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re: Cilantro....the worst garnish ever. Yes or No
Posted on 3/26/13 at 10:10 pm to GoldenSombrero
Posted on 3/26/13 at 10:10 pm to GoldenSombrero
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Cilantro....the worst garnish ever
Si
Posted on 3/26/13 at 10:31 pm to GoldenSombrero
I dont know or care about it being trendy. I just know it's delicious
Posted on 3/27/13 at 6:18 am to GoldenSombrero
Do you not like Mexican food?
Posted on 3/27/13 at 7:08 am to GoldenSombrero
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Why does it seem like the trendy thing in food these days is to add cilantro to EVERYTHING???
It makes anything taste fresh, no matter what it is. You could use cilantro to garnish skunk piss that's been sitting in a stump for 3 days and it would taste decent.
Posted on 3/27/13 at 8:11 am to dawgfan1979
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Are they not essentially the same thing...or am I mistaken
If you ever buy a restaurant in your life, you will end up on restaurant impossible guaranteed
Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:06 pm to GoldenSombrero
I just ate a bit of it in a spicy ketchup ... it was good.
I also tasted my GF's gin gin julep ... which is a take on the mint julep but has cilantro and that was really good and very strong as well.
I also tasted my GF's gin gin julep ... which is a take on the mint julep but has cilantro and that was really good and very strong as well.
Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:17 pm to GoldenSombrero
For some people cilantro just tastes different. I have read that it tastes soapy or metallic.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
Posted on 3/27/13 at 11:57 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Cilantro is good for you and delicious. I eat it almost every day. It's great in eggs in the morning. Benfefits
Posted on 3/28/13 at 3:23 am to semotruman
creamy butter chicken curry and cheese naan with a tall, cool beer. Damn you, that would be awesome right now.
I guess I'll just beat off to the Care Bears to try and curb my appetite. Thanks a bunch.
I guess I'll just beat off to the Care Bears to try and curb my appetite. Thanks a bunch.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 8:12 am to GoldenSombrero
Y u no like cilantro? Dafuq is wrong with you?
Posted on 3/28/13 at 10:17 am to GoldenSombrero
Yes, the stuff stinks.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 12:28 pm to The Nino
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Cilantro and Coriander are the same thing
True, although in US cooking, "coriander" generally refers to the seeds while "cilantro" refers to the leaves...
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:08 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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For some people cilantro just tastes different. I have read that it tastes soapy or metallic.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
"Flavor chemists have found that cilantro aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are modified fragments of fat molecules called aldehydes. The same or similar aldehydes are also found in soaps and lotions and the bug family of insects.
Soaps are made by fragmenting fat molecules with strongly alkaline lye or its equivalent, and aldehydes are a byproduct of this process, as they are when oxygen in the air attacks the fats and oils in cosmetics. And many bugs make strong-smelling, aldehyde-rich body fluids to attract or repel other creatures.
The published studies of cilantro aroma describe individual aldehydes as having both cilantrolike and soapy qualities. Several flavor chemists told me in e-mail messages that they smell a soapy note in the whole herb as well, but still find its aroma fresh and pleasant.
So the cilantro aldehydes are olfactory Jekyll-and-Hydes. Why is it only the evil, soapy side that shows up for cilantrophobes, and not the charming one?"
From this article at the New York Times
Posted on 3/28/13 at 3:09 pm to Upperaltiger06
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It kills me when people don't like these or tomatoes.
I can understand cilantro, but I've never understood many people's disdain for tomatoes. Is it a texture thing or what? I just don't get it
Posted on 3/28/13 at 3:14 pm to GeorgiaTide
Texture thing for me--can eat tomotoes just fine in any other form but raw, though.
Raw tomatoes make me want to gag, though
Raw tomatoes make me want to gag, though
Posted on 3/28/13 at 3:52 pm to GeorgiaTide
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I've never understood many people's disdain for tomatoes.
Here's the deal for me - I'm all about a local, vine ripened tomato in June-August. However, outside of that, tomatoes are nothing but flavorless mush mucking up my otherwise yummy dish.
Those red things most restaurants and grocery stores peddle in no way tastes like a tomato should taste.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 7:03 pm to GoldenSombrero
I wouldn't call cilantro a garnish--it's a staple in Texas. Always has been
Trendy? Really? No, I hadn't noticed that.
Trendy? Really? No, I hadn't noticed that.
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