In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Chris Marksberry wrote:
>
> >
> > And I had to vote a VERY FIRM YES! Even if there a minimal amount of
> > cilantro in something to me it tastes like a bar of Ivory soap. Some
> > people
> > are of the opinion that this is genetic.
>
> If you were a child who used inappropriate language around my mother you
> would
> know as well as I do what Ivory soap tastes like :-)

<grins> For me it was the teachers at school...
I was in parochial school thru the 5th grade. ;-)

>
> Cilantro seems to be one of those things that North Americans seem to love or
> hate, but judging from the number of ethnic cuisines where it is a common
> ingredient, they seem to like it a lot more than most of us. I like it, but
> would describe the taste as being more like copper than soap. My wife doesn't
> not care for it.

I don't care for it either, but my mom loved it.
Same for Arugula.
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