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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?

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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.

Teyla Emmagan

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

You have tasted pee?

Only my own, I swear

ziggy23

Cucumber is manky I can't eat it at all but it does feel nice and refreshing if put on your eyes :-)

eyeball kid

Not overly fond of coriander but I usually only have it in Indian dishes where the taste of it masked with other stuff but cucumber is absolutely disgusting. Can barely even eat stuff that has had cucumber on it. A vile little vegetable.

kowloon

I get a disgusting taste out of cucumber, can't get enough coriander. I can't grow enough of it to cook with it often though, the plants just end up dying on me.

GoldenLight

Chestnut mushrooms, beautiful, I like the regular button sort, (used to hate them, they felt like slime in my mouth when I was younger)

It's like a certain blue cheese tastes like boot polish to me, ( never tasted boot polish in my life) but this cheese tasted exactly like black boot polish that was seating in our press, at age seven I got everyone in my house to taste the cheese and smell the boot polish, and then tell me I was wrong (no one did probably more out of fear of a hissy fit though, rather than me being right)

bnt

In the USA, Coriander is known as Cilantro, so if you're looking online, try searcing for I Hate Cilantro too.

[Deleted User]

It's the most vile disgusting food in the world and unfortunately, comes in a lot of dishes in Vietnam so I always have to ask for food without it.. I've been absolutely starving sitting in my girlfriend's parents house and had to skip the entire meal because there were specks of coriander in it.

Peanut

OP, give it a chance, you might get to like it. I didn't at first but now I really appreciate it in Indian or stir-fried noodles, even though I can still get the soapy taste. I wouldn't eat it without spicy food though.

Greentopia

I love coriander, tastes great to me. I love Thai, Indian and Mexican food so it's an essential ingredient.

amacca wrote: »

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

I loathe celery in dishes. I see people eating it raw in salads and crudites and wonder how they can enjoy it when I think it tastes so vile.
With one exception-when I add it to soups and blitz the soup with a hand blender to a smooth consistency so I no longer taste the slices on their own.

It does indeed enhance certain recipes like many soups, but for me only when it's thoroughly mixed in with other ingredients. In a stew when I can see and taste it on it's own is a no-no.

[Deleted User]

I love spices and eat a wide range of foods. Love Mexican.

Have acquired a taste for many things but Cilantro/Coriander I know I`ll never acquire a taste for. Tastes vile to me, like some sort of chemical. This explains it

Drives me mad when it is added to food as a matter of course in mexican restaurants.