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I didn't mean anything derisive by it. I just wanted to point out (to myself, mostly) that it shouldn't be surprising to find a high proportion of people who are unable to enjoy cilantro (and apparently it's a really foul taste for them) converging in a thread about food aversions.

Ie., if you're genetically predisposed to have a strong distaste for a flavour, and have experienced that distaste featured prominently in popular cuisines (Mexican, Thai, Vietnamese, etc), then sure, you may also have an interest in a thread on foods people dont like: you've had a real experience of it.

What's so wrong about that connection?

From what I've heard, this cilantro=soap thing is really strong. It was mystifying to me when I first met people who had this aversion (and I didn't know it had some physiological root). I can't think of another food/taste that, when disliked, is disliked with such intensity.

Hellman's RULES. End of report.

Being a Cali girl, it's Best Foods all the way.

Miracle Whip *cough, cough... gag* is anathema and not allowed in my fridge. EVAR.

It's not even fit to be in the same paragraph, although I once wrote a blog entry about the differences between "Best Foodies" and "Miracle Whippers." I had just discovered I was dating someone who's lips had touched Miracle Whip. We stopped dating a couple of weeks later.

What can I say? It was Asparagus Season (an annual holiday in my book,) and bringing Miracle Whip into my house when I'd asked for Best Foods was the last straw.

Yes. I will dump a man for bad food ways. No. I'm not ashamed of that fact. I mean, how could I trust a Whipper to make a sandwich for me?

Was raised on Hellman's..love the taste but recently I read the ingredients on the jar of Hellman's Light and I recoiled in horror..plus it may be giving Izzy a rash so I am testing new organic varieties that have real ingredients. Perhaps it is only the Light Mayo that has such unhealthy ingredients, haven't read the orginal ingredients yet. I tried Whole Foods brand which was decent and plan to try the one from T.J's soon.

warm angel hair pasta with butter and parmesan cheese. amy's mac and cheese with peas. rotini (corkscews) with sour cream and mushrooms. hearts of palm with dressing. it's its. fresh fruit "shakes." those italian regtangular wafer cookies. and lettuce. lots of lettuce.

anything with monkey brain

I love mayonnaise and I am longing to try kewpie, but I haven't been able to find it yet. I forgot to mention in my previous post that I absolutely love Dutch mayonnaise with fried potatoes. I wouldn't want it in tuna salad, but it has a delicate sweet taste that makes it great as a centre piece. It's definitely terrible for you, though.

Hellman's then Japanese mayonaise. A friend bought me a Costco size jug of mayonnais for my birthday once as a joke. But I ate the whole thing! I'm inLOVE with mayonnaise!

I actually prefer Kraft to Hellman's--maybe it has a touch of lemon? My late aunt, who actually attended Miss Fanny Farmer's School of Boston Cookery in the 1920s, maintained that Miracle Whip was a descendant (and poor relation at that) to something called "boiled dressing."

Growing-up we did not have any already prepared or packaged foods. My mom baked pies everyday---dessert was always my favorite (and still is) part of dinner!

i don't remember the last time i ate mayonnaise. i like using fage yogurt in tuna salads instead. delectable! and good for you.

I still crave & remember my mother's 'fried' spaghetti for lunch - leftover spaghetti fried in a cast iron pan with lots of butter...not too much sauce...yum!
I also remember the sandwiches my Papa (dad) would make when we spent the week-end at his house & had to stay over on a Sunday night....
he would take two pieces of Italian bread, slather them with butter & thick slices of ham. We would usually always have a few snacks in the lunch too....we were the only kids that would come to school with a large brown grocery sack for a lunch bag!