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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

I love cilantro but used to dislike it until I moved to CA and tasted it in Mexican food.

Now that I'm back in NY I still love it - there's nothing that compliments greasy spicy food (Indian or Mexican) like Cilantro! I am a convert!

I think the parallels between Mexican spices and flavors and Indian spices and flavors is very striking:
Cumin
Pepper
Mango
Lime
Chili
Cilantro
Tamarind
Lemon

Could someone write a book on this please?

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

This is a paradox; yes it does taste soapy, but I still like it! I guess to my palate, it comes across as a very 'clean' flavor and balances the intensity of Mexican and Thai cuisine.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

I detest the evil weed. I once picked up a bunch at the supermarket-it was masquerading as parsley-and when I realized what I'd done I dropped it like a dead mouse. My hand sanitizer took care of the odor. I'm itching just thinking about it. I am of the school that says it tastes like soap and ruins everything it touches. It also gives my tongue a tingly sensation if I happen to accidentally eat it. Could it be that it isn't only genetic but an allergen too?
I am ok with low coriander quotients in Indian food, but I avoid Mexican and Thai because those cuisines are cilantro minefields.
I wish I could like it, but wishing doesn't make it so.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

Cilantro is awesome. Makes my fishball soup broth taste like wow!

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

TASTES LIKE SOAP!!! The first time I ever had it I was convinced the rice in the burrito I was eating had been washed in dish soap. Disgusting. I actually found this website awhile ago and I'm DEFINITELY buying my sister an "I hate cilantro" t-shirt for her birthday.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

I love cilantro. They put it on Vietnamese sandwiches instead of lettuce. Would have thunk it.

A tacqueria near me brings out a bowl of onions and cilantro when they bring out the chips and salsa. I grab it between my fingers and put it on the chips with or without the salsa. Delicious.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

I've always found cilantro to be one of the most offensive smelling/tasting herbs, if not foods in general.

Oddly, though, I am a big fan of the coriander seed. That rank, disgusting herb does produce one amazingly good spice.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

@Amandarama, I had the same experience as you. I used to dislike it, but grew to like it after discovering Thai food.

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

@Cynikell -- count me in. i mean seriously, cilantro on falafel? c'mon!

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Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees

At first I didn't like cilantro, but then I grew to like it over time. I totally understand about how someone could find it to taste "soapy" - I did at first, but then it stopped tasting like that to me and took on a more herbal quality that I now enjoy. This makes me wonder what changed: the way the plant is grown (since the herb is now much more prevalent in grocery stores and on menus) or me? I like to believe I'm just not that picky of an eater and my open mindedness eventually won out over the (originally) unfamiliar flavor.