"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Katra wrote:
>
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>> >
>> > > What can substitute for cilantro in a cucumber and red pepper
>> > > salad?
>> > > Thanks.....Sharon
>> >
>> > I have substituted parsley for cilantro. It gives the colour but not
>> > the
>> > texture. Maybe you could file up a few pennies to give it that copper
>> > taste
>> > that I detect in cilantro :-)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Just add a few soap shavings for the proper flavor....... ;-P
>> --
>
> LOL Not a cilantro lover Katra? My wife likes most foods, but she is not
> a fan
> of cilantro, and lots of others truly dislike it. I like it and find that
> cilantro, in the right amount can really make a dish.
>
I can vouch for disdain for cilantro (I love it!). I was in the ER one
night waiting and the doctor started talking to me about food. I was ill and
didn't want to talk, but someone mentioned some Asian food, and the word,
'cilantro' must have/might have come up. The reason I remember it is that
the females on the desk/and-or nurses - perhaps three of them were saying
the word in a most disdainful (and loud) way, pronouning it is various
demeaning ways, making fun of someone (perhaps me?) who said they really
liked it and going on/and/on about it, creating more conversation I've ever
heard about one little green leaf. You would have thought they were
discussing eating fresh monkey brains from a container. I was glad there
was nothing seriously wrong with me, because I was really glad to get out of
there -- there was not a glimmer of sunshine in sight on any faces I saw.
I would say that their dislike of cilantro might fall under the category of
something more than taste. Yikes!
Dee