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Cilantro is the Spanish word for the leaves of the coriander plant (it’s also sometimes called Chinese parsley). It’s used the world over under different names, so I grew up being forced to eat it occasionally. Believe me, I wish I could like it. It’s IN everything–my favorite Mexican food, my favorite Thai food, my favorite slaw at Firebird Rocky Mountain Grill. And it’s good for you, too.
But sadly, it tastes like bug spray to me. And I’m not alone. Turns out it tastes like soap or chemicals to a bunch of us (some studies have said as many as 15% of the population). I’m not making this up–according to this article about Cilantro Aversion, there may even be a genetic basis for it.
I don’t know if there is or not, but I don’t like it, and I’m happy to report that I’m not alone. Call us the Cilantro Haters. There’s even a website named I Hate Cilantro! I’ve been there. More than once.
According to the article, however, you can learn to like it by eating cilantro pesto (huh?). I choose not to go down that path. Besides, I tolerate it already; I just prefer to have it left out of what I’m eating. I also don’t like wasabi (mentioned in the article) and horseradish, two other pungent foods often disliked by cilantro haters. I hate mayo, but that’s not related to my genes. It’s just a food preference. And I do NOT tolerate mayo in anything, as some of my friends can tell you.
So what do you hate in your food? Does cilantro taste like soap or chemicals to you? And why is it that cilantro lovers feel this need to push it on the rest of us?
111 Comments on “I Hate Cilantro and It’s Not My Fault!”
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I hate it too, but I call it coriander (I’m English), and it was a shock to discover it smuggled into a dish under another name in a restaurant in America!
But what I hate even worse is black pepper, and there seems to be a licence for chefs to chuck that suff into everything! That seems illogical to me when its one of two seasonings that are readily available to consumers to add themselves at the table…
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:25 am.
We in the states call the fresh herb cilantro and the seeds of that same herb coriander so that’s probably where some confusion comes in.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:44 am.
As Miranda said, it’s a distinction between the seeds of the herb and the leaves. I’ve also heard it called Chinese parsley, and in Thailand, where I grew up, it’s called pak chee and they put it on top of everything! My dad and I were always saying to leave off the pak chee.
Pepper doesn’t bother me unless it’s in huge quantities. Sometimes it is.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:40 am.
I did not know what cilantro was, but coriander – some kind of herb??
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:39 am.
I had no idea that cilantro and coriander were the same thing, or from the same plant.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:09 am.
Yes. It’s weird because I don’t mind coriander seeds as a seasoning–I just don’t like the leaves AT ALL.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:44 am.
Yes, it’s the leaves of the coriander herb, which, in America, we call cilantro, which is the Spanish term. I think it evolved as the main term from its heavy use in Mexican food.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:44 am.
I really hate pepper, raw onion and capsicum. I love lemons, pickles, the occasional sweet chilli and mint flavoring. I am not fond of brie or camembert cheese and blue vein cheese is a bit much for me. I have a wider palette food wise than what Gamer Dude does and I am fussy. As for cilantro, I have no idea if I have tasted it or not.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 4:25 am.
Kelly, y’all probably call it coriander or Chinese parsley.
I like brie, but not camembert, gorgonzola, or blue cheese. Go figure.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:47 am.
Oh, then Gamer Dude LOVES the stuff. I’m pretty meh about it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 5:58 pm.
Not sure if I have ever had Cilantro. i do not eat MExican, mostly because it looks revolting. refried beans looks like something the cat threw-up.
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Hate tomatoes except in marinara sauce or pizza sauce.
Some things I prefer cooked and others raw.
Chinese food mostly does not agree with me; some sauces and some is the look of the food.
the only good banana is in a cookie or bread.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 5:18 am.
I would die if I couldn’t eat Mexican or Chinese or Thai food. Now if only they’d leave the cilantro out of it!
I know a lot of people who aren’t keen on raw tomatoes. I don’t mind it, but it’s not something I get excited about, if that makes sense. I’d much rather it in sauce.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:51 am.
Sabrina, I’m with you on mayo. People cannot hide that in food around me. I’ve had some dramatic reactions to sandwiches, especially when I’m hungry. I don’t mind Cilantro/Coriander, but I rarely cook with it (unless I’m pickling.) I will also not eat a banana based smoothie. Ew.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:14 am.
Yes, mayo is evil. But sadly I have no scientific basis for hating it. That would make my life SO much easier.
Bananas don’t bother me but I’ve been interested to see how many people they DO bother. And my husband hates the synthetic banana flavor.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:03 am.
I’ll pretty much eat anything. the only thing I can’t have is shrimp because I’m allergic. But other than that, whatever. I’m not sure if I’ve had cilantro. But I’m not a fan of Mexican either. Maybe that’s why.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:37 am.
You never know! I know someone who’s not keen on Mexican and Indian because of the cumin in it. Certain spices can be very off-putting. *G*
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:04 am.
I don’t like curry, cumin or anchovies.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:03 am.
And I like all three! One good thing about your dislikes, though–they’re not foods you run into in regular food much.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:05 am.
Cilantro in small doses is fine with me. I think there’s some in my fridge right now that needs to be tossed. I think I got it for some soup, and it was tasty in there.
The thing I can’t stand is big, nasty beefsteak tomatoes. They’re all watery and sugar-crystaly (yes, I’m sure that’s a word). ICK. Other kinds that don’t taste like watery versions of tomatoes I will eat in things, and if they’re cooked, it’s all good.
Oh yeah, and thanks to my grandmother, marzipan. Every year we’d get a marzipan pig. About two ounces of almond paste in the shape of a pig. It was supposed to bring us good luck for the coming year. We were expected to eat — and enjoy — it in front of her. Talk about nasty!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:06 am.
Aww, I LOVE marzipan! But I didn’t get it every year for Christmas, so maybe that would be a factor.
It IS a very distinctive taste–I can see how it would be something people either love or hate.
I prefer cooked tomatoes to raw, myself.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:06 am.
blech! I hate cilantro!
I was exposed to it a few yrs ago when my nanny boss asked me to cook a dish that was loaded with it. the stench stuck to my nose and fingers for days. It was awful. The next time i cooked with it, i used rubber gloves to protect my hands, but I could still smell it. sigh.
I don’t like Mexican food, maybe cilantro is why.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:09 am.
I think they tend to put cilantro in salsa in Mexican more than anything.
Sadly, it’s become a very trendy herb. Wikipedia said that for some people it tastes like a stink bug smells and that pretty well sums it up for me!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:08 am.
I don’t like rosemary. I’m not sure if I’ve ever had cilantro. If I did, it didn’t make a big impression. I’m not crazy about mayo or salad dressing unless it is in a Waldorf salad.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:09 am.
Rosemary is one of those herbs that can be really overpowering. I grow it in my backyard (because it’s so pretty and easy to grow), but I use it sparingly. It’s good for strong meats, but you can really overdo it easily.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:09 am.
One of my friends brought a rosemary pound cake to work. It was awesome! Of course, it WAS pound cake.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:02 pm.
I’m ont a big fan of sage organo or thyme. Sage and Oregano taste like I added dirt to my food. How do I know what dirt tastes like….I was once young. Thyme and Oregano though I can take in small amounts in soup. Thyme doesn’t taste like anything horrid, I just don’t like what it does to the flavor of the food. Not my cup of tea.
Basil however…add it to everything as far as I’m concerned. I grow it in the summer, and good thing because otherwise I’d be spending 1/2 of my salary on Basil. I also grow tons of thyme, but only because it smells so wonderful in the garden and flowers beautifully.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:21 am.
Ooh, I love basil, too. I used to grow it for salads, etc. I’ve gotten out of the habit recently. I should grow it again–Hubby loves it and cilantro.
I like sage and oregano and thyme, but oregano is probably the only one I could use in unsparing quantities. Sage can be a very strong taste for me, and so can thyme.
I never could get thyme to grow well, though. I just don’t have enough sunny spots for it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:11 am.
Not sure if I have ever had cilantro or not. I am not sure I would want to try it if it tastes like bug spray.
I can not stand sweet potato, I am probably in the minority here, but taste and colour just turn my nose. Also, creamed corn is just awful. The thought of it makes my stomach turn. I remember being forced to eat it as a kid and hating it. I don’t think I could swallow a spoonful of that now without gagging. Another is malt vinager. It smells like dirty feet. I don’t know how people add that to their food.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:26 am.
AmyS, it only tastes like bug spray to a select number of people. Everyone else says it’s delicious. That’s what’s so weird.
I’m not a fan of sweet potatoes either, but I can eat them if they’re done well. My grandma made fabulous fresh creamed corn, but the canned cream corn is awful.
Malt vinegar. Ugh.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:13 am.
I love cilantro, also wasabi. CR hates olives and avocados, which also seem to go together.
I hate egg whites. I can swallow them if mixed with yolks, but only barely.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:54 am.
I know a lot of people who hate olives and avocados, both of which I love. You’re right–people seem to either like both or hate both.
I like anchovies, too, which NOBODY seems to like.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:15 am.
You can keep the Anchovies…..
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:21 pm.
I generally avoid cabbage in any form, I’ve tried it off and on for years andd it still just doesn’t taste good, not horrible, but not good either. I like cilantro, and love authentic mexican, and tex-mex cooking. I mostly only like to get people to try cilantro on or in a dish if it is a traditional dish that is usually served with it. Other than in salsa or certain dishes, in Mexico, when I visited, the cilantro was usually just a topping option that you could take as much or as little of as you wanted. So if you haven’t acquired the taste that just leaves more for me
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Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:00 am.
The sad thing is that I do love authentic Mexican food and any form of it (california Mexican, tex-mex). But I would bet that if it’s a genetic thing, there are Hispanics who don’t like cilantro either.
I do like cabbage, but Hubby really doesn’t.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:18 am.
Wow. Such rage against cilantro. I use it all the time
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I don’t have any foods I really dislike, but I have some food sensitivities. Yeast is one. I am kind of lax about it because yeast is in everything, but I’m allergic to it. I try and stay away from bread.
Hot peppers taste like paint and make me feel horrible.
Mayo. Feels like a brick in my stomach and won’t digest. I think that’s probably true of all unhealthy fats, but mayo is the one I usually end up consuming. Don’t like it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:12 am.
People who love cilantro (like my brother, the amateur chef) don’t understand what a visceral reaction it provokes. But if YOU ate something that tasted like stink bugs to you, you wouldn’t like it either.
Funny thing about the mayo–when I was a kid, my grandmother said that my dislike of it was all in my head, that I should just “get over it.” And I asked her why I would want to “learn” to like something so unhealthy! She didn’t like that answer, but then in her day mayo wasn’t considered unhealthy.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:21 am.
I had to chuckle, Sabrina. I can’t stand cilantro either, and I absolute love Mexican food. I will tolerate it in small quantities in salsas and things, but I don’t eat pico de gallo simply because there is too much cilantro–basically the whole leaf, as well as huge chunks of raw white onions, but that’s another thing entirely. It’s vile to me. Don’t like the wasabi or the horseraddish either.
I also intensely dislike bell peppers and blue cheese and I can smell them if they are in anything I was presented to consume, and if I do smell it, I’m not eating it. Particularly the blue cheese. I can deal with small quantities of the bell peppers in meat sauce and things, if they are FINELY diced, but they are both very pungent and I’m not a fan.
Not big on olives either. I used to love black olives before I had my kids. I could literally open a can and eat every one. And, I used to hate mushrooms and avoided them like the plague. Now a gag reflex overtakes me with the smell of olives–ANY olives (the olive bar at our local grocery store makes me take the long way around to shop–yuck), and I love mushrooms cooked in things (although I’m still not a fan of raw ones). Go figure–those pregancy hormones are strange things.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:22 am.
It’s so true!! Pregnancy messes with your taste buds.
I loved gumbo all my life until I was pregnant. Suddenly it made me gag. That’s also when I added a love of lemon in my tea, go figure.
Then, when I had gastric bypass, they told us that it might alter our taste for things, and sure enough, all of a sudden I liked gumbo again. It’s the weirdest thing. I had some last night!
And yes, I stay away from pico de gallo for the same reason–cilantro. I don’t mind the raw onions, but it’s not my favorite.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:24 am.
The first time I tasted Cilantro, I got that soap flavor in my mouth. Since then, it doesn’t seem to taste like that. I wonder if there are different kinds.
I do not like raw onion. It upsets my stomach and “stays” with me for days. Double yuk on that. Raw peppers do the same thing.
Having lived in France, I can certainly say that I am open to all kinds of foods and tastes and I do love cheese of any kind. Having written that, I can say I lost a bet with an English friend while living there. He brought me a piece of cheese from the UK that looking like a chunk of mud and tasted like – well – you know. Ick!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:51 am.
What kind of cheese was it? I like most cheeses but there are a few that I just can’t tolerate.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:25 am.
Hate cilantro. Hate wisabi. Hate horseradish. Hate hot sauce. Hate hot mustard. Hate coffee. Hate tea. Hate pungent cheeses. Hate red wine. Hate beer. Hate octopus. Hate eggplant. Hate donuts. Hate organ meats. Hate mushrooms. Hate anchovies. Hate sourdough bread.
Shall I stop now?
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:57 am.
Yes, but you like blue cheese. Go figure. To me, that’s the worst!
Oddly enough, among the things on your list, I dislike seven or eight of them. Maybe we’re not so different!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:27 am.
I like bleu cheese, but only mixed in green salads or dressings. That’s about the only ‘stinky’ cheese I’ll tolerate. I don’t like red wine either, or any dry wine for that matter. I like mine fruity and a little on the sweet side sweet. I have no desire to acquire a taste for anything just to be accepted. It always reminds me of the emporer’s new clothes and the kid who called him out for being bare-butt naked. Octopus? Tried it once and it was like chewing rubber bands…I’ll pass. Don’t like anchovies either and though I’ve never eaten escargot, I’m pretty sure that’s not for me. Of course, there are things I won’t eat, on principal, like mountain oysters. A co-worker cooked them at work once and I tried it. It was delish, but I won’t eat it again unless I’m starving to death.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:09 pm.
Oh, and what’s with the sourdough bread, anyway? Why do people want their bread to taste sour???
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:27 am.
Don’t ask me! It’s blech.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:32 pm.
What is the matter with you?!?! Red wine?? Can you be a goddess and hate red wine? I’m putting this one on the goddess board agenda for our next meeting.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:31 pm.
I like white wine. Does that mean I’m a pale, puny version of a goddess?
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:33 pm.
You’re going to have to include me in that, since I don’t like it either! I don’t hate it, but it’s really not my favorite. But then I’m not a big wine drinker.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:58 pm.
I don’t mind Cilantro but I hate red peppers in my food. I don’t mind them raw but I hate them cooked. I will pick every last one of them out of my food.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:04 am.
I have a friend who’s like that with onions. My husband hates all red peppers, too, raw or cooked. Since I love them, he gives them all to me!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:28 am.
OMG I hate Cilantro and i work in a grocery store, I hate going in when they are preping it to go out on the floor just the smell turns me off. Then when I make cowboy caviar I have to chop it, which I have to wear gloves because you can’t get that smell off your hands. Sabrina how can you live in the South and not eat Potato salad? You have to use Mayo in it. Then again you aren’t showing the Mayo of the south which is Dukes! Maybe if you used Dukes you’d learn to tolerate it. I don’t eat Cheese unless it’s grilled, tolerate Cheeseburgers.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:12 am.
Sadly, it doesn’t matter which brand of mayo it is. I don’t like the combo of egg yolks and oil, period. I don’t even really like hollandaise or aioli. So I don’t think brand matters.
I do like German potato salad, made with vinegar dressing! Does that count?
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:30 am.
I absolutely HATE Bell Peppers of any kind. Refuse to eat them. They have an overpowering taste to me and make my stomach hurt and other gastric “issues” if I happen to eat something that has them in it. Here in the South, USA, it seems everyone puts it in everything!!! We have a BBQ place near here that puts it in every dish. Baked beans, Mac and Cheese, Corn, cornbread, YUCK!!! And many a seafood dish has been ruined by bell peppers. Why in the would would you use that in a delicate dish like crab cakes?? or Baked Tilapia? Cilantro, I can take or leave. I like it in salsa, but only in small amounts. I don’t care for Mexican food either and windup getting Shrimp nachos (or something else I can recognize) when hubby has to have a fix. I will not eat anything that is unrecognizable on my plate! Won’t eat brussel sprouts, beets, turnip greens, collards, black-eyed peas. Shudder! I was raised in the South, but I don’t put any of that nasty stuff in my mouth! Shall I continue???
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:30 am.
Funny thing about the bell peppers. I have a friend who loves them but is allergic to them because they’re from the nightshade family (a poison). I sometimes wonder if people dislike bell peppers because they’re allergic. She gets migraines. Maybe your gastric issues with them are trying to tell you something!
I know that’s a hard one to dislike, though. They really do put bell peppers in everything. And onions. Just ask my friend who hates onions.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:33 am.
Maybe so, Sabrina. I’ve always had “issues” even as a child with bell peppers. I just figured it was a taste thing, but it may be my body’s self-defense against something that would hurt it. I remember making spaghetti sauce from scratch with my mom and wondering why she used such vile things in the sauce. I didn’t eat spaghetti much then or now because I didn’t like the taste of the red sauce. It might be the peppers in the sauce I don’t like. Good Thought!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:42 am.
I’ve actually never heard that. That could be the reason why I have such a visceral reaction to them.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:08 pm.
I’m with you, honey!! I can’t stand them either. My mother and father used to cut them up and eat them raw. They could actually have a dinner of raw bell pepper, raw onion and raw tomato on their plate. YUCK! I love tomatoes and I don’t mind onion, but I like it better cooked than raw. The bell peppers just smell awful. When I order fajitas anywhere, I always have to have them leave them off because it pollutes the rest of the fajitas and onion.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:07 pm.
One summer I had a very bad cold. You know the kind where you can’t breathe properly nor where you can smell or taste anything. I sent DH to the store because we needed salsa, and I love cilantro. However, FIL hates it. So, DH came back with a bunch. I chopped it and threw it in with the rest of the stuff. FIL loved it! He couldn’t figure out why. Everyone loved the salsa that day. Well, when I got home and was cleaning up, I noticed the tag from the “cilantro”. It was really Italian flat-leaf parsley. Looks like cilantro, chops like it, but is really a parsley. And has a different taste. I would recommend trying this for cilantro haters who like salsa. You get the green color but a totally different flavor.
Our favorite summer salad dressing is Mayo, blue cheese, and lemon juice (I’ve subbed lime before and no one can tell the difference). I love it on fresh salads, but it has to be real Mayo, not Miracle Whip or the fake stuff.
I love the aromatic herbs. I love cooking with them, but now that I read through the comments and think about it, I mostly use it with roast beef and other beef dishes that can take the strength of their flavor. Basil grows well here, but rosemary doesn’t like our winters. I’ve never tried growing thyme.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:35 am.
Yes, people often mistake certain parsleys for cilantro, because they look so similar.
I like most of the other aromatic herbs. Just not cilantro. *G*
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:50 am.
I don’t hate cilantro, but I am definitely not a fan. If it’s in something, I’ll pick it out. It drives me crazy when my mom (who LOVES cilantro) puts it in everything… “here, try it, it’s good!” NO! It’s not.
Otherwise, my food aversions (which make several of my family members and friends annoyed) are onions (in EVERYTHING), mayo, mushrooms (also in everything), and green peppers. Yuck. Unfortunately, those are my mother-in-law’s favourite ingredients. Needless to say, whenever we go to her place for dinner (every Saturday), I only eat the side dish of plain veggies.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:44 am.
My brother does the same thing–”cilantro is great, come on, you’ll like it.” He doesn’t have an aversion to anything. Drives me nuts!
I have a friend who hates onions, too.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:52 am.
My SIL insists she is ‘allergic’ to onions and we all know that she is not, she just doesn’t like them. She, like my daughter, likes the flavor, just not the consistency when they’re cooked. So I use onion powder in my cooking a lot. They both love it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:11 pm.
My friend is fine with onion powder. It has a lot to do with the consistency for her, too.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:59 pm.
I had heard the story about cilantro. Fortunately I don’t have a problem with the taste of it.
I can’t stand onions or celery in my food. Sacrilege! I know! I have never been able to stand the taste and/or feel of it in my food. My Mom made me try it over and over, but it never worked. So, for holiday meals she has to prepare two of every dish that calls for those two ingredients. Well, she doesn’t have to, but she does. My nephew has the same problem and he is a far less picky eater than I. Maybe this dislike of crunchy vegetables in things like chicken and dressing and potato salad is a genetic quirk in my family!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:47 am.
I don’t know, but I have a friend who hates onions in anything. It’s more common than you’d think, judging from responses on this blog today!
My mom finally gave up on trying to make me eat mayo, too. *G*
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:40 pm.
My Dad hates cilantro as well! In fact, we’ve boycotted Mexican restaurants because they commit the sin of having cilantro in their salsa. Big mistake, lol! I’ll have to send him the link to the I Hate Cilantro webpage.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:48 am.
Ah, more rebels!!! I love it!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:40 pm.
I love the taste of cilantro. I use it heavily in my salsa. But I add it to sald also.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:48 am.
Just don’t make it for me, LOL!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:41 pm.
My sista!
I loath cilantro. Like you, I am fine with the seed, but then it morphs into this nasty, horrible leaf that contaminates all it touches.
There are other things I don’t care for, but nothing gets the hate flowing like cilantro.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:54 am.
I know what you mean! I actually have learned to tolerate it occasionally, but it’s like tolerating a nasty chemical in my food. I wish they would just give me the option to leave it out!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:42 pm.
To me, cilantro tastes like water in which you wash your dishes. Yuk!
For the rest I like lots of things. I don’t have aversions for most vegetables, but I don’t eat inards. No stomach or liver or kidneys for me!!!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:57 am.
I can do liver when it’s in pate, but I don’t like it by itself. I don’t know if I’ve ever actually eaten stomach. While it’s used to stuff things in, you don’t usually eat it in those instances. Kidney isn’t a favorite of mine either.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:43 pm.
I LOVE cilantro. I would eat it in everything I cook, if my husband and son didn’t hate it as much as I love it. My husband says it taste like soap, and my son says it taste it dirt:/
There are foods I’m allergic to and can’t eat, but the only food I HATE and refuse to eat is blue cheese, yuck!!!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 11:58 am.
I hate blue cheese, too! Which is weird because I like most other cheeses.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:43 pm.
OH I LOVE Cilantro. And I do use it in a lot of foods. I have known that Coriander and Cilantro is the same thing. I even grow my own Cilantro. What I hate the most food wise is Lima Beans. I think that they are the grossest beans there is. I am not a big fan of Mayo ether. I rather have Miracle whip.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:13 pm.
Not a fan of lima beans myself. Which is weird because I like most other beans!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:44 pm.
I totally agree with you ladies! I hate cilantro, too. I think part of the problem is that so much of it is put into food! I’m not a big fan of Mexican food in general, too spicy for me, between the hot peppers & the cilantro. Yuck!
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:27 pm.
There is a lot of Mexican foods that are not spicy at all. It just depends on how one cooks it and what people put in it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:37 pm.
I love Mexican food, which is why it’s so frustrating that they put cilantro in the pico de gallo (which I never eat). I like hot peppers, though.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:45 pm.
I dont like blue cheese or gorgonzola. Yuk.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:28 pm.
Amen! Can’t stand either one.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:46 pm.
I like Cilantro but hate wasabi or horseradish. I don’t eat anything that burns my nose.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:39 pm.
LOL! It’s not the burning of it that bothers me; it’s the taste. I like hot peppers, for example, and jalapenos.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:47 pm.
I’m not sure that I know what cilantro tastes like. I am sure it has shown up in restaurants on food I’ve eaten, so if I am not sure of its taste I guess I did not hate it.
My hate food is beans. All beans. If you cook beans with other things, to my mind it all tastes beany, and I don’t like it. I will eat chili with beans, but that is about it. Baked beans too, but they really have to be worked up with lots of other stuff and flavors.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:50 pm.
I love beans, myself, but my husband likes only red beans and black beans. To me, a bean is a bean, but I guess not. *G*
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:59 pm.
Sorry, I don’t hate cilantro but I am right there with you on Mayo, horseradish and wasabi. Don’t put ketchup in anything I will taste it and hate it;there are very limited uses for ketchup, fries, fries potatoes,and that is pretty much it. I don’t like it on meat or in sandwiches or dressings. Please no seafood, I will eat tuna or poached halibut if I can’t get out of it but nothing else.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:18 pm.
I love shellfish of just about any kind, but fish isn’t my favorite. It has to be fried or done Thai style for me to like it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:00 pm.
I don’t think I will ever like shell food, it hasn’t happened yet. I do love when my DIL, Mahni makes Thai food,her mom is Thai and she taught Mahni how to cook.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:05 pm.
I’ll eat pretty much anything, except liver. I guess cilantro doesn’t bother me because I love Mexican food. Just don’t make it too hot…I can only stand medium heat.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:35 pm.
Half my family likes their food really hot and half likes it only mild. Isn’t that weird?
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:01 pm.
I’m not a huge fan of cilantro. I can eat it, but I don’t buy it when I need it for a recipe. I think I only like it in pico de gallo if it’s used minimally.
I HATE mayo. The smell, the taste, texture, etc. When I was like in 6th grade, I read that mayo is good for your hair. I got it in my hair, but then I started gagging. I had to wash my hair immediately. Three times to get the smell out of my hair. It ruined my hair, lol.
Any stinky, moldy cheese is not ever going to pass my lips. Nor will Catalina salad dressing, raw onions. mushrooms in any form, or any kind of seafood (the smell of it makes me gag like no one’s business. Pregnancy made it worse.).
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:55 pm.
Catalina salad dressing is my favorite, but I’m with you on the mayo. It makes me gag, too. I don’t even like the smell.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:02 pm.
I love cilantro, I grow my own so I have it on hand when I make mex or asian foods .But like any seanoning I never like when they overdo so that I taste nothing else.I like most foods but don’t eat some as they don’t like me .Most instant foods have something in them that just make my system go haywire.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:13 pm.
It might be msg. MSG is in lots of instant foods, and it doesn’t sit well with lots of people, my husband included.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:26 pm.
I can’t eat msg. When I order Chinese, I always say “no msg.” They nod, sure. But sometimes they still use it. I can tell immediately, because I get a mild allergic reation to it.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 10:44 pm.
I love cilantro but I’ve heard of that aversion thing. Lucky for our family no one has it because we love Mexican food and it’s in a lot of it. I have tried cilantro pesto, but can’t say whether it would fix your aversion since I like cilantro itself.
I only like mayo on a few things, and then sparingly.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:14 pm.
It’s hard when one of you likes it and the other doesn’t. Hubby really loves it, but I never cook anything with it because I don’t. We don’t usually cook Mexican at home, anyway, so he gets his fix whenever we order out Mexican.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:27 pm.
Don’t really care for cilantro, either. Another thing I don’t like as a seasoning is oregano. I much prefer basil in my sauces. I’ve never been allergic to any foods that I know of, so I’m pretty lucky there. I do like most of the foods most everyone has listed here as not liking, especially mayo. It’s one of my major food groups, although I realize it’s not that good for me.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:36 pm.
I like basil a lot, too! But I also love oregano.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:28 pm.
I am with you on the wasabi and horseradish, but I do like cilantro. I think that the way it is prepared can determine whether it will have that soap taste – it’s like adding edible flowers, to eat lavender you must have the right mix, too much (which could be an extra dash) you have made a soap bread.
I have an aversion to mushrooms and mushroom lovers always want you to have it – yuck! I also despise shrimp, lobster, cabbage – that includes the rank sourkraut.
I am a picky eater, but there have been studies done that say picky eaters have more tastebuds, so I guess we have better taste
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 5:38 pm.
I don’t consider myself a picky eater, but what I don’t like, I don’t like. I’ve never believed you should try to make people eat things they don’t like. Things they’ve never tried, maybe, but not things they know they don’t like.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 6:43 pm.
I’m good either way. I’m not a picky eater. The few things I will not eat are shellfish (allergic) and any seafood for that matter, rolled/link sausage, liver and there may be a few others, but these just came to mind.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 5:55 pm.
I have SO many friends who are allergic to shellfish! It’s such a shame. I’m glad I’m not actually allergic to anything (that I know of).
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 6:44 pm.
I like cilantro in my salsa and tomatoes. I love having cherry tomatoes growing in my backyard so I can just walk outside and eat them right off the vine. I can’t stand liver, brussel sprouts, beer, and only can do mushrooms when they are on a pizza (sparingly). Horseradish is ok when it’s on prime rib as long as it’s the creamy kind.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 6:31 pm.
I do like cherry tomatoes, I must admit, although I’m not a big fan of most regular tomatoes. And I LOVE sundried tomatoes.
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 6:45 pm.
I utterly despise mayo. My mom swore I would outgrow it (and my dislike of canned tuna, but I never have.) The smell and taste of mayo makes me gag. I once went on a business trip to the south, and ordered a burger at a diner next to my hotel. It came slathered in mayo (which was not listed on the menu or I would have said no thanks.) The waitress was not happy with me when I sent it back.
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:41 am.
I hate spinach – the smell of it even gets me.
I dont cilantro either.
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:53 am.
Cilantro smells like stink bugs to me…and the after taste is exactly the same–stink bug. Ugh! Despise it. But I love parsley, so I don’t know what the deal is with that. My brother loves the beer Heinekin (sp?) and I am one of those people who think of it as ‘Skunky Beer’. That stuff hit my part of the US in the mid seventies when I was in high school. Of course it was ‘cool’ to drink it. I heard all my friends raving about it when we were out one night. I tasted somebody’s and nearly barfed. I swear the after taste had me looking around to see if a skunk had creeped inside the room! Yuk! So, I hate cilantro and Heineken beer. Unfortunately, that leaves millions of other perfectly acceptable foods and beverages that I will glady eat or drink my weight in.
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:35 pm.
I actually love cilantro, wasabi, horseradish, mushrooms, brussel sprouts and tofu. Mayonnaise, not so much (Miracle Whip is fine). I hate beer, though, and don’t get blue cheese anywhere near me! Gag.
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 10:51 pm.
The very next time I read a blog, Hopefully it won’t fail me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, nonetheless I genuinely believed you’d have something helpful to talk about. All I hear is a bunch of crying about something that you can fix if you weren’t too busy seeking attention.
Posted on April 10, 2013 at 12:01 am.