Does Coriander taste awful to you?

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.

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.

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.

Snowie

Larianne wrote: »

Who puts celery in stews?

finely chopped it can give a nice base flavor to the stu some what peppery taste. Same reason why you use it in risottos!

pickarooney

I love coriander but parsley makes me heave. Because they look so alike it's like paying Russian roulette when trying to pick out out at the market.

Hootanany

LordChessington wrote: »

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

3 now

Fresh coriander tastes like soap to me.
I still like it though.

mickstupp

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

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

It tastes very metallic to me, chemicals, and sort of like if you somehow manage to get shampoo suds in your gob in the shower. Awful awful taste. If there's any corriander in food I can't eat it. It drowns out every other taste completely so the whole meal tastes disgusting.

bnt wrote: »

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

Haha! They have a haiku section.

Mr Benevolent

Tastes fine to me. Celery is evil though.

0ph0rce0

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Yes and lemon grass, rocket lettuce and cinnamon

Coriander Is Muck

You are me just in another body

HORRIBLE STUFF!!!!

Lemon Grass - Just Reminds Me Of That ****e You Burn In A Candle

Rocket - YUK!!!! Tastes Like Its Still In The Ground

Cinnamon - The Reason I Cant Eat Anything That Tastes Of Cinnamon Was A Bad Night On This ****

http://www.ceetar.com/optimisticmetsfan/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/aftershock.jpg

Annasopra

MurdyWurdy wrote: »

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?

It tastes like fairy liquid

Shenshen

No, I actually rather like it.
It's not my favourite herb, but it's got its place.
I remember I found it a little odd tasting when I first tried it, but it really grew on me.

There's only one taste/flavour I can think of that I dislike and that no matter how much I try I cannot get myself to like, and that's anisseed. And anything anisseedy, such as celery (celeriac I'm kind of fine with, though), fennel, carraways, licorice, etc.

Annasopra

I dont think Celery or Celeriac taste of aniseed at all. I used to hate fennel but I really like it now slow roasted because the strong aniseed flavour leaves it.

Also Coriander seeds and Coriander leaf are completely different - Coriander seeds are quite nice and have a lemony tang - I'd use them a lot. Coriander is horrible.

Cucumber and green peppers are absolutely horrible too - vile

Sala

I can relate, I used to hate coriander, thought it tasted like getting fairy liquid in your mouth but now a few years later I love it! It no longer tastes like soap to me, I must have become accustomed to it over the years and acquired a taste. I remember how awful carrot and coriander soup smelled to me, I can't even believe they are the same herb now. Maybe my genetics have changed :-) I might give celery another go, I recall it being foul

shockwave

Never tried it s no idea what it tastes like.

looking_around

should've added a vote, but yeah, I've always thought it tasted like washing up liquid >.>

ToddyDoody

I like the carrot and corry-and-her soup to be fair. In saying that now, I'd be in it for the carrot, not the coriander

jill_valentine

So are coriander, celery and cucumber the only ones like this? Not just that people don't like them, but that they actually taste different to people?

I love coriander, cucumber makes me heave though. I can't stand it, even a trace of it, in anything else.

southsiderosie

Thai and Mexican are my two favorite kinds of food, so I can't imagine life without coriander! :eek:

amacca wrote: »

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:)

Cat piss?

There is nothing better in the summer than stacks of fresh tomato and mozzarella with a slice of raw basil on top. I don't even like tomatoes that much, but that combination...plus a nice glass of red wine...NOM NOM NOM.

YFlyer

amacca wrote: »

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:)

Wash the basil before using and don't use soapy water :pac:

Blingy

Wouldn't be a fan of coriander or lemongrass.
Find even the smell of cucumber horrid. I find it has a really strong smell and taste and the same for celery. Met so many people that think im mad though and the rest of my family like them and keep telling me there isn't a smell or flavour.

Arcsin

Hoegaarden - Belgian wheat beer spiced with coriander and orange peel. Nicest beer you will ever taste.

Zebra3

Vodka + lemongrass = The Lawnmower. :pac:

WayneMolloy

Carrot and coriander soup is the GOAT soup.

Thats lunch sorted today.

Ta.

Duggy747

One Xmas, the sister made Coriander soup so we could eat it while we waited for the turkey.

It tasted horrific and everyone looked at each other with disgust. The sister was still out in the kitchen so we had to plan how to get rid of the soup.

So, the father distracted her and brought her to another room while the rest of us went to the kitchen and dumped the lot. She comes back thinking we eat it so fast because we loved it.

Eurgh, I can still taste it. Was like thick Fairy Liquid

newspower

Duggy747 wrote: »

One Xmas, the sister made Coriander soup so we could eat it while we waited for the turkey.

I can feel my stomach heaving just thinking of that. What sort of a sister is she?:D I hate Coriander. Cannot eat Thai food that is laced with Coriander or I would be sick within fifteen Minutes. It is the only food I cannot eat. But I can eat Cucumber and Celery