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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.

That is all.
Serenity Now.
posted by LoriFLA 24 January | 22:45
Lets make this a happy thread: Enjoy this movie about a kiwi.
posted by youngergirl44 24 January | 22:47
Stop it. Post about something else. For the love of god.
posted by brainwidth 24 January | 22:48
Sweet mother of pearl, will it ever end?
posted by viachicago 24 January | 22:58
Hey, I tried. That kiwi is pretty effing cute!
posted by youngergirl44 24 January | 22:59
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.
posted by danostuporstar 24 January | 23:05
He's a couch-fucker, dude. With a record.
posted by trondant 24 January | 23:21
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.
posted by Divine_Wino 24 January | 23:28
This is how it works in an adversarial system.
posted by mullacc 24 January | 23:29
It smells like cilantro in here.
posted by bunnyfire 24 January | 23:33
How you hate cilantro, bunnyfire, boggles my mind.
posted by youngergirl44 24 January | 23:36
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.
posted by carmina 24 January | 23:40
And I repeat what others said, repeatedly.
posted by carmina 24 January | 23:46
carmina, cilantro fan here.
posted by arse_hat 24 January | 23:47
please, dear arse_hat, do not spoil it for me.
posted by carmina 24 January | 23:48
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.
posted by LoriFLA 24 January | 23:49
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."
posted by Divine_Wino 24 January | 23:52
(I love cilantro too)
posted by gaspode 24 January | 23:53
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.
posted by eekacat 24 January | 23:54
I love cilantro. Sure, it can overwhelm, but when balanced with some other flavors (lime, or chili, or avocado, among others), it'll change your life.
posted by box 24 January | 23:57
I, ummm, well.... I'm not sure I know what cilantro is.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 00:03
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?
posted by carmina 25 January | 00:04
TPS, cilantro/coriander is an herb. It's the green chopped up leaves that are in salsa.
posted by LoriFLA 25 January | 00:06
I, for one, am positively THRILLED that this post has turned into one about cilantro. Good going!

No really, I mean that.
posted by mudpuppie 25 January | 00:07
Salsa is the new ketchup.
posted by LoriFLA 25 January | 00:08
Ghostbusters is the Ghostbusters of our generation.
posted by Divine_Wino 25 January | 00:13
I, ummm, well.... I'm not sure I know what cilantro is.

cilantro is what i named my penis. why everybody here keeps insisting they cook with it is anyone's guess.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 25 January | 00:16
The shaved head is the new combover.
posted by box 25 January | 00:17
Pluto is the new dwarf.
posted by LoriFLA 25 January | 00:18
i like the sound it makes thumping against the counter.

Salsa is the old ketchup.

Cilantro is great but not for anywhere or everything.

i don't know who has a real reason to be angry at anyone but i don't really care.
posted by ethylene 25 January | 00:20
Pluto was a dog owned by Goofy who was a dog. That's slavery is it not?
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 00:23
Pluto was NOT Goofy's dog! Was he?
posted by mudpuppie 25 January | 00:25
Oh yes babe! How sick is that?
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 00:27
cilantro is what i named my penis

If only you knew the things I can do with,
cilantro.
Duh.

Cilantro is great but not for anywhere or everything.

I hope he is sensible and uses protection.
posted by carmina 25 January | 00:28
If you don't like cilantro, does that mean you don't eat Thai food? That would be terrible. Thai food is the best.
posted by bigblueroom 25 January | 00:34
Coriander is the same as cilantro? That's the second thing I learned today.
posted by youngergirl44 25 January | 00:36
And Pluto was Mickey's dog, not Goofy's.
posted by youngergirl44 25 January | 00:39
Also - Pluto is the new dwarf
posted by youngergirl44 25 January | 00:41
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?
posted by eekacat 25 January | 00:43
I LOVE Thai food.

(I never ask what they put IN it. Let's keep me ignorant, 'k?)
posted by bunnyfire 25 January | 00:43
Never liked that fucking mouse. Must have blocked that out youngergirl44.

Coriander is the name of the plant and the name of the spice made from the seeds. Cilantro is the leaves of the Coriander plant.
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 00:44
i have never tried thai food. then again, where i live it would probably be wise to avoid the thai places. if there are any.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 25 January | 00:45
JINX eekacat
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 00:45
Detroit has the best Thai outside of Thailand. mmmmmmmmmm!
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 00:47
I want some chicken satay and green curry right freaking now.

(Also, I almost said something really mean, but now I'm happy that I didn't.)
posted by box 25 January | 00:52
Awesome salad: sliced smoked tofu, cilantro, soy sauce, sesame oil. I could eat this for days.
posted by casarkos 25 January | 00:57
How does everyone feel about marjoram?
posted by youngergirl44 25 January | 00:57
Chopped cilantro and 2p sesame oil with 1p of an acid make a great vinaigrette.
posted by arse_hat 25 January | 01:04
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".)
posted by hadjiboy 25 January | 01:04
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.

posted by brina 25 January | 01:05
Fresh sugar snap peas and marjoram sauteed for a few minutes in white wine will make your toes curl.

weretable, it looks like this place is your best bet.
posted by bigblueroom 25 January | 01:16
weretable, we have a couple good (decent) Thai places in the area. You might have to drive a short bit. Let me know if you're interested.
posted by lilywing13 25 January | 02:49
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.
posted by essexjan 25 January | 03:59
Coriander always makes me think of the band Oleander.
posted by youngergirl44 25 January | 05:26
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?"

She replied, "Why?"

I said, "I don't know."
posted by Otis 25 January | 08:39
Otis, some people don't like cilantro because our genetics are different from those that do.

I am actually serious. To some of us it tastes and smells like a gross soapy thing, to others, apparently, it tastes edible.

Guess which category I fall into.
posted by bunnyfire 25 January | 08:43
I am neutral about cilantro. I like some things that have it, but I don't go out of my way to eat it.
posted by matildaben 25 January | 11:20
I love cilantro, and even grow it.

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!
posted by Miko 25 January | 11:27
Safeguard soap is delightfully fresh and bright too.

But I don't EAT it.
posted by bunnyfire 25 January | 12:52
I'm with matildaben - I'm neutral on cilantro.
posted by deborah 25 January | 14:06
I hear Oliver Sacks wants to write the Scott Baio book: The Man Who Mistook his Co-Star's Couch for a Vagina.

As for cilantro, I love it so much that if I could marry it, I would. (Unless tarragon proposed first.)
posted by scody 25 January | 14:57
My heart belongs to basil.
posted by Miko 25 January | 16:04
Cilantro in salsa is a big yummy.
posted by King of Prontopia 25 January | 16:22
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