Does Coriander taste awful to you?

MurdyWurdy

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?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Yes and lemon grass, rocket lettuce and cinnamon

Temptamperu

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

Sugar Free

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.

Mr. CooL ICE

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

MurdyWurdy

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!

mattjack

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

amacca

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

pragmatic1

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Yes and lemon grass, rocket lettuce and cinnamon

Yes. I fookin hate lemongrass.

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.

Larianne

You must be a super taster OP.

Teyla Emmagan

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.

M5

Mexican food is nothing without Coriander (Cilantro)!

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

Larianne

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?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Yes. I fookin hate lemongrass.

Yeah, lemongrass can suck my balls!

Ginger can also fook off!

Fox_In_Socks

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

amacca

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.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

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.

amacca

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

Gbear

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.

Larianne

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.

April O Neill

Nope, I love it. LOVE it.

amacca

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:)

MurdyWurdy

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

April O Neill

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.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Larianne wrote: »

Orly?

LOL, not you gorgeous!

Well impressed I am!

Banjo String

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

I love it.

April O Neill

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.

Banjo String

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.

Hermione*

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.

Larianne

Lamb tastes how sheep smells. Yuck!

April O Neill

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

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

I used to think so too...

April O Neill

Larianne wrote: »

Who puts celery in stews?

The holy trinity - onions, carrots, celery.

Fox_In_Socks

Hermione* wrote: »

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.

I really like Tony Flynn!

Larianne

April O Neill wrote: »

The holy trinity - onions, carrots, celery.

Holy people ruining a good stew.

Like everything else in this country!! :mad:

paulers06

I have a similar issue with pork. Tastes vile, like faeces. Read that this is also a genetic thing

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Oh, radish's can feck off too.

GoldenLight

Nope I love coriander (it tastes very earthy to me, great in meat dishes) I love cucumber, very refreshing, like a new wave, very similar to a honey melon, love celery, more it's texture but a very distinct watery peppery off it when it raw (and at it's best), rocket is similar but a good bit stronger on the peppery taste.

and by the way can someone make commercially good tasting scotch eggs, come on the sausage meat needs to have a proper sort of taste, (seasoning and herbs like)

Bullseye1

I quite enjoy a Thai curry.

Larianne

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Oh, radish's can feck off too.

Oh I like them, kinda hot.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Larianne wrote: »

Oh I like them, kinda hot.

Ew,

And hummous is also on my "nil by mouth" list!

Larianne

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Ew,

And hummous is also on my "nil by mouth" list!

That was just really bad hummus. I do a good hummus.

Hermione*

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Ew,

And hummous is also on my "nil by mouth" list!

The list of foods you don't like must be longer than those you do like! Hummus is amazing!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Larianne wrote: »

That was just really bad hummus. I do a good hummus.

There is no such thing as good hummus! Well, Il decide next time I try it.

Hermione* wrote: »

The list of foods you don't like must be longer than those you do like!

No that's it Hermy! Oh green peppers.....everything else I'm down with! :pac:

Larianne

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

No that's it Hermy! Oh green peppers.....everything else I'm down with! :pac:

Mushrooms?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Larianne wrote: »

Mushrooms?

Me likey!

Teyla Emmagan

April O Neill wrote: »

The holy trinity - onions, carrots, celery.

I absolutely hate celery!!! Disgusting fibrous pee tasting thing!

Kintarō Hattori

Larianne wrote: »

Who puts celery in stews?

I haven't had it in a stew yet but will certainly try it next time I'm making one. Celery and wholegrain honey mustard are the secret ingredients to an amazing Shepards Pie. You don't taste the celery per se but it does something magical to the overall flavour of the dish.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I absolutely hate celery!!! Disgusting fibrous pee tasting thing!

You have tasted pee?

Hermione*

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

There is no such thing as good hummus! Well, Il decide next time I try it.

No that's it Hermy! Oh green peppers.....everything else I'm down with! :pac:

LOL! Green peppers are actually one of the few things I don't like. Only good for cooking.