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Apparently, coriander and cilantro are the exact same thing – crazy, right? You learn something new every day.
But despite the fact that the little-known fact I just dropped on you is completely beside the point, it’s necessary to know when you dive into the story of this disgruntled grocery store employee who doesn’t just hate cilantro. He fucking hates it.
Now, I’ll say this. I don’t know all that much about what’s going on here. But here’s what I do know. First off, the specific cilantro we’re talking about here is a product of Australia. It also states that this cilantro was “local,” meaning that this news story must have happened in – you guessed it – Australia. The specific type of cilantro is “Robin Birch” as grown on the farm Birch Hydroponics. That last little nugget of information is not pertinent to the story, but I wanted you to know that I support local farmers by giving them a shoutout. If you’re ever in Australia, I suggest you stop by their farm to see their operations.
This is where things get interesting.
Somewhere along the way when this employee was creating the signage for this particular cilantro (or coriander, if you will), he made it known that he fucking hates coriander. How do we know this? Well, here.
Between the bold-printed, “CORIANDER IS FUCKING DISGUSTING” and “use this to ruin the lives of the people you’re feeding,” I think we can all agree that this dude is 1. a disgruntled employee who is displaying his fuck tank being on empty and 2. he’s all business when it comes to displaying how little cilantro means to him.
On top of some street tacos? Nah. Mixed in with the rice at Chipotle? He’s a brown rice guy. A little dash in some homemade salsa? No, thanks, he wants it bland. Why? Because this dude fucking hates cilantro. .
[via Mashable]
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Both come from the same plant but cilantro generally refers to the leaves which have a strong and almost citrus-like taste while coriander is commonly associated with the seeds, which are generally ground to bring out their sweet and warm, earthy profile that pairs well with cumin and cinnamon. Stay woke and double-check your recipes
This makes more sense. I’ve always pictured coriander as a seed. Thank you for clarifying
Happy to help- stay tuned for Shambles’ Kitchen, a cooking/baking series of articles for degenerates
apparently it reacts with some people’s taste buds differently and so it ends up tasting like soap. i feel bad for cilantro haters.
First I learn that coriander and cilantro are the same thing, and now this? What a day.
My mind is already in shambles from the Westworld finale and now I learn this fact. I can’t handle this week anymore.
Then the facts about cumin can wait til another day……
i learned they were the same thing when i went on a taco date with an irish guy. he asked me what cilantro was and i decided to google and find a picture, and it was there i realized that it’s called coriander in other countries!!
I’m one of those people. Don’t understand the appeal of cilantro in any dish, and never have.