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(10,048 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)Dont know why. I'll eat it if I cant avoid it.
trof
(54,256 posts)No?
Ptah
(33,037 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)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
(36,827 posts)Ptah
(33,037 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I don't like it either, but plenty of folks do.
They can have our share, my dear trof!
trof
(54,256 posts)We're still here!
WOOHOO!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Maybe we oughta get a room?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)Just saying.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)applegrove
(118,778 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)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
(118,778 posts)away to live without 'sudsy parsley' in my life.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)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
(118,778 posts)if i was a guest.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)about eggplant. Now, I'm just a cranky old man who expects to get his way!
applegrove
(118,778 posts)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
(11,686 posts)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
(54,256 posts)I learned throughout my life to be proud of it. 😁
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Mega-yum !!!
trof
(54,256 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,749 posts)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
(54,256 posts)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
(50,303 posts)I've been told some people find it tastes like soap. I'm guessing that's you.
procon
(15,805 posts)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
(36,827 posts)Problem solved!
msongs
(67,441 posts)fierywoman
(7,694 posts)elfin
(6,262 posts)A little (tiny bit) is OK, but just go with regular parsley for me. Instant gag reflex.
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)spooky3
(34,476 posts)I bet you have both of them!
Luciferous
(6,085 posts)unblock
(52,317 posts)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
(1,104 posts)I knew I saw something about this!!
[link: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 Fosters 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
(115,836 posts)Damn, but I hate onions.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)I have never understood why so many people regard them as food.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)which for me is onions for the ears.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)grows on you after a while.
shanti
(21,675 posts)i don't care at all for new stuff.
trof
(54,256 posts)there wouldn't be a single man in the U.S.
shanti
(21,675 posts)so mother never used them in her cooking. can you say BLAND?? i knew you could!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)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
(2,225 posts)Cant stand the stuff! I must be one of those genetically programmed peeps that think it tastes nasty! Lol!
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)shanti
(21,675 posts)spring peas are the best!
lark
(23,155 posts)it's my fave herb, you can't take it! NO! I'll grow my own!
Bettie
(16,124 posts)coriander!
ploppy
(2,162 posts)It tastes so bad to me and it's everywhere!!!!
japple
(9,839 posts)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
(21,675 posts)i felt about bell peppers.
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)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.