Cilantro

saluki2007

Stumbled across this article this morning and thought you people would enjoy reading it. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/dec/09/americans-eating-more-cilantro-soapy-to-sexy?utm_source=digg

Laughed at this this little gem. 

“If you had a party at your house, cilantro would show up in a sexy little dress, she would bring you a fabulous bottle of wine, and she would stay and help you clean up. Whereas watercress would show up drunk, probably throw up on the carpet and take your dog on the way out.”

I have heard some people think cilantro tastes like soap, but I have never met one of these weirdo’s. Are you one?  

Legume

I have a good friend that is one of those weirdos.  It’s awkward.

hoosier_egger

I love cilantro. My Dad is one of the soap people.

JohnInCarolina

I am one of the weirdos who also happens to like the taste of soap.

dmchicago

Love cilantro. 

My wife is a weirdo.  

Love my wife.  

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

I am one of the weirdos who also happens to like the taste of soap.

back in the old days when moms would make you wash your mouth out with soap for swearing, i took a bite, chewed it and swallowed it. did that every few weeks afterwards. no idea how she eventually lost it.....

fishlessman

i like cilantro but found culantro several years back, seems to pair up better with roasted meats

FarmingPhD

Tastes like soap to my wife and MiL.

Langner91

I have done one of those DNA tests where it tells you where you are from, etc. etc.  I think it is 23&Me.  

Anyway, they have all sorts of interesting things they can predict about you based on your DNA.  Like, whether you sneeze when you look at the sun, your eye color, the texture of your ear wax, whether you have dimples, etc.

One of them is whether Cilantro tastes like soap.  They predict that I am one of those people, but I have grown to like it as I have gotten older.  I don't think it tastes as strong as it did when I was younger.  

Weird.

xfire_ATX

My Daughter and my BIL are in the Soap/ metal camp

Yno

I love cilantro, but hate parsley. Any recipe that calls for parsley gets a dose of cilantro instead.

You can't make guacamole without cilantro, but you actually can overpower it if you add too much.

fishlessman

Yno said:

I love cilantro, but hate parsley. Any recipe that calls for parsley gets a dose of cilantro instead.

You can't make guacamole without cilantro, but you actually can overpower it if you add too much.

for the most part i dont think parsely brings much to the table but i will go out of my way to buy a parsely cheese deep fried puff style pastry served warm from the fryer from the local lebanese syrian bakery. looks like what ive found as Sambousek online but just cant get past the language barrier in the shop

lkapigian

Chimichurri for the win!

caliking

fishlessman said:

Yno said:

I love cilantro, but hate parsley. Any recipe that calls for parsley gets a dose of cilantro instead.

You can't make guacamole without cilantro, but you actually can overpower it if you add too much.

for the most part i dont think parsely brings much to the table but i will go out of my way to buy a parsely cheese deep fried puff style pastry served warm from the fryer from the local lebanese syrian bakery. looks like what ive found as Sambousek online but just cant get past the language barrier in the shop

Damn. They sound delicious. 

fishlessman

caliking said:

fishlessman said:

Yno said:

I love cilantro, but hate parsley. Any recipe that calls for parsley gets a dose of cilantro instead.

You can't make guacamole without cilantro, but you actually can overpower it if you add too much.

for the most part i dont think parsely brings much to the table but i will go out of my way to buy a parsely cheese deep fried puff style pastry served warm from the fryer from the local lebanese syrian bakery. looks like what ive found as Sambousek online but just cant get past the language barrier in the shop

Damn. They sound delicious. 

found a pic on line, theres a little spinach as well as onion and you can taste a little citrus. they change up the shape depending on who is making them, mostly the have a triangular shaped turnover. they need to be fresh

RyanStl

I didn't like it until college. California Pizza Kitchens Thai pizza got me into it.

JohnInCarolina

RyanStl said:

I didn't like it until college. California Pizza Kitchens Thai pizza got me into it.

Oooh.  Thai pizza.  I think I need to make that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHGPintpA30&t=12s

That right there is @caliking bait.  

RRP

Count me in the weirdo group! I HATE that!!!

caliking

@fishlessman - I'm pretty damn sure I could make a fool of myself with a plate of those. 

caliking

JohnInCarolina said:

RyanStl said:

I didn't like it until college. California Pizza Kitchens Thai pizza got me into it.

Oooh.  Thai pizza.  I think I need to make that.
...

That right there is @caliking bait.  

You're farkin' evil. I'm still  resisting going down the pizza rabbithole.

fishlessman

caliking said:

@fishlessman - I'm pretty damn sure I could make a fool of myself with a plate of those. 

the pic says it all, you eat them before backing out their driveway. we lost the good syrian bread place to health codes, but you knew it was good after meeting the owner. he blew his right ear off firing a bazooka back in the day. his syrian bread oven was old school, beautiful settup

Foghorn

Cilantro tastes like soap.  But it is a mild taste so I'll eat anything that has it on it...

gamason

Use too much it taste like crap. In moderation its ok

fiber_induced_deuce

Beets taste like dirt and cilantro tastes like soap, if you put them together it tastes like bath water?

Pook

Soap here. Can’t stand the stuff.