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Scientific reason for hating Cilantro

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B0000rt wrote: Lol

"Cilantro. The most offensive food known to man. "

I beg to differ! More offensive than Durian? :D :D
Durian is fairly tasty actually...

Another cilantro hater here, even small amounts ruin a dish for me.
Everything in moderation... including moderation :twisted:
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i actually love cilantro. especially steamed with fish.
in fact, I can eat it by itself just quickly stir-fried with a lil oil and soy sauce.

it's asparagus that i'm not too crazy on and durian fruit.
Oh. And stinky tofu.
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Cilantro and durian rock!!
(but haven't tried them together tho')
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yummy, great in soup and some dishes
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I can deal with it if it's mixed in but as a garnish it ruin's food for me, it has an overpowering taste.

Maybe I'll get used to it, I would like to so that it doesn't bother me and then for the nutritional benefits.
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Some people might know cilantro by its other name, coriander.
I've had coriander before. I didn't know it was also called cilantro.
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oh I LOVE cilantro. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of parsley.
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i love it...eat it with chicken(boiled chicken) and other dishes.
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I love Cilantro, and I almost put it on everything as well, especially on fish when it has been doused with sweetened soy sauce, then doused with hot oil. I don't eat fish, mind you, just the cilantro and green onions on the fish haha =)
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gordholio wrote: Some people might know cilantro by its other name, coriander.
I've had coriander before. I didn't know it was also called cilantro.
Coriander most often refers to the seeds of the plant; cilantro usually refers to the leaves.
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I've read on the web that chilantro (coriander) is good for purging metals from the body, like mercury from vaccines.
I'd like to try some just for this effect.
I might buy some grow some plants in my apartment this summer.
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is Cilantro the stuff they put in pho?
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cilantro is indeed the stuff they put in pho. it's also in those viet subs.

the stuff has always tasted like detergent to me; I always pick it off my food whenver I see it added >.<
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Quote from I hate Cilantro.com

"Thank God for IHateCilantro.com!! It's wonderful to know that one is neither crazy nor alone.

I have been the object of derision for years among my friends with reptilian palates who adore cilantro. When we go to a restaurant where the putrid weed is featured (just about everywhere), they stuff handfuls of the venemous foul substance into their mouths just to make me gag. They find this amusing, as they themselves can't seem to get enough of the stuff.

About a month ago, I had three traumatic cilantro experiences in the space of a week. In three different restaurants, I was served the demon weed after I had specifically requested decent, uncontaminated (cilantro-free) food. In one restaurant, after I expressed my disgust, the staff thought they could merely pick out the larger pieces from the soup and I wouldn't notice. WRONG!!! I can detect a single molecule of the toxic filth and won't hesitate to send any such polluted dish back to the kitchen.

We who are fortunate enough to reside at a point higher up on the evolutionary scale must speak up. If enough of us react violently when served even the most miniscle amount of the abomination called cilantro (even the sound of it is ugly), then maybe restaurants and hosts will think to offer it only to those who actually like it, limiting its distribution to the more limbic-brained among us. Eventually the mechanism of natural selection will cleanse the gene pool of those defectives who cannot recognize toxic substances that were never meant to be ingested except by the most primitive organisms.

Hopefully some catastrophic event will destroy all the cilantro on the planet, and we can live without fear and dread. "

- Karen Tani
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I love cilantro! I'll put it in everything.
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ah
now we know the reason why, maybe its time to research a "cure" and convert the population to love cilantro
muahahahahaha :twisted:

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