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14. It's the only thing that makes me gag

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 11:25 AM

Jun 2014

I've hated it since forever, and thought it was just a personal "failing" until I read the New York Times piece back in 2010. Now I feel vindicated. I can't help it.

So if you come to my house for dinner, and I am making a recipe that calls for cilantro among the ingredients, please know in advance that I will be substituting flat-leaf parsley for the cilantro. Cilantro not only smells but tastes like old, sweaty gym shoes to me.

It's the only green thing I do not like. I've had guests who turned their nose up at things I served such as fennel or tarragon (how could you not like tarragon?). I love those. But cilantro: pfeh!!

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Hate cilantro? It may be the fault of your genes. [View all] sufrommich Jun 2014 OP

Interesting tidbit about the aldehydes. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #1

Vietnam is another country that puts cilantro in everything. I have a hard time FSogol Jun 2014 #4

I've heard that before. laundry_queen Jun 2014 #2

It was green peppers for my son and he still hates them. sufrommich Jun 2014 #8

See, I grew 'into' green peppers laundry_queen Jun 2014 #31

my tastes have developed similarly on broccoli, cilantro nt Leme Jun 2014 #10

I'm with your 4th child ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #23

I made broccoli tonight laundry_queen Jun 2014 #32

This begins to sound like an Abbot and Costello routine. Demeter Jun 2014 #3

Interesting. I love cilantro (yum!) but my sister finds it inedible and revolting. myrna minx Jun 2014 #5

I avoid fishy-smelling fish. tridim Jun 2014 #6

Cilantro and celery are no problem for me. gvstn Jun 2014 #7

I'm with you on the seaweed laundry_queen Jun 2014 #33

Cilantro, as well as lemon grass (which many also hate) are my favorite spices! MoonRiver Jun 2014 #9

tomatoes are particularly interesting as it depends on preparation unblock Jun 2014 #11

I love raw tomatoes but V8 or Gazpacho--blech! Mostly cold tomato products I don't like. gvstn Jun 2014 #16

temperature -- that could certainly have something to do with it unblock Jun 2014 #20

I had an aversion to raw tomatoes too.Although sufrommich Jun 2014 #19

I love cilantro but don't know... one_voice Jun 2014 #12

Lol.Maybe I should have put a warning on the OP. nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #13

It's the only thing that makes me gag frazzled Jun 2014 #14

I knew someone who hate tarragon and thought the same thing. gvstn Jun 2014 #18

Love Cilatro and can't get enough of it. dilby Jun 2014 #15

... also in Indian foods. surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #25

i don't hate it, but most places use it to excess frylock Jun 2014 #17

This is good to know. ananda Jun 2014 #21

I can tolerate a little cilantro in foods, but more than a hint is just overpowering and makes Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #22

I passionately HATE CILANTRO nt LiberalElite Jun 2014 #24

Mixed marriage HockeyMom Jun 2014 #26

I love cilantro, hate liver beveeheart Jun 2014 #27

I have few herbs or spices that I dislike ... Trajan Jun 2014 #28

I'm one of those for whom cilantro tastes like soap. SheilaT Jun 2014 #29

I love mexican food too,I ask them to leave the cilantro out. sufrommich Jun 2014 #34

It's very soapy to me too but I can get a little bit down... Phentex Jun 2014 #38

And again, while I appreciate that there are those SheilaT Jun 2014 #41

Tastes like soap to me. Crunchy Frog Jun 2014 #30

I can tolerate small amounts of it. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #35

I like cilantro if it's cooked, not if it's raw. No idea how my genes feel about that! merrily Jun 2014 #36

While I do like a the taste of little sometimes, the smell of a fresh bunch I bought on impulse was freeplessinseattle Jun 2014 #37

I have an overly sensitive nose so I don't agree with part of this... Phentex Jun 2014 #39

So it's the genes' fault? Beacool Jun 2014 #40

It tastes like a soapy, soured dishrag smells to me but the seeds are fine REP Jun 2014 #42

is there really a bug family of insects? G_j Jun 2014 #43