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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 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. The retards at McDonalds are able to hold the pickle if the customer requests it. Even Mexican taquerias will hold the chiles if you say you like it mild. They could even put the cilantro on the side and let the customer decide whether to put it in his taco or curry. Vietnamese restaurants are another big offender when it comes to cilantro. I can't even stand the thought of Vietnamese food anymore because of it. My guess is that cilantro is traditionally used to cover up the taste of spoiled meat. |
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I feel that way about bell peppers-- they're vile, and
ruin the whole dish for me. However, everyone has different preferences. If all possibly-disliked foods were given the same treatment, we'd all just be eating individual ingredients. -Patti -- Patti Beadles, Oakland, CA | pattib~pattib.org | All religions are equally http://www.pattib.org/ | ludicrous, and should be ridiculed http://stopshootingauto.com | as often as possible. C. Bond |
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(Patti Beadles) wrote:
> I feel that way about bell peppers-- they're vile, and > ruin the whole dish for me. > > However, everyone has different preferences. If all > possibly-disliked foods were given the same treatment, > we'd all just be eating individual ingredients. I don't care for the taste of Bell peppers, either. Broccoli is my least favorite vegetable, followed closely by cauliflower. They're barely tolerable in a few dishes. I can't stand beef liver at all. -- Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran! Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061 |
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On Feb 19, 4:01*pm, (Patti Beadles) wrote:
> I feel that way about bell peppers-- they're vile, and > ruin the whole dish for me. > > However, everyone has different preferences. *If all > possibly-disliked foods were given the same treatment, > we'd all just be eating individual ingredients. > I will trade you my cilantro for your bellps. Although I don't mind the soapy taste of cilantro, it is not my favorite. V. -- Veronique Chez Sheep |
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On Feb 19, 4:58*pm, Nick Cramer > wrote:
> (Patti Beadles) wrote: > > I feel that way about bell peppers-- they're vile, and > > ruin the whole dish for me. > > > However, everyone has different preferences. *If all > > possibly-disliked foods were given the same treatment, > > we'd all just be eating individual ingredients. > > I don't care for the taste of Bell peppers, either. Broccoli is my least > favorite vegetable, followed closely by cauliflower. They're barely > tolerable in a few dishes. I can't stand beef liver at all. I can't stand cauliflower but broc is fabulous (if cooked. Raw, I choke on it.) I've never really understood why anyone would eat a liver. V. -- Veronique Chez Sheep |
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Nick Cramer > wrote: > wrote: > > 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. > > Which camp you're in is apparently genetically-based. Your description of > the taste as "like soap" is the most common one I've heard from those who > can't stand it. That describes his taste, but what about the attitude? Seriously, cilantro is a major ingredient and taste in Vietnamese food. Some people don't like broccoli. Suck it up. |
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On Feb 19, 2:14*pm, wrote:
> 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. To me, it tastes like soap only if it is cooked. Left raw, it is slightly herby, like parsley. > > 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. I've never had cilantro leaves on my lamb curry. Coriander seed is one of the more used curry spices, of course. I bet they processed your request as "Dude wants coriander leaves on his lamb curry. OK, he's the customer." >*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. > > The retards at McDonalds are able to hold the pickle if the customer > requests it. *Even Mexican taquerias will hold the chiles if you say > you like it mild. *They could even put the cilantro on the side and > let the customer decide whether to put it in his taco or curry. > > Vietnamese restaurants are another big offender when it comes to > cilantro. *I can't even stand the thought of Vietnamese food anymore > because of it. *My guess is that cilantro is traditionally used to > cover up the taste of spoiled meat. Garnishes applied at the last second would be as ineffective as putting chocolate sprinkles on a turd. |
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> wrote:
> 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 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. > > The retards at McDonalds are able to hold the pickle if the customer > requests it. Even Mexican taquerias will hold the chiles if you say > you like it mild. They could even put the cilantro on the side and > let the customer decide whether to put it in his taco or curry. > > Vietnamese restaurants are another big offender when it comes to > cilantro. I can't even stand the thought of Vietnamese food anymore > because of it. My guess is that cilantro is traditionally used to > cover up the taste of spoiled meat. You sound like the same guy who complained on numerous occasions that there's no Dr Pepper at the Cheesecake Factory. Why the **** didn't you just ask them to replace it - Because then you wouldn't have a chance to whine and complain here? -sw |
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itīs a gene, i was told...
so iīve got the LOVE CILANTRO GENE, LOADS OF IT! bye frank http://tvc15.blogs.com/ |
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Frank wrote:
> itīs a gene, i was told... > > so iīve got the LOVE CILANTRO GENE, LOADS OF IT! Same here.. love it cooked or uncooked. -- Dan |
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In ba.food Frank > wrote:
> it?s a gene, i was told... One reference to soapy cilantro genetics... http://spittoon.23andme.com/2008/08/06/i-hate-cilantro/ G. |
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"Nick Cramer" > wrote in message ... > wrote: >> 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. > > Which camp you're in is apparently genetically-based. Your description of > the taste as "like soap" is the most common one I've heard from those who > can't stand it. > >> [ . . . ]My guess is that cilantro is traditionally used to >> cover up the taste of spoiled meat. > > My wife and daughter use cilantro a lot. They don't cook spoiled meat. ;-) > > -- > Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their > families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran! > Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten. > Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061 It is genetically based. About 15% (can't remember the exact number) of the general population has an enzyme in their mouths that makes cilantro taste either like soap or metallic. When I inadvertently get some cilantro it tastes like I have just bitten down on a nice aluminum pot. Very unpleasant. Tim K |
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In article >, Nick Cramer > wrote:
> >I don't care for the taste of Bell peppers, either. Broccoli is my least >favorite vegetable, followed closely by cauliflower. [snip] [snip] I can't stand beef liver at all. haha. these are the 3 things i don't like. Broccoli & cauliflower are pretty tasteless to me. so i tolerate them occasionally if the source is good. i also don't like blood. but i can eat around it if it's like jelly. regards, ---------- Pam's Ode to Spammers & Telemarketers May all spammers & telemarketers die an agonizing death; have no burial places; their souls be chased by demons in Gehenna from one room to another for 1000 years while listening to Bartok microcosmos + Scriabin playing together. |
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On Feb 20, 6:00*pm, (Dr. Curmudgon Gee)
wrote: > In article >, Nick Cramer > wrote: > > >I don't care for the taste of Bell peppers, either. Broccoli is my least > >favorite vegetable, followed closely by cauliflower. [snip] > > [snip] I can't stand beef liver at all. > > haha. these are the 3 things i don't like. > > Broccoli & cauliflower are pretty tasteless to me. so i tolerate them > occasionally if the source is good. > > i also don't like blood. but i can eat around it if it's like jelly. No bun bo hue for Dr. Pam |
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> wrote: >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. Perhaps one day gene therapy will be available for your poor defectives. Cilantro is delicious. rone -- MIS EN BOUTEILLE AU DOMAINE > |
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Guy Bannis > wrote:
> In article > >, > wrote: > >> To me, it tastes like soap only if it is cooked. Left raw, it is >> slightly herby, like parsley. > > Eat soap much? Ever seen the scene in "A Christmas Story" where Ralphie "You'll shoot your eye out" Parker has to hold a bar of soap in his mouth? I'm sure many of us had to something similar as kids. ObFood: A 7.2lb rack of spares and a 3.4lb lamb breast in the smoker. Each were $.99/lb. -sw |
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On Feb 22, 10:42*am, Guy Bannis > wrote:
> In article > >, > > wrote: > > To me, it tastes like soap only if it is cooked. Left raw, it is > > slightly herby, like parsley. > > Eat soap much? Not at all necessary. "Taste" is code for the flavor sensation, which is 80-90% smell. Olfactory memories are the strongest; most such memories go back to childhood. We have all tasted soap in our youths, whether purposely or while our faces were being washed. |
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... > Not at all necessary. "Taste" is code for the flavor sensation, which > is 80-90% smell. Isn't that the truth? I had an accident about 3 years ago where I disconnected my olfactory nerve. It took me a few days to realize what had happened. Friends were bringing all sorts of excellent outside food to the hospital, and I couldn't stomach any of it. It just tasted like cardboard. I had to learn to eat again. I cook for myself now, but don't cook for anybody else, as I've no idea how much seasoning to put in (parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, ginger, garlic, basil, mint, etc, etc, all taste of nothing). I've been following the cilantro = soap discussion, thinking about whether cilantro really tastes soapy to some folks, or if it's olfactory. I just tried licking a bar of soap, and didn't get much from it. If anyone who hates cilantro was prepared to eat some while holding their nose, I'd be interested in how bad it tastes. Pete |
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Pete Fraser wrote:
> Isn't that the truth? > I had an accident about 3 years ago where I disconnected > my olfactory nerve. It took me a few days to realize what > had happened. Friends were bringing all sorts of excellent > outside food to the hospital, and I couldn't stomach any > of it. It just tasted like cardboard. Do you like spicy-hot food? I fried of mine can't smell. Which is probably for the better as his wife can't cook worth a shit. He won't eat spicy food. I would have thought people with no sense of smell would like spicy food. -sw |
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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message ... > Do you like spicy-hot food? Very much so. > I fried of mine can't smell. Which is probably for the better as his wife > can't cook worth a shit. He won't eat spicy food. I would have thought > people with no sense of smell would like spicy food. It's one more dimension. I'm particularly fond of banh mi. A wide variety of tastes and texture, with a hint of capsaicin. Pete |
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Pete Fraser wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message > ... > > >>Do you like spicy-hot food? > > Very much so. > > >>I fried of mine can't smell. Which is probably for the better as his wife >>can't cook worth a shit. He won't eat spicy food. I would have thought >>people with no sense of smell would like spicy food. > > > It's one more dimension. > I'm particularly fond of banh mi. > A wide variety of tastes and texture, with a hint of capsaicin. I love a good banh mi with the tiny thai chiles. Its been a while since I had one though. This sandwich would be list without the fresh cilantro. -- Dan |
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Pete Fraser wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message ... > > >> Do you like spicy-hot food? > > > Very much so. > > >> I fried of mine can't smell. Which is probably for the better as his wife can't cook worth a shit. He won't eat spicy food. I would have thought people with no sense of smell would like spicy food. > > > > It's one more dimension. > I'm particularly fond of banh mi. > A wide variety of tastes and texture, with a hint of capsaicin. I love a good banh mi with the tiny thai chiles. Its been a while since I had one though. This sandwich would be lost without the fresh cilantro. -- Dan |
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Dan Logcher wrote:
> I love a good banh mi with the tiny thai chiles. Its been a while > since I had one though. This sandwich would be list without the > fresh cilantro. This is how I learned to like cilantro - on banh mi. After you eat about 500 of them, you'll like cilantro :-) As for the Thai bird chiles, I have to buy packages that are 25% orange and red and the rest are green. The green ones are tasteless compared to the reds. So I throw those away. -sw |
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> wrote: >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 feel similarly about cheese (a pizza may as well be covered in pus). And coffee (which reeks and tastes like dirt). And hot spices in sufficient quantities to mask other flavors (and is often a sign of an unskilled chef). The trick, however, is to avoid ordering things that contain those ingredients. >I ate at a very expensive Indian restaurant last night Stop right there. If you don't like cilantro, why did you go to a restaurant serving cuisine that typically uses cilantro? >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. If this was an "expensive" restaurant, why didn't you send it back? >The retards at McDonalds are able to hold the pickle if the customer >requests it. Even Mexican taquerias will hold the chiles if you say >you like it mild. They could even put the cilantro on the side and >let the customer decide whether to put it in his taco or curry. So, again, why didn't you send it back? You placed the order, the waiter agreed, and they fouled it up. That should be the restaurant's problem, not yours. >Vietnamese restaurants are another big offender when it comes to >cilantro. I can't even stand the thought of Vietnamese food anymore >because of it. So, don't eat there. >My guess is that cilantro is traditionally used to cover up the >taste of spoiled meat. That's the idea behind "chicken fried steak" to disguise a substandard piece of meat. Actually, if used properly, cilantro works as a flavor enhancer to good meat. -A |
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Sqwertz wrote:
> Dan Logcher wrote: > >> I love a good banh mi with the tiny thai chiles. Its been a while >> since I had one though. This sandwich would be list without the >> fresh cilantro. > > > This is how I learned to like cilantro - on banh mi. After you eat > about 500 of them, you'll like cilantro :-) > > As for the Thai bird chiles, I have to buy packages that are 25% orange > and red and the rest are green. The green ones are tasteless compared > to the reds. So I throw those away. I grew them once.. orange and red were really hot! Japanese beatles ate all the leaves off the plants. I guess I should have saved some of the seeds.. -- Dan |
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@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. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 |
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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? -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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says... > Gosh, how often will the perennial thread on who can taste cilantro > and its genetic implications have to appear? > Probably weekly. Maybe daily if TV celeb Stephen Fry and publicly known Cilantro hater comes along. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 |
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> wrote: >I ate at a very expensive Indian restaurant last night and told the >waiter I didn't care for cilantro That's your mistake. I have met many Indians who don't know what you mean when you say "cilantro." If you ask to leave out the cilantro, they will assume what they put in is fine because they don't use anything called cilantro in their food. To them, it's called coriander. Cilantro is the Spanish name. -A |
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On Apr 12, 5:32*pm, (axlq) wrote:
> That's your mistake. I have met many Indians who don't know what you > mean when you say "cilantro." If you ask to leave out the cilantro, > they will assume what they put in is fine because they don't use > anything called cilantro in their food. *To them, it's called > coriander. Cilantro is the Spanish name. His mistake??? That is really carrying the PC accommodating foreigners bullshit too damn far. People open up a restaurant in an area and they don't know the local food lingo? Not to mention, that cilantro is a well known aka for coriander in culinary circles. No, it's the restaurant's mistake. I know the "customer is always right" is a joke nowadays, but no way the OP is at fault. Geezus, go to an Italian place and you say no mushrooms, and it's your fault because you didn't say no funghi...NO WAY! Ciccio |
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Ciccio > wrote:
>His mistake??? That is really carrying the PC accommodating foreigners >bullshit too damn far. People open up a restaurant in an area and >they don't know the local food lingo? Not to mention, that cilantro is >a well known aka for coriander in culinary circles. No, it's the >restaurant's mistake. >I know the "customer is always right" is a joke nowadays, but no way >the OP is at fault. Geezus, go to an Italian place and you say no >mushrooms, and it's your fault because you didn't say no funghi...NO >WAY! The Voice of reason. You got your ethnic restaurants that don't speak the local majority language, and they do business at one level, and then you got those that do, and they do business at a better level. It all evens out. Parity. Steve |
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Ciccio > wrote: >On Apr 12, 5:32*pm, (axlq) wrote: >> That's your mistake. I have met many Indians who don't know what you >> mean when you say "cilantro." If you ask to leave out the cilantro, >> they will assume what they put in is fine because they don't use >> anything called cilantro in their food. *To them, it's called >> coriander. Cilantro is the Spanish name. > >His mistake??? That is really carrying the PC accommodating foreigners >bullshit too damn far. People open up a restaurant in an area and Simmer down. I was being sarcastic, more or less. Perhaps "mistake" wasn't appropriate, but the word in this context has an interesting background: Two weeks ago an Indian friend put on a baby shower for us. (My function was to turn it into a wine tasting party to get rid of some cases of wine that are getting a bit old, so I tended bar.) The party attracted 45 guests, so we used the clubhouse at our condo complex. Anyway, she and another Indian guy were up late the night before cooking, then on party day they took over our kitchen, finished preparing all the food, and it was a glorious feast. I quail at the thought of preparing an 8-course buffet for 45 people, but they pulled it off. Most of it *wasn't* Indian cuisine, but some was, and some was pre-prepared from a store. Now, my Mom was there, too. She hates cilantro. My Mom asked our friends which dishes had cilantro in them, and they told her "none". They were using coriander in some dishes. My Mom thought afterward that she was lied to until I explained that Indians likely don't call it cilantro, and may not have known what she meant, to which she responded "maybe that was my mistake." The very next week, with her comment in mind, I posted the above reply. -A |
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> To them, it's called > coriander. Cilantro is the Spanish name. > Depending on how much english they speak it could be any of dhanyia, dhuniah, kothimbir, kotimear -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553 |
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On Apr 15, 1:25*pm, (axlq) wrote:
> Simmer down. *I was being sarcastic, more or less. Maybe you were. Yet, there are idiots who actually assert such bullshit. > Two weeks ago an Indian friend put on a baby shower for us. > My Mom asked our friends which dishes had cilantro in them, and they > told her "none". *They were using coriander in some dishes. *My > Mom thought afterward that she was lied to until I explained that > Indians likely don't call it cilantro, and may not have known what > she meant, to which she responded "maybe that was my mistake." > > The very next week, with her comment in mind, I posted the above > reply. Hosts serving guests at at private baby shower is a big difference from a professional restauranter serving paying patrons. Though, in both instances, it is rather odd that nobody inquired something like: "What is cilantro?" I mean jeez, if some Indian were to ask me: "Is there dhanyia in the food?" Almost reflexively I'd reply: "What is dhanyia?" Perhaps, it's part of Indian social mores not to make such inquiries. Ciccio |
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