Cilantro: Herb of Unspeakable Horrors
Wednesday, December 17, 2003Steven over at The Sneeze has just proclaimed his love for cilantro. Anyone who knows me knows that I despise it. I now proclaim Steven to be my mortal enemy since I guess I’m one of those L’Dickheads he speaks of—I think it’s the foulest, most bitter things ever put in my mouth.
And I’ve put a lot of foul things in my mouth.
Zombie Claire says:
Bull testicles taste worse, goddamned thai soup, YOU KNOW IT friend!!!!!
PS: This restaurant is right beside my work, I think we TOTALLY have to eat there now after ROTK.
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Zombie Claire says:
OH NO!! TIMELINE only 2 dots after promising me 3; you have made a mistake, I hope you can sleep tonight!
The only thing that would make me feel better would be if you went and found for me the angry bee!!!
Zombie Claire says:
As for tastes that taste bad, I have never been fond of anise. Nor yams, for that matter. Which is why it was hilarious when Sara said you’d made parmigiana hams, and I was like, “lkhasdl;kfhas;dfh put that in my mouth now ;laksdjfadskj!!”
... and it turned out it was YAMS.
It was like, “Surprise! Christmas Fools!(on you)”
Zombie Claire says:
My New Years Resolution will be:
Start looking at things properly before I put them in my mouth!!!
kartooner says:
I won’t ask what, John.
::shudder::
Llunch Llady Lloyd says:
Actually, you’re wrong. Cilantro is quite lovely. It’s a good thing I told you so that you can go about your life from now on without that unnecessary cilantro hatred holding you back from enjoying some good eatin’.
em says:
I don’t mind cilantro, but if I had to choose, my favourite Herb would be one with a cock. You know, to put in my mouth.
Sharyn says:
I too despise cilantro...and anything in the anise/licorice category. As for the former, a nutritionist friend once told me that the folks who hate it the most, and experience a soapy taste when accidentally consuming it, are most likely a bit allergic to the foul stuff.
Joe Grossberg says:
It’s actually a genetic trait, aside from personal taste.
To some people, it tastes like soap—rather than a pleasant or unpleasant herb.
connie says:
you are my mortal enemy as well.
pippa says:
intruiging. a soapy taste you say?
when my mum first tasted cilantro (coriander in australia) she said it reminded her of poo. scarily she has overcome that sensation and now enjoys it in asian food.
luckily i’ve never thought of it as having a unpleasant flavour.