAHN-troh]
This member of the carrot family is also referred to as Chinese Parsley and Coriander. It is actually the leaves (and stems) of the Coriander plant. Cilantro has a very pungent odor (and taste - this is an understament!) and is widely used in Mexican, Caribbean and Asian cooking. The Cilantro leaves look a bit like flat Italian parsley and in fact are related."