Posted on 04/23/2014 4:14:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Cilantro was described as an aphrodisiac in the Arabian Nights, but that fact fails to impress those who hate it with a passion.
Cilantro was described as an aphrodisiac in "The Arabian Nights," but that fact fails to impress those who hate it with a passion.
Julia Child famously told Larry King that it has a "dead taste," and she would pick it out of a dish "and throw it on the floor." The pro-cilantro crowd is just as vocal, if not as descriptive. You can find the debate anywhere you find cilantro and the people who meticulously pick it out of their food.
We explore the adoration and hatred of this herb, and some other divisive foods, in our latest edition of Love It, Hate It. To get started, we asked staff writers Joan Morris and Martha Ross to square off on cilantro.
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Love fried okra...and all other ways of cooking it, but especially fried.
There you go,...tell ‘em!
I ran across a claim a year or two that liking or disliking cilantro was actually genetically determined.”
Well, there are also exceptions to every rule. Cilantro, raw spinach and avacados are the only three green things that my son will eat and he consumes those in abundance.
His father would eat anything as long as it was fried, beige in color and covered with gravy. I like raw spinach, will not eat anything that contains cilantro or avacados - tried them once with too much scotch.
I do think that wives often have a stronger influence over a guy’s eating habits than his parents or genetics.
To sum up: we have a consensus on nothing. This must be a conservative web site. :-)
Okra looks like you blew your nose in your gumbo.
Just pretty much meat, donuts and jellybeans, huh?
Cilantro represents the essence of spring.
I bet none of these guys have ever had any of these delights cooked right...probably Yankee households.
Had a neighborhood cookout Easter weekend. One guy always brings gumbo and this time he fixed sausage gumbo with kale. What a way to waste good sausage. Everything green made me think of slime. Couple of new neighbors who are not only Yankees but greenies to boot thought it was awesome so, being a good neighbor, I let them have my share.
Fried okra, served up with catfish and onion rings is just fantastic.
You left out J.J. Kale.
Not a real fan of meat either. I do like potato chips though.
I can sort of understand a person not liking okra. I love it but only when mixed with other things like peas, or stews.
Adding okra to something like gumbo makes both the okra and gumbo taste better.
I hate fresh cilantro. It’s nasty. But, I grow it in my garden because I do like it dried. The flavor changes once it’s dried, and then it becomes usable in some mexican dishes.
Brussels sprouts...fresh only. Otherwise, they are very bitter to me, and I don’t like bitter.
Beets..love them!
Okra...depends on the cook. But I absolutely love the plant itself, and the flower it makes is beautiful!
Now that sounds like an entertaining story! ;-)
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