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Default Why 10% of people hate cilantro

On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:39:05 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 7/21/2014 4:10 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2014-07-21 3:57 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>>> I think it tastes like copper. I like it.
>>>
>>> I don't think it tastes metallic at all, but I do love the flavor. It's
>>> so inexpensive here that I almost always have a bunch in the fridge.
>>> Usually 25 cents a bunch.
>>>

>>
>>
>> It is usually closer to $2 a bunch here, and those bunches are way more
>> than you need for any dish so most of it ends up going to waste. In the
>> summer have it coming out my ears in the garden.

>
>That's one other trouble with cilantro. It does not keep well in te
>fridge for more than a few days and the Giant stores ask about $1.50 a
>bunch. MacGruder's stores used to sell it for about 70 cents but
>MacGruder's has gone.


I won't grow it because it goes to seed so quickly. Easier to buy it.
Janet US