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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2006-04-17 02:53 pm
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I have found my people

IHateCilantro.com

Finally, someone who understands! (Besides S, my fellow loather of this noxious herb.) It's hard to live in California, love ethnic food, and hate cilantro. It is in everything. At least I can tolerate coriander; I'd never be able to eat Mexican again.

Thanks to SE for the links, to this and to the Boing Boing story, which was clearly written by a sympathizer.
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[identity profile] anzubird.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand! someone actually sent me the link today too :)

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
That's right, I'd forgotten you were a member of the club. :) Some really funny stories in there, and things that resonate *a lot*...

[identity profile] peachespig.livejournal.com 2006-04-17 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I UNDERSTAND TOO!!! Good God I hate that stuff.

Can ruin a perfectly good curry just by its mere presence, and turn a yummy burrito into something loathesome.

The urban legend I always heard is that some people really get a completely different taste from it, and it's not just that they're freaks. I can't substantitate that, however. ;)

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
The urban legend I always heard is that some people really get a completely different taste from it, and it's not just that they're freaks.

I've heard that, too, that it's genetic. Like those other freaks who think dark chocolate is really bitter.

Actually I'm pretty sure I'm a supertaster. But I don't know whether that's related to cilantro-hatred or not.

[identity profile] coco-keesses.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
I have to say I'm an ex-hater, and now I can't get enough of the stuff. NO idea how that happened.

What is for you the difference between cilantro and coriander? Do you mean fresh vs. the dried ground seed? Never heard of a difference before.

[identity profile] owlmoose.livejournal.com 2006-04-18 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
Do you mean fresh vs. the dried ground seed?

I think it's the leaves versus the seed. They taste completely different to me. Although I don't mind dried cilantro nearly as much as fresh. Maybe the strength of flavor, more likely the sheer quantity used -- usually fresh cilantro appears in massive amounts when it appears at all.

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