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Default Death to cilantro!

Elder wrote on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:40:40 +0100:

> In article <69795042-acd0-41d0-9a87-cb8dfd443c62
> @q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, says...
>> Cilantro is an herb that people either love or hate, and I
>> happen to be one of those who hate it and thinks it tastes
>> like soap.


> I go the other way, it is one of the most wonderful fragrants
> in food.


>> I ate at a very expensive Indian restaurant last night and
>> told the waiter I didn't care for cilantro and requested that
>> they hold the cilantro on my lamb curry. So they made sure
>> to dump cilantro on top and I wasted half the curry trying to
>> pick it out to make it edible. Even then, the flavor was
>> ruined every time I bit into a stray piece and the vile taste
>> overwhelmed my taste buds.
>>

> When making any meat curry I always through a handful in
> during cooking add more so it just wilts before serving, then
> top with a small raw sprinkle as a garnish.


> You hate me already don't you.\



Gosh, how often will the perennial thread on who can taste cilantro
and its genetic implications have to appear?


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