Of us in Acadiana know good meals, additionally they know what ruins a superb plate of meals as nicely. In a current survey, we discovered that the primary ingredient Acadiana actually dislikes and will by no means be added to a dish is cilantro. There’s a robust distaste for cilantro in southwest Louisiana.
For those who personal a restaurant or the prepare dinner in your house and you utilize cilantro in a few of your meals, you may wish to rethink that. Younger and outdated, Cajun or a transplant, there’s adamant disapproval for cilantro on this neck of the woods.
We requested Fb customers to fill within the clean. “One ingredient That At all times Ruins a Dish is _____________. About 10% of our respondents had a deep repugnance for cilantro. The second most unpopular ingredient award goes to…celery, adopted by rosemary, then oregano. Shockingly, many mentioned a meal that was “too spicy” was a turnoff (not one thing you’d anticipate to listen to within the coronary heart of Cajun nation). “An excessive amount of salt” was a problem as nicely.
As well as okra, pickle relish, mushrooms, olives, onions, beets, mustard and sage have been additionally talked about.
In fact, we acquired cute solutions like, “a hair”, “unhealthy visitors” and “sarcasm” amongst others.
Garlic
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Onions
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Olives
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Sage
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Salt (an excessive amount of)
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Mushrooms
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Rosemary
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Cilantro
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Oregano
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Celery
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