Cilantro - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 08-06-2008, 03:55 PM

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.

Pie · 08-06-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

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.

In India, we usually call them capsicums. (That is the latin name, so it's not too crazy.)
As for the cilantro=soap thing, I've heard that it's a genetic variant present in 15-20% of people...

Ya mutants.

Shawnee123 · 08-06-2008, 04:05 PM

Oh, duh...found it:

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In parts of the U.S. around southern Ohio, Northeastern Pennsylvania and northern Kentucky the term "mangoes" (or "mangos") has sometimes been used to refer to bell peppers. However, as the actual mango fruit has become more common in the region, this usage has faded.

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!

Aliantha · 08-06-2008, 06:28 PM

Fresh corriander is alway available over here. I have it growing in my herb garden even, but I've never seen it referred to as cilantro, but I've heard chefs and cooks refer to it on cooking shows and yesterday they gave a close up view of it and I realizes it was corriander. So now I don't have to live my life wondering what in the hell cilantro is and why the rest of the world is so special and no one in Australia has it.

Sundae · 08-06-2008, 06:46 PM

If a recipe called for spring onions, I wouldn't substitute shallots or vice versa. I'm not a food nazi - just that shallots are far milder and I've only ever had them cooked. Spring onions are quite feisty and often eaten raw, or flash fried to retain their crunch.

Just to clarify - a spring onion or scallion has a tiny bulb, barely wider than the shoot. It had an intense almost spicy flavour, but is still acceptable enough to the palate to dip and eat on its own.

Ooh, found pics so we can be sure we mean the same thing

BTW there is a type of onion which looks like a spring onion on steroids - can't for the life of me remember what it's called. It's imported and personally I steer clear.

Aliantha · 08-06-2008, 06:50 PM

The ones on the left look like shallots to me but because the bottom is a bit wider, some people would refer to them as spring onions.

The ones on the right look like small onions, but they wouldn't be refered to as spring onions. Probably more likely to be called pickling onions over here.

Cloud · 08-06-2008, 06:57 PM

I knew it.

Can't stand it whatever it's called. Tastes like old socks.

Sundae · 08-06-2008, 06:59 PM

The ones on the left are spring onions, green onions or scallions.
The ones on the right are shallots - milder and oval in shape, often used in pickling.

Aliantha · 08-06-2008, 07:06 PM

Well there you go Sundae. Our two definitions are not even close.

Totally the opposite in fact it would seem.

I know now though.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-06-2008, 07:07 PM

True. Salsa without cilantro ain't much salsa. I've met others who say cilantro tastes like soap to them, and I can see where these people are coming from -- there is something soapy about cilantro's flavor but it doesn't go far enough in that direction to read to me as soap. But it hits some other people that way.

Cicero · 08-06-2008, 07:25 PM

You guys are nuts! You don't substitue any of those ingredients, you use them all! Especially cilantro!!!!! Who in the heck thinks they make good salsa without it? Or pico de gallo or heck, even tacos? There is no replacement!!!

I just love that cilantro! Mmmmm.....I just made myself hungry for my tacos.

Cloud · 08-06-2008, 10:17 PM

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BTW there is a type of onion which looks like a spring onion on steroids - can't for the life of me remember what it's called. It's imported and personally I steer clear.

you can't be referring to leeks, ??? although they fit the description

Aliantha · 08-06-2008, 10:24 PM

leeks are yumm. specially in potato soup! or in a chicken pie.

Cloud · 08-06-2008, 10:31 PM

a mutation to dislike cilantro?

Aliantha · 08-06-2008, 10:32 PM

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We have capsicum over here too. Bell peppers are something else entirely

08-06-2008, 03:55 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-06-2008, 06:28 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Fresh corriander is alway available over here. I have it growing in my herb garden even, but I've never seen it referred to as cilantro, but I've heard chefs and cooks refer to it on cooking shows and yesterday they gave a close up view of it and I realizes it was corriander. So now I don't have to live my life wondering what in the hell cilantro is and why the rest of the world is so special and no one in Australia has it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-06-2008, 06:46 PM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	If a recipe called for spring onions, I wouldn't substitute shallots or vice versa. I'm not a food nazi - just that shallots are far milder and I've only ever had them cooked. Spring onions are quite feisty and often eaten raw, or flash fried to retain their crunch. Just to clarify - a spring onion or scallion has a tiny bulb, barely wider than the shoot. It had an intense almost spicy flavour, but is still acceptable enough to the palate to dip and eat on its own. Ooh, found pics so we can be sure we mean the same thing BTW there is a type of onion which looks like a spring onion on steroids - can't for the life of me remember what it's called. It's imported and personally I steer clear. Attached Images

08-06-2008, 06:50 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The ones on the left look like shallots to me but because the bottom is a bit wider, some people would refer to them as spring onions. The ones on the right look like small onions, but they wouldn't be refered to as spring onions. Probably more likely to be called pickling onions over here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-06-2008, 06:57 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I knew it. Can't stand it whatever it's called. Tastes like old socks. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-06-2008, 06:59 PM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The ones on the left are spring onions, green onions or scallions. The ones on the right are shallots - milder and oval in shape, often used in pickling.

08-06-2008, 07:06 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well there you go Sundae. Our two definitions are not even close. Totally the opposite in fact it would seem. I know now though. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-06-2008, 07:07 PM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	True. Salsa without cilantro ain't much salsa. I've met others who say cilantro tastes like soap to them, and I can see where these people are coming from -- there is something soapy about cilantro's flavor but it doesn't go far enough in that direction to read to me as soap. But it hits some other people that way. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-06-2008, 07:25 PM	#11
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	You guys are nuts! You don't substitue any of those ingredients, you use them all! Especially cilantro!!!!! Who in the heck thinks they make good salsa without it? Or pico de gallo or heck, even tacos? There is no replacement!!! I just love that cilantro! Mmmmm.....I just made myself hungry for my tacos. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

08-06-2008, 10:24 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	leeks are yumm. specially in potato soup! or in a chicken pie. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-06-2008, 10:31 PM	#14
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	a mutation to dislike cilantro? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-06-2008, 10:32 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We have capsicum over here too. Bell peppers are something else entirely __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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