Re: [CH] Cilantro
Elaine & Eric (vassar@ols-inc.com)
Sat, 21 Nov 98 23:37:57 PST
Brousselsprouts! hehe Sorry had to say that.
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> From: Doug Irvine <dirvin@bc.sympatico.ca>
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> >GADZOOKS! First tofu, now cilantro....What is next that you hate with such
> >passion?
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> Robert A. Heinlein. :-)
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> >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?
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> 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...
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> omigod
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> Horrible thought -- maybe that stuff smells _nice_ to cilantro eaters!
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> >Hw about all the folk out there who REALLY love
> >Dave's singed cat sauce?
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> Me included!
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> 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)
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> 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)
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> >J. B. Cattley wrote:
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> >> 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.
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> >> I've often wondered it must taste like to the other half of the world...
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> >> jbc
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