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24 January 2007
I am so sorry that people are angry at each other→[More:]
I don't have anything to add to the current drama.
But I'm very sad that people are hollering at each other and quitting and all this shit.
I'm doing it and thinking, man, this is really uncomfortable. What happened was, my thing was between the cushions on the couch and I didn't even know it.
It's normal for people to be angry at each other. Everything that can be resolved will be and everything that can't wasn't any worse than it was before. Plus, fuckit.
May I take this unopportunity to announce that I actually do like cilantro. It smells fantastically, I love it on summer salads. It boggles my mind that almost everyone else on MetaChat hates it.
I clearly take it upon myself to fill in blanks. Erm, voids.
I notice many people do not like cilantro. There is no neutral ground. Either you love it or hate it. I love it.
I am currently in a love-hate relationship with a 10X magnifying mirror. I find looking at my pores and imperfections deeply enjoyable and frightening at the same time.
I like cilantro, I cook with it, I made an insanely good salsa cruda with tons of cilantro to top some broiled red snapper a few weeks ago, but I know exactly why people hate it. I'm always about two seconds away from going on an all out war against cilantro. In times like this I always feel the need to quote my favorite derelict Shane MacGowan:
"You know, I've been a lover and a hater of of beetroot all my life."
I swear, if there's one more emo post I'm going quit. Actually I'm going to barf, then quit. [/snark]
LOL
Oh, and I too am a fan of the cilantro, and I think it goes quite nice with lime. Also, cilantro seeds, or coriander, are quite nice and citrusy. While cilantro may not be mannah from heaven, it certainly is nice and yummy.
Sigh. Nothing works. Here I thought I would start a shitfest to divert attention. But nah! now you all like cilantro. Fine then, I'll take the neutral ground LoriFLA is talking about. That'll show you! Hm? Hm?
Coriander and cilantro aren't the same thing, but they are from the same plant. Coriander is the seeds, and the cilantro is the leafy stuff. They taste very different. How can people not eat thai food?
Funny, we call it Corriander over here.
On preview, arse_hat--we call the leaves, Corriander leaves too.
(My sister once asked a Subway attendant to not put Capsicum on her sandwich, and she burst out laughing... she couldn't fathom how a person could call a Bell Pepper a "Capsicum".)
eekacat: I'm so sad that you don't like emo posts. Maybe if I loaned you my copy of Franny and Zooey, it would help you process your un-tapped feelings of regret. You are clearly hiding some pain in there, eekacat, and I want you to let it wash over you.
Meanwhile, I neither like nor dislike cilantro. I do, however, want to know what Joannie was thinking when Chachi was humping the couch.
I love cilantro. Thanks to MeCha, I have got out of the habit of calling it coriander, which is what we call it in England. People look at me as if I'm weird if I ask for cilantro in a supermarket.
And I wish I had not clicked that link about Scott Baio. Talk about TMI that I really did not need to know.
Yesterday I was chopping up some cilantro for some pico de gallo I was making and I said to my wife, "Do you know that some people really don't like cilantro?"
Apparently it's the high saponin (compound in soap) content that people don't like. Some people have more receptors on their tongue for saponin than others. Apparently.
I think it tastes delightfully fresh and bright. Bring it on!
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