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Love it or Hate it: Where Do You Come Down on Kale, Beets, Okra, Brussels Sprouts and Cilantro?
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 04/23/2014 | Martha Ross and Joan Morris

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cilantro; detox; heavymetals; mercury
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1 posted on 04/23/2014 4:14:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“Where Do You Come Down on Kale, Beets, Okra, Brussels Sprouts and Cilantro?”

Hate, like, like, depends on how it’s cooked, love.


2 posted on 04/23/2014 4:16:31 PM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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Cilantro blows. Any dish you make with it is better off without it . . . not that I have a strong opinion, or anything.


3 posted on 04/23/2014 4:16:39 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: nickcarraway

Julia CHild didn’t like pesto sauce?


4 posted on 04/23/2014 4:17:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Hate them all!!


5 posted on 04/23/2014 4:17:52 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: nickcarraway

Kale = Hate, Beets = like, but have to be canned like mom use to make, Okra = Tried it once, liked it, would eat it again, Brussel Sprouts = love ‘em. Cilantro = use it in cooking once in a blue moon. Okay.


6 posted on 04/23/2014 4:18:15 PM PDT by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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Cilantro - dishwashing soap tastes the same and has a longer shelf-life.

I ran across a claim a year or two that liking or disliking cilantro was actually genetically determined.


7 posted on 04/23/2014 4:18:19 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: nickcarraway
Cilantro adds a lot to many Mexican dishes.

I eat and enjoy all those foods if cooked well, although I don't see okra much. Brussels Sprouts can be really yummy if cooked with bacon. Course, that true of a lot of foods.

8 posted on 04/23/2014 4:19:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: nickcarraway

Kale- meh

Beets- ok

Okra- LOVE...esp pickled

Brussel Sprouts- love

cilantro- love


9 posted on 04/23/2014 4:19:18 PM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated populace is the biggest threat to our nation.)
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To: nickcarraway

Love Beets, wife likes Okra, we both love Brussels Sprouts, especially the Ruth’s Chris recipe:

ROASTED BRUSSEL SPROUTS
Ruth Chris Steak House Copycat Recipe

Serves 2-3

1 lb. fresh Brussels Sprouts (not frozen)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3-4 slices of applewood smoked bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 1/2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more as needed
ground black pepper for seasoning

Bring a medium-sized pot of water to a boil and salt generously. Trim the bottom end of Brussels sprouts, and pull off the outer dark leaves. Halve through the core. Add Brussels sprouts to boiling water and cook, uncovered, until tender - about 7 minutes. While Brussels sprouts are boiling, add the oil and bacon to a large skillet (I prefer cast iron), and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the bacon is crispy. When Brussels sprouts are tender, drain and rinse under cold running water. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Increase heat to medium high. Add the Brussels sprouts to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. After five minutes, sprouts will start to brown a little. Add apple cider vinegar and stir. Cook an additional 4 minutes. After 4 minutes, add maple syrup. Continue stirring until edges of sprouts are brown and crispy (about 2-3 additional minutes.) Add bacon. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm.


10 posted on 04/23/2014 4:19:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: nickcarraway

I say: “Kale to the Chef.”


11 posted on 04/23/2014 4:20:01 PM PDT by buridan
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To: BenLurkin

Pesto is basil (and garlic, and olive oil), not cilantro.


12 posted on 04/23/2014 4:20:41 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Thorliveshere
beets are good for borsche.

Kale is a decorative garden plant

Brussel spouts sautéed in bacon fat are awesome.

Cilantro is a a weed.

13 posted on 04/23/2014 4:21:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, yum


14 posted on 04/23/2014 4:21:28 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: nickcarraway

I like Brussels sprouts when served as a side with a little butter to pork chops or baked chicken. Lambert’s Cafe in my little home town does fried okra right; the only way I’ll eat it. That’s about it.


15 posted on 04/23/2014 4:21:53 PM PDT by ronnyquest (I spent 20 years in the Army fighting the enemies of liberty only to see marxism elected at home.)
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To: nickcarraway

Beets are wrong.


16 posted on 04/23/2014 4:22:34 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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When it was during the time it was growing, Mother used to serve fried okra just about every dinner (that is lunch for you Yankees). It goes very well with stewed white peas which was another regular for her. The peas were always cooked with chunks of pork or pork skin to add flavor. Other than Brussels sprouts I don’t think I have ever had any of the others.


17 posted on 04/23/2014 4:23:06 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: colorado tanker
Cilantro adds a lot to many Mexican dishes.

Only if you're using rancid meat. ;)

18 posted on 04/23/2014 4:23:11 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: nickcarraway
Food low information idiots unite.

Cilantro is the finest addition to salsa that can be found.

Lightweight food amateurs just go away.

Flamers, just blow it out your derriere.

19 posted on 04/23/2014 4:23:48 PM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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Where Do You Come Down on Kale, Beets, Okra, Brussels Sprouts and Cilantro?

It's nothing more than sheer desperation that a country, in an attempt for global notoriety, is only known for its sprouts..........

20 posted on 04/23/2014 4:23:50 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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