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Does Coriander taste awful to you?

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  • 31-03-2013 11:31pm
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    MurdyWurdy
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    I really really hate coriander. To me, it tastes like soap and if it's in a dish it basically becomes in edible to me. My brother says the same thing, that it tastes like soap.

    Today I read that this is a genetic thing so now I feel vindicated after years of people calling me a fussy eater!

    Article here:

    http://www.nature.com/news/soapy-taste-of-coriander-linked-to-genetic-variants-1.11398

    I'm interested in how common this is. Does coriander disgust you? Does it taste like soap to you?


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    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    Yes and lemon grass, rocket lettuce and cinnamon


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    Temptamperu
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    It dont taste like soap but fresh stuff is nice in a curry.


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    Sugar Free
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    Tastes yum to me!

    Although I've heard the same thing said about cucumber, for most people it's merely crunchy with little to no taste but for others it has a very strong and disgusting one.


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    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Some weird things are genetic. I know two people who need to sneeze when they look at the sun


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    MurdyWurdy
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    I've heard that about cucumber too actually. They just taste if nothing to me!

    Have no problems with rocket or lemongrass either, just the oul coriander!


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    mattjack
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    Tae and brown sauce should sort out your taste problem , none of your poncy herby shite.


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    amacca
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    No coriander tastes great to me (when its fresh) and goes particularly well with ginger, lime and a small amount of honey and a medium chilli in a stir fry with noodles.

    I kinda have the same thing about celery tho....particularly in stews...god how I hate it even if it supposedly is a good flavour enhancer


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    pragmatic1
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    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »
    Yes and lemon grass, rocket lettuce and cinnamon
    Yes. I fookin hate lemongrass.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Fresh coriander tastes yucky to me.

    I love cucumber and celery though - which apparently has something to do with genetics too.

    And I can roll my tongue.

    And I lace my fingers so my thumb on my right hand is on the outside.


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    Larianne
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    You must be a super taster OP.


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    Teyla Emmagan
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    Some weird things are genetic. I know two people who need to sneeze when they look at the sun

    That's not genetic, everyone does it. Don't they?.......

    Anyway, I love coriander.


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    M5
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    Mexican food is nothing without Coriander (Cilantro)!


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    [Deleted User]
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    I love coriander. Finely chop cucumber, red onion, cherry tomatoes & coriander and eat with poppadoms. Yummy!


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    Larianne
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    amacca wrote: »
    No coriander tastes great to me (when its fresh) and goes particularly well with ginger, lime and a small amount of honey and a medium chilli in a stir fry with noodles.

    I kinda have the same thing about celery tho....particularly in stews...god how I hate it even if it supposedly is a good flavour enhancer

    Who puts celery in stews?


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    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Yes. I fookin hate lemongrass.

    Yeah, lemongrass can suck my balls!

    Ginger can also fook off!


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    Fox_In_Socks
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    Yep, it tastes like washing up liquid to me. And not the good flavoured modern washing up liquid, either.


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    amacca
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    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »
    Yeah, lemongrass can suck my balls!

    Ginger can also fook off!

    You hate them both yet you want one to suck on your nads and the other to go away

    you're a complicated individual no doubt about it.


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    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    amacca wrote: »
    You hate them both yet you want one to suck on your nads and the other to go away

    you're a complicated individual no doubt about it.

    I don't mind being in lemongrass's mouth.....it's just not going into mine!:)

    Ginger had it's chance...I wasnt impressed.


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    amacca
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    Larianne wrote: »
    Who puts celery in stews?

    I'm not making it up or imagining it


    Tis a common ingredient (or at least used to be in irish stews)


    it looks disgusting and grey/green in colour after being boiled for so long but still has that corrugated outside, stringy bits and highly objectionable flavour and totally ruins the whole stew experience for me

    I never add it and my stews are unquestionably amazing and suffer not one whit as a consequence

    it also shows up regularly in the juice when one orders a pot of mussels - but i don't mind it so much there - I still pick it out and wont eat it


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    Gbear
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    If you eat any herb on it's own it tends not to taste nice.

    I hope you've been eating fistfuls of coriander leaves.

    Because if you don't like it in other things then you're are a deficient person and need to be fixed.


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    Larianne
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    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »
    Ginger had it's chance...I wasnt impressed.

    Orly?
    amacca wrote: »
    I'm not making it up or imagining it


    Tis a common ingredient (or at least used to be in irish stews)

    Talk about ruining a good stew! I don't like celery cooked but love it raw. Nice and crunchy. :)


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    April O Neill
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    Nope, I love it. LOVE it. :)


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    amacca
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    Fresh Basil smells a bit like cats piss but its great in a lot of things!

    and quite nice to eat a leaf or two on its own.

    (just sayin :pac:)


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    MurdyWurdy
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    Gbear wrote: »
    If you eat any herb on it's own it tends not to taste nice.

    I hope you've been eating fistfuls of coriander leaves.

    Because if you don't like it in other things then you're are a deficient person and need to be fixed.

    If there is a small bit of fresh coriander finely chopped in a dish the whole thing tastes like soap and I can't eat it. It's rank!

    Coriander seed etc cooked in things are fine :)


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    April O Neill
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    Sugar Free wrote: »
    Although I've heard the same thing said about cucumber, for most people it's merely crunchy with little to no taste but for others it has a very strong and disgusting one.


    Yeah, cucumber definitely isn't tasteless to me. I don't like it. :(


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    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    Larianne wrote: »
    Orly?

    LOL, not you gorgeous!

    Well impressed I am! ;)


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    Banjo String
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    Coriander is (generally) what is responsible for making Indian grub so dam tssty.

    I love it.


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    April O Neill
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    Some weird things are genetic. I know two people who need to sneeze when they look at the sun

    I do that - sun, bright lights. It's called photic sneezing. If I ever need to sneeze but can't, I instinctively look at the light. On bright summer days, when I first step out, I'll keep sneezing until I grow accustomed to the light. My whole family is like this, and I thought everyone was when I was young. It's very interesting. :)


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    Banjo String
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    April O Neill wrote: »
    Yeah, cucumber definitely isn't tasteless to me. I don't like it. :(

    Apt time for it.... ....


    You're doing it wrong.


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    Hermione*
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    I like coriander. Love ginger and lemongrass. I do cook celery but I prefer it in salads and juices. Apple, celery, natural yoghurt, herbs and lime juice = yum.


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