NEWS: Cilantro hatred moves to Facebook

Facebook groups have sprouted up to bash all kinds of foods, ranging from broccoli to Brussels sprouts. (One is called "I Hate Tomatoes, But I Love Ketchup And Other Tomato-Based Products.") But anti-cilantro groups are especially plentiful. They include "Cilantro Isn't Edible," "People Who Hate Cilantro And Think There Should Be Laws Against Its Use," and "Youth Understanding Cilantro Kills (Y.U.C.K.)." The Web site IHateCilantro.com, which dubs the herb the "most offensive food known to man," has accumulated 2,519 members.

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You can find anything there nowadays, but I liked the vitriol. I used to be pretty anti-cilantro, but now enjoy it in modest amounts. However, there will never be an entertaining group called "I Used to Dislike Cilantro But Now Kinda Like It."

Walt

This does not surprise me one bit because Facebook has always attracted the weirdoes. First it was home to the child molesters trolling for children and now it hosts the cilantro haters.

I have long been a member of I Hate Cilantro.Com

Here's a vote for the huge and getting 'huger' I love cilantro.com as all the members know and the word is spreading that cilantro is good for darn near anything that ails you, from curing acne to athlete's foot!
And it's essential in all sorts of cuisines like Mexican, Latin in general, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, African, Asian and would probably be featured in Eskimo cuisine if they could grow it!
Next you cilantro haters are gonna tell us you also hate broccoli!

Here's a vote for the huge and getting 'huger' I love cilantro.com as all the members know and the word is spreading that cilantro is good for darn near anything that ails you, from curing acne to athlete's foot!

I'll eat cilantro but I am sure as hell not going to rub it all over my feet!!

I've got plenty of dislikes including pickles and olives, and will eat broccoli with a gun at my head; but have never had a problem with cilantro. Go figa.

I like cilantro just fine.

i detest cilantro; but am not a 'joiner'. if i were i would also join or even start and ihatelovage.com site.

[David M. Bueker]

The only thing I hate more than cilantro is a corked wine.

Hmm. I might actually have to consider joining facebook now...

Re hating cilantro and a genetic link.
Strongly suspected but not proven.
Here's a link to some research done on it.
http://www.ihatecilantro.com/research/p ... antro.html

The issue Shel is that pretty much everyone else in my family will eat it (and worse still, it's very popular in India to garnish many curries/dals with the weed - er, leaf) - so I'm usually the odd one cringing every time a piece of cilantro hits my plate.

so I'm usually the odd one

We knew that.

But it's not because you despise Soap Weed!

[David M. Bueker]

Salil's not weird...just young and enthusiastic.

The rest of us have had it beaten out of us over the years.