Anyone else gone bonkers on the coriander or am I the only one?
2007-08-30 14:40:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Either you love it, or you hate it.
I hate it.
2007-09-06 02:07:31 · answer #1 · answered by Chroma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of that, and I must admit that it does feel just a smidgeon odd when I eat the raw leaves alone.
However, in the following recipe, it's great, and I use the ground seeds a lot in curry powders and pastes.
PESTO CILANTRO!
1 cup tightly packed coriander leaves
2 cups tightly packed basil leaves
1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/3 cup pine nuts
2 large cloves fresh garlic
maybe a bit of lemon juice
Put the lot into a food processor, and process until well combined. Then drizzle in while the processor is running,
enough extra virgin olive oil to make a light paste.
Stored in the fridge it will keep for about two weeks, but ours never lasts that long. It goes on meat, on toast, great on fried or poached eggs, as a dip with crackers, with light sour cream as a dip or spread, in a pasta sauce (recipe on application), and anywhere else you'd like to enhance a meal, hot or cold.
2007-08-31 05:27:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About 6 months ago I was very surprised to read that some people have a problem detecting the cilantro taste, most these people describe the taste of cilantro "like that of soap", or "ash". Other strange flavors were mentioned.
I said I was very surprised because it is a widely-used herb in Caribbean, Thai and other cuisines. I love it and so seemingly does everyone I know. No mention however of any side-effect.
Humans are like that.
2007-09-05 18:10:40 · answer #3 · answered by mighty_mind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've not heard anything about this. Coriander is a spice or seasoning, and has been used as a flavoring for many years.
2007-09-01 19:46:30 · answer #4 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have some in the spice cupboard but I have never found a recipe to use it in. I would like to test this theory, since I don't seem to be using it for anything else.
I am quite mad. So I should see some results in a very short time. I will send out a question when I am done. Maybe it tastes good in ice tea.
2007-08-31 00:01:04 · answer #5 · answered by Marla ™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's true.. one night I had coriander soup and woke up lying in a sidewalk in a Pink Panther suit that lacked the back part.
2007-09-01 15:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by Way Out There 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, hol' on there...while I keep a suckin' on this here coriander lollipoop. T'aint nuthin' wrong with Granny's coriander lollipoops that she services me on out front porch, along the delicious rhubard leaf strudel she makeS. She also
rubs a rhubatrb leaf poultice on my sore red neck, ans she swez it helops mgldz dfld[pnb, mfgcg xcm, l....uh...b'dap ugh! , ...ahh.....sdpa-spah-lop!
2007-09-02 21:05:56 · answer #7 · answered by Farmer & Granny Crabtree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't eaten any in a long time..... I wonder why I am bonkers.
2007-08-30 22:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by litecandles 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you dont like its strong smell you can skip it. Some peole relish it. It has nothing to do with madness.
2007-08-30 23:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by rams 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think cilantro tastes like sweaty gym socks. Not that I've ever tastes sweaty gym socks, but that's what I imagine sweaty gym socks would taste like.
2007-08-30 22:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bluebird of happiness whispered in my ear...........(i can't tell!) Had not a wit to do with cilantro tho!
2007-08-30 21:44:13 · answer #11 · answered by EMT Pete 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋