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why do americans call "coriander" "cilantro"?

>> No.12656590

Coriander is powdered cilantro seed.

>> No.12656594

>>12656564
To distinguish the leafy herb from the seeds.

>> No.12656607

>>12656564
Here in Houston I call it Cilantro so the Mexicans don’t rise against me

>> No.12656615
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12656615

>>12656590


idk, here in bongistan we call the stems and leaves coriander...

>> No.12656747

>>12656564
Coriander is the english word for it
Cilantro is the spic word.
And now you know why americans call it cilantro

>> No.12656761

>>12656564
dafuq i thought cilantro is a retarded name for parsley

>> No.12656767

>>12656590
It's not necessarily powdered. Find a good Asian supermarket instead of paying too much for that mccormick shit.

>> No.12656787

>>12656594
>coriander
>coriander seeds

Not so difficult.

>> No.12656888

>>12656761
They may looks about the same, but the taste is pretty dramatically different, anon.

Have you really never used fresh herbs in your cooking?

>> No.12657305

>>12656888
>>12656888
ive never seen cilantro irl (except coriander seeds) only in western spy videos

>> No.12657315

>>12656564
Americans were introduced to the herb through spanish cuisine.
coriander in murrikan refers to the seed, which they only use in bong cuisine.

>> No.12657317

>>12656564
Because america is a mexican nation

>> No.12657359

>>12656564
Because they're retarded, they also call salami "pepperoni"

>> No.12657364

>>12656564
Because we speak proper English, and "coriander" already refers to the seeds of the plant.

>> No.12657372

>>12657364
So do you have different words for the seeds of every plant?

>> No.12657384

>>12657372
The leaves are a common herb and the seeds are a common spice.

>> No.12657390

>>12656564
Americans are fucking mongs, this isn't new information

>> No.12657445

>>12656590
The plant is coriander. Its seed is coriander seed. Cilantro is gibberish.

>> No.12657446

>>12656564
The real reason is literally Mexicans.

>> No.12657468

>>12657384
What about mustard?

>> No.12657497

>>12657468
mustard leafs aren't a common herb so the comparison is void

>> No.12657536

just tucking into some mustard leaves lads

>> No.12657948

>>12657305
based Boris

>> No.12657959

>>12657497
Fennel

>> No.12657986
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>>12656564
Cos Mexicans keep hopping their border.

>> No.12657989

>coriander leaf
>coriander seed
Problem solved

>> No.12657995

>>12657315
Coriander powder can be used in multiple different cuisines and tastes nothing like cilantro leaves so I feel the distinct name difference is necessary. Arugula is a better name than rocket too.

>> No.12658001

>>12656564
why "do" americans "call" coriander "cilantro"? "maybe" because thats "what" they like

>> No.12658012

It's just some dumb shit that got suck in American English. Having 2 different names for the same plant is confusing as hell but these things happen in an evolving language.

>> No.12658021

>>12656564
Cultural influence from Mexico and a love of Mexican cuisine.

>> No.12658195

>>12656564
>Cilantro = coriander.
>Eggplant = aubergine.
>Biscuits = scones.
>Zucchini = courgette.

Americans are fucking retards that call things by the wrong name just to be different.
Pants are underwear, not fucking trousers.
Fall is autumn, you dumb cunts.

>> No.12658202

because diversity.

>> No.12658203

>>12658195
>Biscuits = scones.
Similar but not quite.

I guess you are just pretending to be British to get a backlash going eh?

>> No.12658208

scones are biscuits shitty dry cousins.

>> No.12658209

>>12656564
Yeah. And we call marjoram oregano. Get over it.

>> No.12658213

>>12658012
>Having 2 different names for the same plant is confusing as hell
Do you also get confused by colors like scarlet and crimson?

>> No.12658247

>>12658213
it's called red you poof

>> No.12658263

>>12658247
You need to learn about tint and shade to stop sounding like such a simpleton.

>> No.12658311

>>12658213
I don't get confused between them for the same reason I don't get confused between leaves and seeds. I'd get confused if somebody said crimson wasn't red though...

>> No.12658316

>>12658311
Nobody is saying coriander isn't cilantro.

>> No.12658394

>>12656564
coriander isn't cilantro

>> No.12658433

>>12658394
Cocksucker

>> No.12658447

>>12657359
We call salami, "salami". We call pepperoni, "pepperoni". Pepperoni is a specific type of salami, but not all salami is pepperoni. You're likely trolling, but I'd prefer to assume you're actually retarded and I'm probably right.

>> No.12658595

Dutch roommate wants to cook. Asks me to pick up coriander. Bring back seeds. 'No not that'. And that's how I learned coriander and cilantro are from the same plants. 23 years old. My dad had gardens all throughout my life yet never thought to tell his kid this basic info.

>> No.12659145

brits got coriander from india
americans got cilantro from mexico
all of you faggots can neck yourselves

>> No.12659184

Having my indian immigrants parents call cilantro “coriander” was a big mind fuck because I had no idea what that was until I actually started to care about cooking food in college. I thought coriander was something entirely different from cilantro

>> No.12659190

>>12658195
I use to work for Whole Foods in nyc and had to deal with the British tourists asking for these things. They mustve thought I was retarded when they asked for a courgette and I gave them a blank stare.
> spring onion = scallion/green onion

>> No.12659215

>>12656564
Do yuropoors really obsess this much about America that they wonder shit as stupid as this?

>> No.12659234

>Americans and Bongs created different words that didn't exist before they became separated nations

WHY DO AMERICANS!!!!!!? REEEEEEEEEE!

>> No.12659397

>>12659234
Neither muricans nor bongs created the words.
They're both derivatives of the old Latin coriandrum filtered through French and Spanish.

How Spaniards turned coriandrum into cilantro is a mystery.

>> No.12659694

>>12659397
lmao south americans had a culture before spain invaded?? no way huehue

>> No.12659701

>>12657445
Spain you fucking retards.

>> No.12659711

>>12657959
Fennel seed is amazing.

>> No.12659784

https://worldcrops.org/crops/culantro
culantro is a new world herb that has a similar aroma and taste to coriander, so when coriander was introduced to the natives by the conquistadors, they just called it cilantro since they were similar. so the word cilantro then climbed up to north america, where cilantro was introduced about 100 years later. there. thread is finally over

>> No.12659900

>>12658195
bongs just suck so much french dick that they gotta steal words form them

>> No.12659999

>>12656747
>And now you know why americans call it cilantro
Same reason we call cannabis marijuana

>> No.12660158

>>12658195
>lose a war against the greatest country on earth
>lose your empire to a bunch of shitskins and canadians
>lose your country to muslims
>"america is so dumb, amirite?"
Seethe harder

>> No.12660163

culantro

>> No.12660435

>>12660158
>have far better things going on than dealing with a revolt for valid reasons over excess taxation and a lack of representation
>lose empire because the fucking krauts started 2 world wars on your doorstep
>have literally 1/4 of the amount of non-whites america does
>"lol why are these brits seething", the mutt writes inbetween starting a "why is british cuisine the worst in the world" thread and a "why is britain now a caliphate" thread.

>> No.12660451

>>12656564
We're Mexican

>> No.12660455

I like watching a /ck/ thread turn into a /pol/ thread.

>> No.12660488

>>12660435
>got their asses kicked by the combined might of America™ and some smelly frogs
>can't hold your empire in a war started by one of the most stupid dictators in recent history
>what is a ratio
Nice cope. You should get your teeth checked out while you're at it.

>> No.12660490

>>12656747
Spanish word, dumbass

>> No.12660491

>>12656564
>Americans
>AMERICANS
>AMERICANS!!!
>AMERICAAAAAAAAAANS!!!!!!!!!!!!
kys

>> No.12660507
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12660507

>>12656564

because we're not fags.

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>>12656564

>> No.12660581

>>12660488
>use nazis to develop nuclear weapons without which the entire world could never have defeated japan a country of only 70 million
>get brutalized to a stalemate by chinese wielding pick axes and sticks in korea
>get your ass kicked by literal rice farmers in Vietnam
>despite 20+ years in iraq and afghanistan fail to win anything at all
B-but we is kangs 'n shite 'cause we beat the girls and boy scouts of Grenada in 1983, ok?

>> No.12660806

>>12660488
>fight in a war (one of many ongoing at that time) with a small component of our army against a superpower and some random bum-fuck farmers who were about as relevant as the Luxembourg military ever was in WW2
>can't hold an empire when you get besieged by an enemy who occupies the entire continent of europe
>what are 170,000,000 non whites and your cucked cheeto mutt president who actively whores out for yet more non-whites?
>what are dental health statistics measured worldwide and why do they say the UK has better teeth than the US
Serious question : do they add something to the water there to make you so stupid, or is it just being a genetic dead-end kind of thing?

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>>12658208
>coriander
LOL

>> No.12660944

>>12656564
why do you obsess about what Americans call things?