Cilantro
is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. It is also known as cilantro, particularly in the USA. Coriander is native to southwestern Asia west to north Africa. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to 50 cm tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems. The flowers are borne in small umbels, white or very pale...pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the centre of the umbel longer (5-6 mm) than those pointing to the middle of the umbel (only 1-3 mm long). The fruit is a globular dry schizocarp 3-5 mm diameter.
The name coriander derives from French coriandre through Latin “coriandrum” in turn from Greek “κορίαννον”.
Cilantro is vile, disgusting, and nauseating.
Not only...do we hate it but we are allergic to it as I guess most who hate it are. What it causes for us is a bad case of "cilantro lips". Within a few minutes of accidentally (we would NEVER eat it on purpost!) eating cilantro, our lips start itching. Within an hour or so they're swollen and itching worse. Then they crack, bleed, peel, and continue to...itch insanely. There is no relief for the curse of cilantro lips no amount of makeup will cover it. The misery lasts a good two weeks, sometimes even longer. When we go in a restaurant we grill the waiter incessantly about any dish that may have even the tiniest amount of cilantro in it. We tell him that we are so allergic that if cilantro even gets near out plate we could die and he should...immediately call 911. We found this gets his attention much better than just ordering a dish "without cilantro".
The name coriander derives from French coriandre through Latin “coriandrum” in turn from Greek “κορίαννον”.
Cilantro is vile, disgusting, and nauseating.
Not only...do we hate it but we are allergic to it as I guess most who hate it are. What it causes for us is a bad case of "cilantro lips". Within a few minutes of accidentally (we would NEVER eat it on purpost!) eating cilantro, our lips start itching. Within an hour or so they're swollen and itching worse. Then they crack, bleed, peel, and continue to...itch insanely. There is no relief for the curse of cilantro lips no amount of makeup will cover it. The misery lasts a good two weeks, sometimes even longer. When we go in a restaurant we grill the waiter incessantly about any dish that may have even the tiniest amount of cilantro in it. We tell him that we are so allergic that if cilantro even gets near out plate we could die and he should...immediately call 911. We found this gets his attention much better than just ordering a dish "without cilantro".
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