Post AyXUgPEBw9DnFak0Ho by leeloo@chaosfem.tw
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 (DIR) Post #AyXSVg7IbXVAXKH3M8 by leeloo@chaosfem.tw
       2025-09-24T15:26:51Z
       
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       What's up with cilantro? When I find an American recipe, there's like a 80% chance it needs cilantro. In Danish recipes I don't recall it ever being used (never mind that we call it coriander). I know my mother had some in her kitchen, but I don't know if she ever used it.What gives? Am I missing something? Is every Danish recipe missing something?
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXSVhNHvZsyRClKuu by ruari@velocipederider.com
       2025-09-24T15:36:59Z
       
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       @leeloo Yes corriander is amazing. I suspect the influence here comes from Mexican food as it is it is a staple in salsas, guacamole, tacos, and soups.We also use it a lot in the UK, though I suspect there it is due to Indian influence.P.S. This is by far and away the most common herb my wife and I would buy.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXSVpBsrrW6g9ULFg by ruari@velocipederider.com
       2025-09-24T15:42:33Z
       
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       @leeloo Oh and for Americans corriander would be the seed. In British English we call the leaves corriander (like Norway and Denmark) and the seeds (ground or otherwise), "corriander seeds". That said, there is enough American influence that a lot of people in the UK "probably" know what cilantro is.I do not think it works the other way though. If a British person told an American to add corriander to a receipe, I am pretty sure the American would think you meant the seeds.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXSVwjSpPXM4KFl44 by ruari@velocipederider.com
       2025-09-24T15:43:41Z
       
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       @leeloo Side note, which you might not be aware of, I grew up (and went to school) in both the UK and the US, so I am fine with either, along with all the other British / American differences in English, which I feel are like 80% related to food and cooking. 😜
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXUgPEBw9DnFak0Ho by leeloo@chaosfem.tw
       2025-09-24T15:55:49Z
       
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       @ruari What is it used for? Everything?
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXUgQZqv68tR3sogi by Susibryant@mastodon.social
       2025-09-24T16:09:10Z
       
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       @leeloo @ruari A lot of Mexican dishes, like salsas. However, to some people, with certain genes, cilantro tastes like soap. I don’t know if the same is true of corriander, as in the US that is a different part of the plant.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXUgRlaUx7j7kNhcO by nicholas@aklp.club
       2025-09-24T18:18:01.224000Z
       
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       Cilantro is used not just in Mexico, but throughout South America tracing its culinary history back at least as far as the Mayan empire.It has also enjoyed wide use as an herb and garnish in Asian cuisines; particularly prominent in Thai, but also often used in Indian, and to a lesser extent Chinese dishes. Probably more too, that I am not as familiar with.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyXY8QUd7tZv93Tzbk by ruari@velocipederider.com
       2025-09-24T18:33:08Z
       
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       @nicholas Sure but Mexico was an example 🤷 @leeloo @Susibryant