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[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

the thing with asian cuisine is you have to pair the right sauces with the right dishes.

some people don't like anything fermented so kim chi or shrimp paste is out the window.

peanut allergy people can't have most southeast asian cuisine like thai

In Asian cuisine I don't recall many instances where cilantro/coriander is typically used on its own. I definitely can't think of many dishes where it is a primary flavor. The only one I can think of is cilantro soup which TBH seems like it merely substitutes cilantro for watercress. I've seen a "cilantro salad" but when I looked at it, it seemed like it was more a chopped up mash with peppers and peanuts to be added to fish than as a stand alone meal item.

In many garnishes and sauce adds, you typically pair it up and mix it with ginger or green onion. It's typically supposed to be an easily identifiable side flavor, not an overwhelming primary flavor. This seems true with Vietnamese subs and Mexican cuisine as well.

But I believe there is that special specific super strong soapy flavor issue with cilantro. I could see how there's a major difference when it's an easily identifiable non-primary flavor for some and a super overpowering primary gross flavor for others.

It would suck in the same way if I were trying to enjoy a bag of candies, but constantly wonder if it was contaminated with Thrills gum that had disintegrated into tiny bits in the bag. I still remember that kid at school that brought Sen Sens and Thrills and told us it tasted good. Google says Thrills tastes like rose water and Sens Sens taste like liquorice, but as a kid, that was just the taste of soap. Bleh.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The flying fish incident is probably one of the reasons I despise fish so much.

Story time let’s go!

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

the thing with asian cuisine is you have to pair the right sauces with the right dishes.

some people don't like anything fermented so kim chi or shrimp paste is out the window.

peanut allergy people can't have most southeast asian cuisine like thai

I have to not buy kimchi because I will eat a tub of it in a couple days and it wreaks havoc.

Same with ttekboki (or however its spelled) with that sweetish gojuchang (sp?). It has the coolest texture of any food/noodle I've ever had.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

a classic vietnamese sub is cilantro, pickled carrots, mayo, pork coldcuts/sausage, pate and add-on jalapenos for the extra kick

the sate beef and chicken stuff is fusion

Ooohhh...so close. It must have the little Thai chilis to do it any justice. They're hot as hell, but it's perfect with them on it, preferably in a light pickling juice as well.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by fotze2

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It's like adding sand to suntan lotion.

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Now that is the worst fkn feeling ever. Just makes me want to call it a day, go home, shower and crawl into bed.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Story time let’s go!

We were in Barbados and had just been on a boat and saw flying fish next to us. So my dad comes home with a tray of flying fish, and I'm already not much of a fish enjoying kid. I'll eat fish sticks, but anything else was way too fishy to enjoy.

Well after poking the raw fish and playing with it's wing fins for a bit my dad starts to fry them up. "Fishy smell" would be a bit of an understatement. The condo reeked all week. I tried some, because thems the rules, and it was the fishiest tasting fish that ever fished. Though it spent some of it's life in the air, I didn't detect a note of chicken, duck, or any other fowl. Just foul. I just about erupted right there, but managed to make it to the toilet. Since then, pretty much any fish has been pisces non-grata.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I have to not buy kimchi because I will eat a tub of it in a couple days and it wreaks havoc.

Same with ttekboki (or however its spelled) with that sweetish gojuchang (sp?). It has the coolest texture of any food/noodle I've ever had.

You can have Korean rice cakes without a spicy sauce. I frequently stir fry vegetables and add this to the stir fry because my kids don't eat spicy (I've tried) but like the texture and shapes it comes in. You might just have to adjust your sauce a little because like tofu, rice cakes can absorb quite a bit of flavor.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We were in Barbados and had just been on a boat and saw flying fish next to us. So my dad comes home with a tray of flying fish, and I'm already not much of a fish enjoying kid. I'll eat fish sticks, but anything else was way too fishy to enjoy.

Well after poking the raw fish and playing with it's wing fins for a bit my dad starts to fry them up. "Fishy smell" would be a bit of an understatement. The condo reeked all week. I tried some, because thems the rules, and it was the fishiest tasting fish that ever fished. Though it spent some of it's life in the air, I didn't detect a note of chicken, duck, or any other fowl. Just foul. I just about erupted right there, but managed to make it to the toilet. Since then, pretty much any fish has been pisces non-grata.

I too don't have a good flying fish story.

I was on a rickety motorboat on the ocean once when fly fish the size of flattened lemons (?) started going by. At first we saw them shimmer in the distance which was cool... but then they started going perpendicular to our path. It was terrifying. Like being out in the complete open and hundreds or thousands of these ####ing things things are colliding and splashing into the water around you. Like the sheer terror of playing fox and the house paintball scenario with no gun and mask and hearing thudding of auto fire paintballs hitting and breaking all around you. You just believed someone might get bruises or knocked out in the water or something (even if this wasn't true in the moment). This happened twice in the span of 40 minutes. Even the guide was bewildered.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

You can have Korean rice cakes without a spicy sauce. I frequently stir fry vegetables and add this to the stir fry because my kids don't eat spicy (I've tried) but like the texture and shapes it comes in. You might just have to adjust your sauce a little because like tofu, rice cakes can absorb quite a bit of flavor.

But I like that red sauce, just maybe a little less harsh.

I remember trying to explain them to a korean friend. Thick noodle of some sort with this crazy starchy texture. Him "Oh ya, rice cakes". No, cake is the absolute wrongest term on the planet to call these things. Look nothing like a cake. Definitely not rice cakes. Oh its rice cakes.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by fotze2

But I like that red sauce, just maybe a little less harsh.

I remember trying to explain them to a korean friend. Thick noodle of some sort with this crazy starchy texture. Him "Oh ya, rice cakes". No, cake is the absolute wrongest term on the planet to call these things. Look nothing like a cake. Definitely not rice cakes. Oh its rice cakes.

Perhaps you're overthinking this and all you need to do as a new years resolution is to increase the amount of Pepto Bismol in your diet when you eat that stuff.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Perhaps you're overthinking this and all you need to do as a new years resolution is to increase the amount of Pepto Bismol in your diet when you eat that stuff.

Lol! I thought this was funny!

"A bite of food...a swig of Pepto...a bite of food...a swig of Pepto..."

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by fotze2

But I like that red sauce, just maybe a little less harsh.

I remember trying to explain them to a korean friend. Thick noodle of some sort with this crazy starchy texture. Him "Oh ya, rice cakes". No, cake is the absolute wrongest term on the planet to call these things. Look nothing like a cake. Definitely not rice cakes. Oh its rice cakes.

The word tteok has no direct English translation. So nonsensical translation it is.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Perhaps you're overthinking this and all you need to do as a new years resolution is to increase the amount of Pepto Bismol in your diet when you eat that stuff.

The tar black turds freaks me out about pepto. Gaviscon it is.

I recommended it to my mother in law with reflux, she took it and phoned an ambulance and went to the hospital because that spray foam insulation effect freaked her out and she said she couldn’t breathe.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

We were in Barbados and had just been on a boat and saw flying fish next to us. So my dad comes home with a tray of flying fish, and I'm already not much of a fish enjoying kid. I'll eat fish sticks, but anything else was way too fishy to enjoy.

Well after poking the raw fish and playing with it's wing fins for a bit my dad starts to fry them up. "Fishy smell" would be a bit of an understatement. The condo reeked all week. I tried some, because thems the rules, and it was the fishiest tasting fish that ever fished. Though it spent some of it's life in the air, I didn't detect a note of chicken, duck, or any other fowl. Just foul. I just about erupted right there, but managed to make it to the toilet. Since then, pretty much any fish has been pisces non-grata.

That's a shame. I have memories of fried flying fish in Barbados that still to this day are the yummiest memories I have of food. That, with a little rum punch on the side (that was on tap no less) and you have yourself a great afternoon on the ocean.

I'm betting the fish had just gone "off" at that point. Sorry you had such a bummer experience. I'd say "try it again", but I know that there's a visceral memory response to smells that you probably can't get past now. Shame.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by fotze2

The tar black turds freaks me out about pepto. Gaviscon it is.

I recommended it to my mother in law with reflux, she took it and phoned an ambulance and went to the hospital because that spray foam insulation effect freaked her out and she said she couldn’t breathe.

Kaopectate works pretty well and is very similar to Pepto without the weird tarry black stools.

Spoiler!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by AC

Indian food is incredible.

So I gave you my 'Good Experience.'

My 'Worst Experience' was that I ordered Butter Chicken at a restaurant in Banff. My wife? Spice doesnt bother her at all whereas I suck...what some people would consider a '5' for me is a '15.'

I had this Butter Chicken dish in Banff...I thought I was going to die. I mean I dialed 9-1 and was seriously thinking about finishing that call.

I was pacing around the restaurant like a crazy person because I basically felt like I was on fire.

Butter Chicken.

Its a wonderful culture and I'm sure they have excellent food, but I leave it alone. Its just not for me.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

That's a shame. I have memories of fried flying fish in Barbados that still to this day are the yummiest memories I have of food. That, with a little rum punch on the side (that was on tap no less) and you have yourself a great afternoon on the ocean.

I'm betting the fish had just gone "off" at that point. Sorry you had such a bummer experience. I'd say "try it again", but I know that there's a visceral memory response to smells that you probably can't get past now. Shame.

The fishmonger probably saw the pale white Canadian coming from a mile away, and pulled all the old stuff out.

[Wormius]

I don’t think I have ever eaten a butter chicken that was spicy. To judge your spice tolerance a little better, what would you rate pickled jalapeño rings in terms of spiciness? Tolerable or intolerable?

[81MC]

Canadian Tire is the last place I want to be approached by some overly friendly person trying to sell Rogers telecom products.

#### I can’t believe this is a thing now.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I don’t think I have ever eaten a butter chicken that was spicy. To judge your spice tolerance a little better, what would you rate pickled jalapeño rings in terms of spiciness? Tolerable or intolerable?

You wouldnt think....right? And I cant answer your question because I'd have to be straight insane to eat jalapeno rings. Pickled and or otherwise. I dont know.