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16. It's an interesting flavor that definitely doesn't work in everything.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:24 PM

Aug 2012

Like Vietnamese fish sauce, it's best used as a flavor note, rather than the whole chord, where it gets pretty overpowering and obnoxious pretty fast. The soapiness can be pretty nasty when it is chucked willy-nilly into a dish.

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Time for an easy poll! Cilantro (as in fresh coriander leaf) ....what do you think of it? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 OP

I answered it first - to me, it smells/tastes like dirty dishwater. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #1

This ^ geardaddy Aug 2012 #3

exactly - hence my curiosity of the DU population....interested in the ratio NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #4

I think it tastes like soap too OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #13

Yep. Tastes like soap. Wait Wut Aug 2012 #20

I don't like cilantro or beer either. nt valerief Aug 2012 #29

Yes! nt valerief Aug 2012 #30

I really don't like it at all, so there's more for those folks who do! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #2

Cilantro is a classic ingredient in salsa Auggie Aug 2012 #5

An essential ingredient in half the food I cook. CBGLuthier Aug 2012 #6

Thai food without cilantro wouldn't be the same Duer 157099 Aug 2012 #7

OH YES! turtlerescue1 Aug 2012 #8

you forgot jalepenos Kali Aug 2012 #24

Does it taste like soap to others who don't like it? Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Aug 2012 #10

Your friend suffers a tragic genetic defect 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #12

I realize I have the defect - am not concerned - plenty of other great things to enjoy! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #19

Really! kurtzapril4 Aug 2012 #46

Yep, it tastes like soap to me, too. nt valerief Aug 2012 #28

Soap to me... Phentex Aug 2012 #43

Love it. Go through several bunches a week 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #11

Love it now. Denninmi Aug 2012 #14

To my taste buds... AnneD Aug 2012 #15

unsaturated aldahydes 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #21

There is another..... AnneD Aug 2012 #22

I agree 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #23

I have a lot of... AnneD Aug 2012 #37

It's an interesting flavor that definitely doesn't work in everything. hifiguy Aug 2012 #16

Still growing my own. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #17

Puree some and inject it into my veins! Arugula Latte Aug 2012 #18

like a LOT of things, I didn't like it when I was younger Kali Aug 2012 #25

We are tracking pretty much around what was found in this study - NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #26

It doesn't taste like soap to me. Quantess Aug 2012 #33

check the data - 85-90% of people should like it...I am one of the 5-10% who don't NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #35

Tastes like soap! nt valerief Aug 2012 #27

I think it tastes like soap, but... geardaddy Aug 2012 #31

hate it. tastes like soap. ret5hd Aug 2012 #32

Yummy. Essential for guacamole, salsa and dozens of other dishes. Scuba Aug 2012 #34

I'm seriously addicted. n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2012 #36

We bought one cilantro plant about 8 years ago. We'll never be without it. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #38

Love it, had some tonight, in a veggie burrito. kwassa Aug 2012 #39

It smells like stink bugs! femmocrat Aug 2012 #40

Ew. EastTennesseeDem Aug 2012 #41

I don't like cilantro. If there is more than just a hint of cilantro in a dish, Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #42

I dislike cilantro...tastes like waxy soap..... soccer1 Aug 2012 #44

Does anyone else find it odd that so many people here who know what soap tastes like? GoCubsGo Aug 2012 #45

Another tastes of soap one here. tjwmason Aug 2012 #47