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Robin Garr wrote:Cilantro, from the garden!
Carl Eppig wrote:Can never catch it before bolting!
Frank Deis wrote:... "hating" it may have to do with whether you are homozygotic for some kind of soapy smell gene. If something really smells like soap to you, you are not going to want to put it in your mouth.
Robin Garr wrote:Frank Deis wrote:... "hating" it may have to do with whether you are homozygotic for some kind of soapy smell gene. If something really smells like soap to you, you are not going to want to put it in your mouth.
I never got "soap," but I have long thought that it smells a great deal like childhood memories of sniffing the box of Crayolas. An evocative, nostaligic scent, but not one that I would normally associate with food. (Few kindergarteners try eating a crayon after the initial experiment.)
I was "meh" about cilantro when I first encountered it, but recognized that it has so much use in so many cuisines that I like that I practiced aversion therapy and kept on accepting it until I eventually came to love it, so maybe I'm one of those few people who can cross the line. I love it now.
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Bill Spohn wrote:I neither love nor hate it, Robin.
I use it in summer in salads and soups as well as Asian and meat dishes (chimichurri etc.) Truth be told, I probably use more coriander year round that cilantro, though.
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Jenise wrote:Bill, if you're talking about green herbs in both cases, coriander IS cilantro. In the U.S., it's always called the latter, in Europe, always the former. In Canada, wouldn't be suprised if both names were used (and apparently, they are).
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Bill Spohn wrote:Jenise wrote:Bill, if you're talking about green herbs in both cases, coriander IS cilantro. In the U.S., it's always called the latter, in Europe, always the former. In Canada, wouldn't be suprised if both names were used (and apparently, they are).
No, I was saying I am more likely to use the ground seed form of the plant than the fresh herb on a year round basis.
For the fresh herb, both names are used, cilantro being a late comer across the border, akin to other cultural blessings bestowed on us like reality shows.![]()
For some reason I've taken to using cilantro for the fresh herb and coriander for the ground as a convenience - I may be alone in that, but it seems a handy way to distinguish in my own mind, anyway.
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