I want congress to pass a law outlawing cilantro.

[trof]

[Freethinker65]

1. Pro choice voter here!!!!

[donkeypoofed]

2. It's the most popular herb in the entire world

Dont know why. I'll eat it if I cant avoid it.

[trof]

6. I thought pot was the most popular 'herb'.

No?

[Ptah]

11. No, cumin is.

[Major Nikon]

12. Spice vs herb

[Ptah]

16. Ok

Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumin#Description

[Major Nikon]

38. Parsley is the herb from the leaves. Cumin comes from the seed

A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice

[Ptah]

59. Thanks for educating me.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. So, you want to make people who like it into outlaws???

I don't like it either, but plenty of folks do.

They can have our share, my dear trof!

[trof]

19. HEY PEG!!!

We're still here!
WOOHOO!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. WE SURE ARE!

[trof]

22. Awww...me too.

Maybe we oughta get a room?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. Sure! I'll bring the cilantro!

[trof]

26. You are a funny lady.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. I'm working on it, my dear trof!

[madaboutharry]

4. Cilantro is good when you are roasting a chicken.

Just saying.

[Major Nikon]

39. A proper taco always has cilantro

[applegrove]

5. Otherwise know as soapy green goop.

[trof]

7. Tastes like an over-chlorinated swimming pool when you get the water up your nose.

[sobenji]

8. Exactly

[customerserviceguy]

42. Did you know that your genetics

play a role in how you perceive the taste of cilantro?

https://www.news-medical.net/health/The-Genetics-of-Corianders-Soapy-Taste.aspx

[applegrove]

43. Yes. I'm sure i am missing something wonderful but i'll just have to find

away to live without 'sudsy parsley' in my life.

[customerserviceguy]

45. In this case

you simply have to avoid it. It's like someone with a peanut allergy having to avoid peanut products, there's no reason to make them illegal for people who have no such problem.

For you, it can't be wonderful, and that's OK.

[applegrove]

46. Oh i would never tell anyone not to cook with it. I would eat it without complaint

if i was a guest.

[customerserviceguy]

47. I used to be that way

about eggplant. Now, I'm just a cranky old man who expects to get his way!

[applegrove]

48. My sister cannot even have china in her house with an eggplant painted

on it her husband hates it so much. I tried to give her a celery pot and she said her husband would divorce her if she brought it home with the eggplant painted on it. I've tried to like it. I've tried to cook it but i can only stand it in mousaka somebody who knows what they are doing has made.

[Doreen]

9. I will be at the steps of the capital to protest that ban.

I love cilantro and I am willing to fight for it. Cilantro has rights too. If you outlaw cilantro you have to outlaw all other herbs and how would that suit you?

[trof]

14. You're weird.

[Doreen]

25. Yup

I learned throughout my life to be proud of it. 😁

[alittlelark]

10. I am eating a tostada loaded with cilantro at the moment.

Mega-yum !!!

[trof]

15. So are you.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. I'll sign the petition.

Probably not the world's worst-tasting stuff, but close.

Some may disagree, but they must have had their mouths washed out with soap a lot as kids. Not me, my mother taught me lots of bad words.

[trof]

17. OK, guys. You probably know this, but it's genetic.

To some of us, cilantro tastes bad.

Some people can roll their tongue.
(Can you?)
It's genetic.

Some can raise the right side of their upper lip and lower the left side of their lower lip in a really terrific sneer.
(Can you?)
It's genetic.

[Vinca]

18. No . . . . I love cilantro.

I've been told some people find it tastes like soap. I'm guessing that's you.

[procon]

20. It's not the cilantro; Blame it on your genes!

Love it or hate it, some people possess a gene that makes them very sensitive to a chemical component in the popular herb cilantro.

Your genes are out of whack, so you can't help but hate the smell and taste of cilantro. I love the stuff and use it almost every savory recipe, my SIL has the bad gene and she swears it tastes like soap.

Google the details.

[Major Nikon]

41. Sounds like we need to outlaw those who hate cilantro

Problem solved!

[msongs]

24. just rename it coriander and claim victory nt

[fierywoman]

27. I love it.

[elfin]

28. Where do I sign? I HATE the stuff

A little (tiny bit) is OK, but just go with regular parsley for me. Instant gag reflex.

[TalenaGor]

29. lol! Noooo!!! it should be the nation's official food!

[spooky3]

30. 23andme has a genetic test for 2 markers of cilantro disliking

I bet you have both of them!

[Luciferous]

31. I agree, tastes like soap.

[unblock]

32. Apparently crushing it is supposed to reduce the soapy smell

Most people either don't smell anything soapy about it, or find it a mild or not unpleasant smell.

For those who it find it too soapy-smelling, crushing it releases enzymes that break down the aldehydes that create the soapy smell.

Personally, I really like cilantro, but mrs. unblock hates it.

[TalenaGor]

33. Why Genetics May Be The Reason You Hate Cilantro

I knew I saw something about this!!


https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliewu/2018/02/28/why-genetics-may-be-the-reason-you-hate-cilantro/#46fb36145206]

Does the sight of cilantro in a dish make you shudder? Do you find an automatic reaching for the salt shaker as a de rigueur element to your dining experience?

There may be a scientific reason for your palate quirks that go beyond a matter of taste and deep into your genetic makeup.

Master of Wine Tim Hanni has a lot to say on the subject. A certified wine educator and former chef, Hanni had a 35 year career in the hospitality business, cooking and consulting, as well as working for Beringer Wine Estates.(and its new owners Foster’s Wine Estates) as director of international developments for 15 years. Now, Hanni studies the scientific elements of taste and senses with university researchers.

More at link....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

34. I want it to be made mandatory, but I want onions outlawed.

Damn, but I hate onions.

[lunamagica]

35. Hear hear! I was about to post that. Onions are REVOLTING

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. They are.

I have never understood why so many people regard them as food.

[applegrove]

44. Ah but the smell when they are cooking. I wish fabreeze made an onion scent.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. That would drive me out of the room faster than country music

which for me is onions for the ears.

[applegrove]

55. I didn't like country music the first time i heard a lot of it. But it kind of

grows on you after a while.

[shanti]

64. bluegrass and some older country is ok

i don't care at all for new stuff.

[trof]

57. If Chanel made a frying onions and bacon fragrance...

there wouldn't be a single man in the U.S.

[applegrove]

58. Ha!

[shanti]

63. my dad hated onions and garlic

so mother never used them in her cooking. can you say BLAND?? i knew you could!

[NCjack]

37. I bake cilantro in brownies. nt

[Phentex]

50. I want a total ban as well...

restaurants are using it like parsley now. You have to tell everybody not to put it on everything. Even things you would not expect it to be on! WTF?

FULL BAN. Bring it!

[Alliepoo]

51. Ptoooooooey!! Cilantro Yuck!!!

Can’t stand the stuff! I must be one of those genetically programmed peeps that think it tastes nasty! Lol!

[leftofcool]

52. No, outlaw green peas

[shanti]

65. fresh? really?

spring peas are the best!

[lark]

53. NO - I LOVE cilantro.

it's my fave herb, you can't take it! NO! I'll grow my own!

[Bettie]

54. I love Cilantro and

coriander!

[ploppy]

56. I can't eat the stuff.

It tastes so bad to me and it's everywhere!!!!

[japple]

60. I used to hate cilantro. It tasted soapy to me and overly floral, too green and slimy. Then, one

day my taste buds said "hey, wait a minute..." I had some sort of epiphany and my taste buds awoke to the joy of cilantro. I think it must have been that fresh mango salsa. But I don't even remember when/where. I do remember that I hated it, and then I loved it.

[shanti]

66. that's the same way

i felt about bell peppers.

[Blue_playwright]

61. I hate cilantro, too!

[shanti]

62. Never!

Mexican food (and lots of other types) would be totally bland without it. Salsa without cilantro is not worth eating. I love the stuff! 23nme says I have "slightly higher" odds of disliking it, but apparently is not true in my case.