What herbs/spices do you absolutely hate?
 

I abhor rosemary. It stinks and tastes like soap. It permeates anything it is in and makes it inedible for me. I tried flashing the disgusting stuff in a bit of olive oil to get rid of the soapy taste. However the stench was still there. I guess you can tell that I REALLY don't like it.

I'm not a big fan of cardamon either. It's a bit strong for me.

I do like a bit of saffron from time to time. However, unless you get the threads or pay an arm and a leg, you are probably paying for tumeric.

I love rosemary! But I hate cilantro. Ick. Its another "permeates everything" sort of herb.

Fennel, anise.

Cilantro for me, too!
Also, not a fan of ginger.

For some reason, Thyme and me don't click. I also don't care for Parsley but I love Cilantro.

Fennel, & curry does not agree with me

I absolutely can not stand cilantro in anything except salsa where it belongs, and even then, not too much.

I do not like cloves in my ham or anywhere else. Yuck!

I love rosemary on a roast :T

I think anything used to excess is icky.

I had a friend who brought in bunches of fresh cilantro to work once and I thought I'd gag from the smell. It took a long time before I'd taste it, but I do like it, especially in salsa.

I have a couple recipes that call for fennel and rosemary and I had to go and buy those because I didn't have any on hand. I wonder if that means they are something that I didn't like in the past? I don't remember.

I like cardamom in a Swedish Christmas bread that my Mom makes--oh, so yummy and if you forget the cardamom, the taste just isn't right.

Ginger (fresh) actually turns my stomach if there is too much of it in the dish.

Anise. Hate, hate anise.

Not too fond of sage.

Adore cilantro but it makes my throat close up and I wheeze. I guess that's not a good thing, so I avoid it.

Another anise, fennel HATER here. Also curry.

I don't like rosemary either... or fennel.

I can only take ginger in TEENSY amounts.

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I can't stand cumin. Even the tiniest speck ruins a dish for me. I also hate fresh parsley, though I don't mind dried.

I grow lots of herbs and just love all of them. Too much of anything is hard to take though!

Wow, Anise is really unpopular. I hate it as well.

Also, shallots and anything else in the onion family. Yuck.

Anise and fennel here too. (black licorice taste - YUCK)

Guess you gals would hate my cooking!

I'm with you all on the anise, fennel, anything licorice tasting. Bleck!! A lot!
I also find cilantro disgusting, can't stand it at all.
don't like curry or saffron either.

Wow I'm a picky girl.

So I take it you don't eat pizza?

Anise, ginger and cloves. Ive never had curry or saffron.

Another anise here. Anything licorice-like to me is just gross. But fennel, when roasted, doesn't taste as licorice-y to me, so thats ok.

ew i forgot i hate ginger too.

Gary: I love pizza, but it gets RUINED with too much OREGANO way too often...BLEH!! I put it in things to give it color and it always ruins my cooking, so now I use parsley for color. You know, like on buttery noodles and such. Otherwise it's like the dark side of pizza...not the burnt crust....the 'dark side'...

I also LOVE rosemary and thyme...but only fresh from my garden.

Bay Leaves. Might as well add an old sweaty sock to your food!

Tiki

Never had curry. You don't know what you're missing.

Curry that you get in powder form in America that says "Curry" on the jar, is just a mixture of spices like turmeric and coriander. A lot of americans hear "curry" when referring to a dish and instantly think of the powder in a jar - but "curry" everywhere else just means a mix of spices that season a dish, not necessarily the ones in the american curry jar. I have curry powder in my spice cabinet but rarely use it, although I do like it.

My #1 spice on the all-time-hate list is cilantro. I agree that cilantro and rosemary permeate food and make it taste like soap. I'm a bit more used to rosemary than cilantro, though. You should see me when I eat salsa - eating around the bigger green leaves so I don't get a mouthful of that junk. Bleh!

I'm with all you cilantro haters. The smell of it makes me nauseaous and if you've ever had a Vietnamese Sub, there's tons on them usually. Beware!!!