Re: [CH] Cilantro
J. B. Cattley (jbc@mpx.com.au)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 13:54:39 +1100
From: Doug Irvine <dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca>
>GADZOOKS! First tofu, now cilantro....What is next that you hate with such
>passion?
Robert A. Heinlein. :-)
>And I am a little curious to know how you were able to taste the industrial
>grade disinfectant/deodorant that is used in garbage rooms???Did you hold
your
>nose when you tasted it?
Come on, you know the stuff... incredibly strong, cloying, but just
sickly-sweet enough to nicely complement the reek of decay it is trying to
mask...
omigod
Horrible thought -- maybe that stuff smells _nice_ to cilantro eaters!
>Hw about all the folk out there who REALLY love
>Dave's singed cat sauce?
Me included!
Seriously....cilantro is one of the GREAT herbs of
>this world, and has been used for centuries by the folk in Asia, as well as
>Mexico, possibly one of the reasons it is called chinese parsley, so I
think
>that the greater percentage of the world think that it tastes just great!
>Cheers, Doug in BC(and so do I)
Yeah, but there are those out there who are physically incapable of holding
that opinion. (now go on, have you ever seen a better line than that? I'm
going to try it on the gun thread on rasfw)
>J. B. Cattley wrote:
>
>> AFAIK, perception of the flavour of cilantro is genetically determined.
Like
>> being able to curl your tongue laterally. Some people can, some can't. To
us
>> cilantro-haters, the stuff smells and tastes like the industrial-grade
>> disinfectant/deodorant used to clean garbage rooms in large shopping
>> centres.
>>
>> I've often wondered it must taste like to the other half of the world...
>>
>> jbc