On Thu 19 May 2005 04:33:35p, Damsel wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> sarah bennett > said:
>
>>its funny. ive read so many places that *some* people detect a soapy or
>>copper-like taste in cilantro, and thats why they dont like it. i can
>>taste a bit of those things in cilantro, but thats part of why i like
>>it. i guess im just abberrant
>
> The first time I bought it, all the way home, something smelled like
> insecticide to me. Got in the house, and the insecticide smell
> followed. I finally isolated the source of the smell and decided I
> didn't even want to taste it (it was a new food to me at the time). So
> what did good ol' Carol do? Put the cilantro down the garbage disposal.
> Talk about bruising the leaves and releasing their scent! Whoa!
>
> Now I love the stuff.
> Carol

That makes two of us. The very first time I bought it, I got it home and
thought the smell was strange. I tasted it and decided it was spoiled.
Into the disposal it went.

I love it now, too.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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