Cilantro
 

Today I learned that cilantro is coriander.

I just thought I'd share that with you. :)

Blech. Tastes like soap to me. Anybody else? Or am I weird? I don't like salsa that has cilantro in it.

I like it. Can't do Thai cooking without it. But it's good for lots of other dishes as well.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Thank you!
And Juniper - good lord, I thought it was only me.

I'm baffled by how many up-market sandwich makers have a hard-on for it.
Proper naan bread has a very slightly soapy aftertaste, which I assume must have a link to coriander somewhere along the line, but I've grown to like that.

I love cilantro. Salsa without it is not really salsa. Its great in so many dishes, but has to be used sparingly - it is rather potent.

I thought it was only me, too. I can't stand cilantro. There is a mexican restaurant here that is great except they can't seem to not load cilantro into everything. I'm glad it's not just my weird taste.

Thank you for posting this!
My husband and I tried making a recipe the other day that called for "fresh coriander" and were absolutely baffled because all we could find were the coriander seeds.
Now the mystery is solved.

I have the same experience S123. And yet coriander seeds in Indian dishes = awesome.

Cilantro is readily available on the east coast, because it's popular for masking the smell of pot, being trucked across the country. ;)

Did I mention I LOVE cilantro?

:lol:

Learn something new everyday. So I have two cilantros in my spice cabinet. That's a good thing cause I love cilantro. Especially in a Thai Fry.

Huh. I'm surprised how many people didn't know they were the same thing. But then again, maybe that's because around here cilantro is common as dirt and nobody carries exotic Indian things like "coriander." If you want coriander at all, you have to know it's really cilantro. :)

What's the other big thing that goes by two names...? Oh yeah, scallions and green onions. Those are the same too.

I am trying to think of what some people call bell peppers, it sounds like another fruit or veggie, but I can't come up with it, even through google.

Oh, duh...found it:

I used to work in a produce market when I was a kid, and thought WTF are these people talking about? Mango is a fruit!

Then you had the customers looking for them there Vandalia onions. Vandalia is where the Dayton INternational Airport is...not VIDALIA!

Oh, and, true story: my work buddy through HS and college had a woman from India come up to her and my friend thought she was asking her where she had been. My friend was like "um, I've been right here!?!" She wanted to know where the green beans were: where have you bean?

Those were such great times, sigh!

They get called shallots or spring onions here also, although shallots and spring onions are slightly different, they are often have the same applications anyway, so it doesn't matter either way too much unless you're a food nazi.