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[El Presidente]

 

 

“We’re excited to see the reaction of chip-lovers from across the country as they try our super-limited-edition Doritos Coriander,” chief marketing officer ANZ of PepsiCo Vandita Pandey said.

[JohnS]

Coriander-flavoured Doritos not for you, El Pres? 😂

[El Presidente]

2 minutes ago, JohnS said:

Coriander-flavoured Doritos not for you, El Pres? 😂

 

Maybe if I put a few in my Banh Mi?.....otherwise.....hard no. 

 

[riderpride]

Sounds like someone at Doritos lost a bet with a competitor. 

Coriander is a garnish. Why make a chip that will just sit at the side of your plate?

Probably a better seller than mouse wine flavour 🤷‍♂️

Cheers

[cgoodrich]

3 hours ago, riderpride said:

Sounds like someone at Doritos lost a bet with a competitor. 

Coriander is a garnish. Why make a chip that will just sit at the side of your plate?

Probably a better seller than mouse wine flavour 🤷‍♂️

Cheers

You call it a garnish? We call it cilantro, a herb, and use it every week in a variety of cultural dishes.

[Low]

16 minutes ago, cgoodrich said:

You call it a garnish? We call it cilantro, a herb, and use it every week in a variety of cultural dishes.

He's too far north to have had good mexican food lol

[riderpride]

33 minutes ago, cgoodrich said:

You call it a garnish? We call it cilantro, a herb, and use it every week in a variety of cultural dishes.

Lol - as it is here as well. I've never witnessed one person say 'man, you know what this needs? More cilantro'.

Does it add flavor- yes. Do I witness a lot of people pick it out - heck yeah. It's too 'soapy' for a lot of people. If it ends up on the side, then it's deemed a garnish 

Cheers

[cgoodrich]

20 hours ago, riderpride said:

Lol - as it is here as well. I've never witnessed one person say 'man, you know what this needs? More cilantro'.

Does it add flavor- yes. Do I witness a lot of people pick it out - heck yeah. It's too 'soapy' for a lot of people. If it ends up on the side, then it's deemed a garnish 

Cheers

My wife was born in Mexico. Good luck picking it out of her salsa as it gets chopped very fine and mixed in. (Btw, she makes the best damn salsa)

Have a buddy who also was born in Mexico and can’t stand it, says it tastes like soap. But from my 35 yrs living in California he is the exception, not the rule.

 

20 hours ago, Low said:

He's too far north to have had good mexican food lol

You are so very correct, the farther north, the less it tastes like real Mexican food. Moved back to my birth state of Idaho in 2020, wife and I are still looking for a Mexican restaurant that can hold its own to what she makes, or restaurants in California or Mexico.

[Low]

14 minutes ago, cgoodrich said:

You are so very correct, the farther north, the less it tastes like real Mexican food. Moved back to my birth state of Idaho in 2020, wife and I are still looking for a Mexican restaurant that can hold its own to what she makes, or restaurants in California or Mexico.

I've sadly been blessed with the cilantro soap gene. It doesn't bother me when used as an ingredient in something greater, but I can't stand it used as a general topping. I also happen to reside in Fresno CA, where Mexican food is the only good cuisine available on every corner. I get far too many side eyes when I tell them to leave it off.

At least you can buy spices online easily enough nowadays. I couldn't imagine living there pre-internet delivery, stranded with no flavor 

[cgoodrich]

1 hour ago, Low said:

I've sadly been blessed with the cilantro soap gene. It doesn't bother me when used as an ingredient in something greater, but I can't stand it used as a general topping. I also happen to reside in Fresno CA, where Mexican food is the only good cuisine available on every corner. I get far too many side eyes when I tell them to leave it off.

At least you can buy spices online easily enough nowadays. I couldn't imagine living there pre-internet delivery, stranded with no flavor 

Fortunately there are other great cultural cuisines in Boise: Thai, Indian, Middle Eastern…sadly Mexican is mediocre at best. One item they make here we never saw in Cali, Quesabirria tacos. Most food trucks make these really well.

[ubiquito]

2 hours ago, cgoodrich said:

You are so very correct, the farther north, the less it tastes like real Mexican food. Moved back to my birth state of Idaho in 2020, wife and I are still looking for a Mexican restaurant that can hold its own to what she makes, or restaurants in California or Mexico.

Have you tried Amano out in Caldwell? Definitely worth the drive.

[El Hoze]

I could not stand cilantro growing up. In college my girlfriend’s brother made his “famous guacamole” and it was loaded w cilantro. I tried it trying to be polite and the instant it hit my lips I had a totally different view. I now use cilantro in a number of dishes (mostly Mexican food which I/we cook alot of). I also love a good bahn mi sandwich. On it’s own though I agree not a fan, in fact I think it serves as a great offset to brighten foods high in fats.