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Originally Posted by kaleidoscope

Yes, I do like tomatoes. If you haven't had it caprese salad is mozzarella (the good kind in the fancy cheese section, not the dairy that comes in blocks and bags), cherry tomatoes, and basil tossed with olive oil and you can season it with salt and pepper. Pasta caprese is basically the same thing but you add it to penne pasta.

I agree with the person who said cilantro tastes like soap!

Yes, cilantro has a slightly soapy flavor. So does olive oil, to me. Sometimes if it's too much in a dish, I feel like I've been eating soap. I wonder if that's a genetic tendency? My husband claims he can't detect a soapy-ness either.

I didn't know that's what that salad was called, I make that a lot. Our Walmart here (gasp!) has started carrying the fresh mozzarella, and the mozzarella balls in the brine. So I can actually get fresh, creamy mozzarella here now. I tried making it once, and it worked, but I don't have the lipase to give it that good mozzarella flavor. Maybe I'll try to make some this summer!