Doctor Explains Why Cilantro Tastes Likes Soap!

[@joshuabondurant456]

Plot twist you have the gene but you also like the taste of soap

[@ayesha_marium]

💀💀💀

[@lavender1893]

This is me, it tastes like soap but I still like it lmao

[@joshuabondurant456]

@@lavender1893 so when did you join the weirdo club I got my pass when I was born

[@Colin0scopy]

It's not even that bad

[@joshuabondurant456]

I wonder how many confessions were going to get

[@TheHappyKamper]

I was going to share this with my wife, as it tastes like soap to me, but then I saw the part about eating heaps to get over it, and knew she'd try and make me have it all the time now.

[@arcanepriest]

I've found that acidic ingredients really decreases the soapy flavor, especially if it's crushed/finely chopped. So give it an extra squeeze of lemon or lime or more tomato sauce if you've got to eat it in something!

[@hk703]

😂

[@windyhawthorn7387]

Make Pico de Gallo and that works to getting it to taste better. Add enough lemon juice until it tastes better.

[@untitled_person1941]

Me being half Indian you'd expect some spice tolerance, but also being 50% North Welsh completely wrecked that 😂

[@yippee8570]

This one made me chuckle

[@msjkramey]

Being white doesn't take away your spice tolerance...

[@Garahan]

Me being 100% Welsh and love spicy Indian food 😅

[@antagonisticalex401]

What a way to average out huh 😂

[@RojaJaneman]

My son is half Indian. He tolerates a lot more than I ever could. It’s all about what u r used to

[@luism644]

Me being Mexican growing up picking out all the cilantro from every meal I ate

[@corninyourpoop]

Literally lol. It's such a wild game "is it cilantro or parsley" honestly F cilantro lol

[@tarab4617]

I’m half Mexican and got the soap gene and I’m allergic to onions 😂 genetics messing with my abuela

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

The curses we bear 😂 sorry

[@seanceknowles2911]

Me growing up in Mexico picking the plant we had growing next to our garden/ yard every other day because it was good 😂

[@usnasi4439]

As an Indian I did the same

[@EdoCheeto]

The first few times I tried cilantro it was PURE soap but I kept eating it because I wanted banh mi and eventually it started tasting right

[@anjurobipepi5222]

does it actually started "tasting right" or you just started liking the taste of soap

[@KaiTheMemeKing]

​@@anjurobipepi5222 My question exactly

[@Hokage982]

My aunt did this...she hated cilantro but due to peer pressure she kept eating...now she loves it...glitch fixed😂

[@gelusvenn5063]

I congratulate you on your ascension.

[@pi8049]

@@anjurobipepi5222the taste genuinely does change. I also used to think it tastes like soap and after a lot of exposure it has a different and nice taste, now I can’t get enough of it

[@mommyofkittens4809]

Cilantro tastes like soap to me but I love Mexican food. It makes life interesting for sure

[@descendentcross4105]

Exactly, can't let the taste of soap put you down.

[@boka5290]

Sameeeeeeee 😂😅❤

[@prxncesslea]

right tho

[@Firewolfen]

Saaammmmeeee. This really sweet Mexican grandma lives two houses down from me, and she offers me food all the time. It tastes so good. I cry so hard when the soap hits.

[@saurabhstrauss]

People in India feel offended when you don't put coriander in some dishes. You will find kids running to get coriander on streets because their mum need it.😂😂

[@____Ann____]

I also thought that cilantro tasted like soap and hated it. Then I moved to Latin America and after one year (and daily doses of cilantro) I love it. Mango also has a petrol taste to it but I do love it. I try just not to focus on the petrol.

[@mist8814]

That's crazy bro, I love mango and couldn't imagine it tasting like petrol, even less so the idea of being able to put up with a petrol taste 😅

[@DembaiVT]

Yeah it does. But it's also very sweet so I try not to sniff it before eating it. 😂

[@Adwiti_Mishra]

Mangoes smell like petrol to you?? Wow lol.

[@seajelly2421]

Same! The cilantro and mango parts

[@Vizivirag]

Ohh so that's why I also don't like raw mangoes!

[@QCreyton]

Its not a glitch its an extra ability and you might want to look into testing your sense of taste and/or smell. Having this ability has a high correlation with being a 'super' taster/smeller and companies pay good money to people with these senses to quality test their products.

[@gelusvenn5063]

I would like to congratulate all those who have overcome their weakness and ascended to be loved by Lord Cilantro. May you never be punished with his soapy scorn ever again.

[@garlicsaucespill9482]

Cilantro is soapy grass and I have superior genetics

[@Singulitarian]

Sounds like the glitch is with the people who can't detect the chemical.

[@KatharineOsborne]

Totally!

[@megan5867]

I'm going to say this from now on. We are like X-Men mutants, evolving.

[@vyvianalcott1681]

@@megan5867 Your mutant power is you're good at smelling soap. Very exciting.

[@KxNOxUTA]

@@vyvianalcott1681 Yaaay I like this club! Sign me up plz

[@mist8814]

I mean there's nothing with eating it so it wouldn't make sense for the glitch to be people finding it tasty, plus if that was the case, repeated exposure to it wouldn't make people who think it tastes soapy start tasting it right

[@SailorYuki]

The weird thing for me is that Cilantro sometimes tastes like soap. Other times, it tastes like nothing, and sometimes it's absolutely vile. I don't know if it's fresh vs. dried. I've had the same dish many times, and cilantro is an ingredient in it. Yet half the time it makes me gag, the other time I don't even notice it.

[@networkjunkie3953]

Cilantro is ok in tiny tiny tiny amounts. Cilantro is an extremely strong herb. For me, it doesn't taste like soap. For me, it's if an entire NBA team's extremely used wet socks was combined with beyond bad body odor that could gag you. Oddly enough I have no issues with coriander.

[@barbararowley6077]

It’s just the leaves for me too. And also unpleasantly musky rather than soapy.

[@yamumhasthebiggay2582]

Coriander is literally just what England calls it though

[@etuanno]

I'm very sensitive too. But for me it tastes/smells like the defensive secretations of stink bugs. I don't want my food to taste like stink bugs obviously.

[@rockolutheran]

…you just contradicted yourself? Cilantro is the same thing as coriander??

[@Archeos92]

​@@rockolutheran I know some call the dried seeds coriander and the leafy greens cilantro. They might be the case here. I also dislike the soapy cilantro leafy green. But the seeds doesn't taste like that for me

[@Ashweee223]

Raw cilantro tastes like soap to me, like a very floral soap. However, if it's cooked, It doesn't taste soapy, and dried coriander also tastes fine. Artificial sweeteners all have a very bitter aftertaste to me; I wonder if there is a connection.

[@epoillaKory]

I don't think cilantro tastes like soap at all, but I absolutely have that artificial sweetener bitterness thing you described. I'd love to know why artificial sweeteners have that aftertaste.

[@KatharineOsborne]

I hate that artificially sweetened stuff in the UK is often not labelled as ‘no sugar added’ any more. You’ll buy something with artificial sweetener in it instead of sugar and then get hit with that awful taste. It’s so common that it’s often difficult to find the sugared version (I think this is due to the sugar tax).

[@KxNOxUTA]

Yes for both cases, though I think the sweetener one is a very common one. That said I also am seemingly more sensitive to baking powder taste in stuff than most ppl around me! :'D

[@brongulus2617]

Cooked (and powdered) cilantro somehow lacks whatever element makes people like me reject cilantro. There is a Peruvian dish, "seco de carne", that amounts to beef and potatoes stewed in a heavy sauce of ~1 lb of pure blendered cilantro that cooks for the entire 2+ hours with the meat, and it SOMEHOW no longer tastes like soap while still tasting very intensely like cilantro. I love it. Even my elderly white american mother loves it, and she has rejected everything else I've ever cooked with cilantro.

[@mist8814]

​@@brongulus2617 so you just don't like the raw taste, that's not that weird. I couldn't imagine eating it raw, Indians usually eat it cooked into food

[@TravelFrog]

For those who are trying to listen to this recommendation. You also have to be aware that trying to get exposure to cilantro may make you very sick. I tried this myself and as a result,result I had all the symptoms of food poisoning for three months, I could not keep my food down in my stomach. And this was just because I added a leaf of cilantro twice in the space of two weeks and in the end, nobody questions peoples food preferences why would you torture yourself with something that makes you feel sick? Because for me this little experiment resulted in changing from pleasant smell of cilantro to now I have gag reflex every time I smell it. I’m not sure that that’s an improvement.

[@gwyndyr32]

Yes! My son could not even stand the smell when I chopped cilantro. When he hit about 16 ... I was chopping some in the kitchen and he said "what is that delicious smell"? I said cilantro ... that night he stuffed his tacos with it and has loved it ever since.

[@lynrossi8409]

Cilantro: the reason I will never dine at Chipotle again. Once was enough.

[@jennylynn0074]

If you catch them before they start your order, you can ask for plain white rice. (Or demand it if they're being cranky that day.) That's what I do. Then skip the salsa, which has it. And I think their corn mix stuff has it, but I'm not sure. My usual order is white rice, chicken, black beans, queso blanco, motz and lots of lettuce. No cilantro in that. :)

[@whitelined2]

Soap? I think it tastes like stink bugs. Not that I've eaten stink bugs, but the coriander tastes like the smell of stink bugs. Same as goat cheese tasting like the smell of goats - though I do love goat cheese.

[@TheGosgosh]

…that’s something someone who’s eaten stink bugs would say 😂 But I totally get what you say. There’s a connection between nose and mouth/tongue and so some smells „taste“ as well, especially if you breath them in via your mouth. It’s hard to explain 😅

[@e7193]

@@TheGosgoshi’d say you two explained it quite well lol

[@kate4403]

There’s a scishow video on this- it came out on April Fools but it isn’t a joke. Stink bugs do legitimately smell like coriander- or more coriander smells like stinkbugs.

[@ancaci]

For me coriander tastes like how i imagine carrot leaves would taste and goat cheese tastes like the smell of wool or lanolin🤮

[@KxNOxUTA]

You are correct. The bugs and cilantro and soap share a common component!

[@heaintevenstuckathome8549]

Omg, my friends called me crazy! I literally told them I thought it tasted like soap and I love that there is validation for what I was experiencing!

[@macherie1234]

Since my husband introduced me to cilantro 36 years ago, I've progressed from violently spitting it out and not taking another bite to saying, "yuck, there's cilantro in this" and eating it anyway.

[@unclebucksquarter]

Cilantro tastes like soap and mangoes taste like Pine Sol . To bad these weren’t popular when I was a kid cus instead of the actual bar of soap they could have just made me eat my fruits and vegetables.

[@nervousbabbs2769]

😂 I was gaslit my entire life that cilantro did not taste like soap nothing in my food tasted like soap I was just weird 😔

[@KatharineOsborne]

Are mangoes supposed to taste like something other than Pinesol? Most taste very strongly of pine to me, but not all.

[@unclebucksquarter]

@@KatharineOsborne I never thought of it that way. I didn’t know they were supposed to have a pine flavor. I’m not trying to taste any in the future to find out.

[@BlueRoseFaery]

Mangos smell a little piney to me, especially the skin, but the fruit doesn’t really taste piney.

[@unclebucksquarter]

@@BlueRoseFaery There’s something wrong with my tastebuds, that makes me taste cleaning products. 😂

[@zuhair_alawad]

Every single person I've ever met tastes these plants like soap

[@eltioputo]

Rip bozos

[@tempusfugit5388]

Every single person I've ever met don't tastes these plants like soap

[@Cheesepuff8]

I don’t, and I still don’t like it

[@reneecaballero9624]

That's weird AF.. I'm happy that my sons didn't inherit this gene from their father.. Their father is Indian and I love cilantro, so it would've made dinner time much more difficult.. for me anyway..😂❤

[@ShakirahIbaad]

That’s weird, I haven’t met anyone who thinks that

[@JasonB808]

I feel bad for people who have peanut allergies. I love peanut butter. And yeah Cilantro tastes like soap to me too. No I don’t want to get used to eating it.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

Peanut butter is too thick for me

[@lovemalakha6904]

I couldnt eat anything with coriander leaves in it. But when i started cooking myself, i started adding it in curry and started liking it. Now i love it.

[@nervousbabbs2769]

😢 I'm pretty sure people can relate that they were gaslit by family and friends that cilantro did not taste like soap and nothing in their food tasted like soap. 😅 I have psychological issues now because I always feel like people think I'm lying when I'm not thanks to the way I was gaslit over everything as a child growing up

[@vyvianalcott1681]

That's not what gaslighting is, that's just invalidating your experience. Which is still a shitty thing to do to kids and causes plenty of its own problems, but gaslighting is much more severe.

[@soonlet4977]

the misuse of gaslit is like interchanging consent sex and rape... Yes, gaslit is that severe.

[@vtheb1299]

Fun fact, it seems that cilantro goes hand in hand with fennel (seed and plant) and liquorice... There might be a common gene responsible for them all.

[@Chopsyochops]

That’s interesting. My hubby hates both coriander and fennel/aniseed. I love them.

[@AuntoraB]

That's interesting. Just smelling cilantro/coriander gives me a migraine, as does black licorice and anise. Eating it is worse than smelling alone. But I like uncrushed fennel in my Italian sausage, even though it smells akin to licorice when crushed.

[@vtheb1299]

Oh yes, I forgot anise!!! (That's why I make my own chai tea.) I can't stand all of them and it always turns out I'm not the only one!

[@vtheb1299]

@@AuntoraB maybe the combination is really right. I guess that's what great cooking achieves, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Have you tried fennel seed on its own, do you like fennel tea for example?

[@ewdaddy7030]

I love fennel seed, like liquorice, hate cilantro. I think y'all just want to eat frickin stink bugs for lunch. Nasty bitshes

[@_Hakiko]

this wouldve been a massive help in curbing my soap eating addiction.

[@jeanettelapierre7824]

Lol

[@Cvs999v]

Coriander smells like the stink bugs we havd here in Southern Africa.

[@TheBiggestMoronYouKnow]

So it smells like africa then 😂

[@forest_green]

Yeah, it doesn't taste like soap to me; it tastes overpoweringly stinky.

[@mariaebling1305]

Yes!! That's why I don't like it! I can't stand coriander, the taste is not fresh nor soapy to me it's simply just the same as the stinkbug

[@MubashirAR]

My ex-employer once said that it smells like cockroach to him. Now I understand it

[@prosquatter]

Same. And it's not just coriander. Some decorative plants also stink like stink bugs to me.

[@pegatrisedmice]

tastes like the stinkbug smells

[@dillsha9599]

I've always loved coriander (cilantro) but when I had covid it absolutely tasted like soap

[@elliotwood1341]

this makes so much sense!! i’ve just accepted that my tacos (etc) taste kinda like soap sometimes

[@ViCT0RiA6]

Yk i rlly always felt like i overcame my soapy cilantro thing with having more cilantro, and over time it tastes a bit better... nice to be validated by a doctor 😮

[@xyincognito]

I want to issue a petition that people are not allowed to film themselves anymore while they are eating....

[@vyvianalcott1681]

Talking while chewing should be a capital offense.

[@jaded_gerManic]

Agreed.

[@adina1858]

Yes! At least this lady was eating a bit while taking about the food. But I think people do videos like ‘let me tell you about my day while I eat a bag of chips’. Who watches torture videos for entertainment?

[@lumalloy4798]

That was the biggest bite I ever saw anybody stuff in their mouth.

[@mantistobogganmd2865]

Agreed, the noises people make while chewing are like nails on a chalkboard to me

[@morganandwong]

This makes sense to me that it is smell related. I have an extremely sensitive sense of smell and I do have the cilantro aversion. I'm also the only person I know who can smell boar taint, which is unfortunately named, that means when an uncastrated boar is used to make bacon.

[@mervialaoutinen7154]

Oh, I just learnt something new 😮 thank you! I don't like eating pork, because sometimes it tastes and smells somehow... wrong. This might be the reason!

[@mirisina4572]

wow, makes sense that there's a connection. I have a strong aversion to cilantro, tasted it for the first time in South America and struggled so much to keep the food down, because I didn't want to be impolite. Didn't know it was cilantro until years later when I tasted a mango cilantro salad that made me trow up and I immediately knew that was the same exact wretched taste from years before. And for the longest time I thought there was something wrong with me when I sometimes hate the taste of pork and sometimes I can tolerate it fine until I worked with a client who was in the bacon making business and explained to me why they only use castrated boar cause some people can taste the difference. Felt so validated tbh!

[@jeanettelapierre7824]

Oh yeah! That is sooooo bad! Makes my stomach turn thinking of it!

[@giggles2302]

I had no idea that the soapy flavor could be overcome. If anyone tastes soap when they eat cilantro, i highly recommend daily doses. Cilantro is so fresh, so good!

[@Naramiah]

I used to think it tasted like soap but got over it in the last few years and I like it now. I thought it was strange because people say its in your gene's so how could i change it. Good to hear it is normal. We can all overcome our soapy cilantro senses.

[@lindaseel9986]

My son in law is allergic to Cilantro. A teaspoon will send him to the hospital with rash and throat closing up.

[@Firstsurugi]

Yeah that's... that's a fair bit worse than soap.

[@volgarking]

For me it's less soapy and more fresh tasting. Mint reminds me more of soap tbh

[@raenelllewis89]

Oh my gosh I agree with her I absolutely love cilantro!!!! My mouth will water at the scent of it like it does with Pickles lolol I couldn't live without cilantro ❤

[@emilygilbeyful]

I freaking love it. That's why Indian and mexican are two of my favourite cuisines! I don't like easy most of the East Asian herbs though (galangal, cinnamon, ginger, lemongrass, anise)

[@amyrussell860]

I do appreciate the posters sympathy. And the explanation. Because for me, I have the soapy glitch.

[@kelseylapinski6415]

I used to not really like it but now i like it. It is floral and a little soapy but it make for a great flavor profile paired with certain foods.

[@msjkramey]

I knew my sense of taste changed! I love cilantro now

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

People who don’t like cilantro are also more often super tasters. So they can be things like wine, chocolate, olive oil, and so on tasters.

[@irishpotato8786]

I literally just said this word for word to my mom. Love that my phone is listening to me all the time

[@maggieroodt]

I tasted cilantro for the first time after moving to Costa Rica. Same thing, I did not like the taste. But my host kept adding it to meals and in the end, ceviche changed my mind. Now I love that unique little herb!

[@huntakilla1234]

Yup, I have it. Except cilantro doesn't taste like soap, it tastes like burnt rubber to me. However, ginger DOES taste like soap to me.

[@mimsydreams]

I love the taste. The smell is what kills me, especially fresh cilantro! It doesn't smell bad, but it irritates my sinuses. I still eat it all the time, though. When it's mixed in food it doesn't bother me at all. My glitch is glitched, but I'm not complaining!

[@TheFatDrake]

I don’t associate the taste of cilantro with soap, but I do know when it’s used in something. Especially if it’s raw. Coriander doesn’t bother me probably because I only use it in curries, where it’s cooked.

[@EclecticBear]

I used to think it tasted like soap, and now it’s one of my favorite things to cook with

[@cristinap9298]

I used to hate the taste and smell of cilantro. Gave it a few tries, had some really really good guac one day and something switched. Now I love it.

[@choycejoyce4699]

My mom used to make coriander soup occasionally and just boil bunches of coriander, and I’d have to hide in my room and breathe through my mouth because it stank the apartment up so much.. I can now tolerate small amounts because I ate a lot of Mexican food and slowly built a modest tolerance

[@alissacheck4194]

It gets worse, too, if you try to fight through it. Every bite, the soapy taste gets stronger and less ignorable.

[@olegzubkov1109]

This assumes that I want to eat cilantro, which I happily don't. Have been picking it out of my food for years. I don't even feel that "soap" that much, I just dislike the herb itself, haha.

[@torporvasflam8670]

I can confirm you get over it from repeated exposure. I love indian food so I'd pick out the cilantro to lessen the soapy taste, but over the years the bad flavor went away.

[@slotos]

Repeated exposure doesn’t really work. The problem is not what the smell is like, but how overwhelming the experience is.

[@lauraelizabethgoodyear31]

WOW!!! Ways something really cool from you! I LOVE cilantro especially in Mexican, Thai & Indian food! # CAN’T GET ENOUGH! 😅❤❤❤

[@nicholasneyhart396]

I have the cilantro soap taste thing, I like it more because I find it has a perfume like quality that cuts through fatty and heavily spiced foods.

[@maemayhem08]

I can some what taste the soapyness but I find it adds to the flavor. Like I dont know soap doesn’t taste too bad, especially a small one covered in an herby taste of green. It’s pretty good

[@laurenirene9006]

I’ve only ever had one other person in my life who agreed with what I’m about to say so I know it sounds crazy but, for me it doesn’t even taste like soap it tastes the way a stink bug smells. I can still eat it in dishes (chipotle’s rice, salsas, Indian food etc) but if I get too big of a chunk I have to spit it out. My mom loves it and doesn’t have the glitch but my dad did. Weird software glitch to have but still super interesting!!

[@Kaiyla9966]

Was going to say use to have that soap taste but I refused to accept it as it was incorporated with dishes I really enjoyed (outside the cilantro) but over time the flavour changed to this beautiful herby bright citrusy peppery note that I actually cannot eat dishes without it now

[@The_Cloth_Surgeon]

The little things that remind me my ancestors came from South Asia that make me so happy.

[@thelostremainunfound]

I know this is off topic but I have almost the exact same spot as you do on your eye on my own (almost exact same position over iris/below the pupil and size of the lump). It makes me really happy to see someone else who has one. I grew up with it and ended up coming to love that little physical quirk and it wasn’t until I was an adult that doctors started asking me if I wanted it removed. It doesn’t effect my vision much other than changing my vision range slightly in my right eye and I’m both literally and figuratively attached to it at this point in my life. I’ve said no every time they’ve asked so they just measure it every year and move on. Idk, I just love seeing other people who have the thing people always seem to notice and ask me about, one of my longest running friends, the very first thing he said to me is “what the fuck is on your eye?!?” How can I hate something that led into close friendships?? Anyway, love your content and have your book towards the top of my “to read” pile along with my hardback cover of Grey’s Anatomy. Blend the old with the new!

[@TheGosgosh]

Now the nonsensical proverb my grandma used to say makes a bit sense after all. (Only a little bit, though 😂) „it is all a matter of personal taste preferences“, said the monkey and bit into the bar of soap (used somewhat whenever she encountered someone having a very different taste than what she knows)

[@SplitxHeart]

Interesting, as I was in Vietnam Cilantro was a very common herb in many meals there. I also do have the glitch myself, although I can bring myself to ignore it and in a way I like the taste.

[@rlcuda]

Cilantro hits me like catnip. It's like it tickles some part of my brain that nothing else does.

[@margaretanderson6924]

It's true: I had the soap response; butter chicken w/ fresh lime & chopped cilantro cured me. Something clicked and I could taste a richer tapestry of flavor notes. Now I love it!

[@sweetlioness3735]

Now it makes sense! For some reasons years ago I've tried one single time and I hated I couldn't understand why people liked it. Years later I've tried again and didn't taste that, but I actually loved it, but I had no prologued exposure or anything. And from there i do like cilantro and I'm not understanding why it tasted so bad the first time...

[@DINGD0NG...]

Gotta say, i either never had cilantro in my life or i had and thought it was parsley lol BUT, my sinusitis causes me to have very confused smell, which means very confused tastebuds as well. I will sometimes use ammonia to clean something, and my nose will interpret the smell as rotisserie chicken smell. Why? Absolutely no idea. I also have phantosmia, which means i will randomly have olfactory hallucinations. Will be chilling in my bed and suddenly smell cigarette smell, or burning smell, even when the windows are closed and there's no one home. Rarely the hallucination will be good, as they mostly make me smell smoke, but soooometimes i will get good ones Sinusitis gives you very funny experiences, but sadly makes me an extreme picky eater too

[@JohnJohnson-rl7fq]

It used to taste like soap the first time I ate cilantro. Now, I really enjoy it. I make lazy salsa with it by blending canned tomatoes, lots of limes juice, onion, and jalapeños together. It is really great.

[@kyleposey2671]

There is a mexican restaurant about 20 minutes away from where i live that does a wet burrito with the greatest green sauce EVER. It has the BEST cilantro taste

[@covegirl06]

I love cilantro 🌿 so much! Ive never noticed a soapy taste from cilantro. However, I DO notice a soapy taste sometimes when I’m drinking MILK 🥛!

[@michellecothrun1048]

To those who love cilantro, they say it tastes "fresh". I used to hate cilantro!!! Now I can tolerate it and even enjoy it in some dishes, especially cooked. It has to be very fresh when raw. If the leaves are starting to turn, I can't stomach it! And it doesn't taste like soap but like how a sponge smells after it's been sitting out damp. So to me it tastes like dirty dish water - not soapy. I know I'm probably the only one that gets that! 😅

[@mightnotmagic]

Cilantro doesn't taste like actual soap to me, but it does taste EXACTLY like the thrills gum here in Canada. Which is marketed as "soap gum" despite not really tasting like any actual soap I've ever (accidentally) tasted before.

[@narendernani7981]

As an Indian, I think cilantro is the best ever garnish to ever exist in this world 😋

[@animeotaku307]

Good to know, but I don’t have a reason to keep exposing myself to it when I don’t know how good it is.

[@HMQiNVM]

That explains it, I'm central American and I love Cilantro so much that when I am at the supermarket I can't help but take a fresh handful and INHALE IT like a weirdo, it makes me hungry immediately too, ❤.

[@barbarad3079]

I can attest - used to think it tasted like soap but it was in so much stuff i couldnt pick out I just ate it anyway and now it tastes great!

[@PhullyNo1]

True, I used to think there was bleach in my food when I first ate cilantro. All good now.

[@yippee8570]

Coriander does taste like soap, but there are ways to improve it, like the good doctor says. It certainly improved the taste of the Rogan Josh I made last night

[@LoveeeJonesss]

I somehow developed this “glitch” which I didn’t think was possible. AND it only happens sometimes. It’s the weirdest thing. I just keep eating cilantro and ignore the random weird soapy bites.

[@Beautyisvain456]

When I was pregnant cilantro tasted like pure dirt to me- 12 years later I still avoid it, because the taste was beyond anything I could handle. Thinking of it makes me want to throw up.

[@GekkeHenkie1313]

I suffer from this horrible affliction. Didnt know i could train myself to tolerate the pain. Suffering will make me stronger. I shall ascend

[@Mr2at]

This is a conversation with the wife. “No thank you sweetheart, as I’ve said for the past 35 years, I really really dislike coriander”, “Yes I have tried it and yes I still hate it, so no thank you “ This conversation happens at least once a month. PS the wife loves coriander.

[@cmac1100]

It definitely used to taste like soap to me, but it doesnt anymore, and honestly, it didnt really take that long to get over. I kinda just embraced the soapiness, and it just went away

[@princessjello]

Almost threw up in a grocery aisle when someone was cutting the cilantro as i walked past

[@annalisacandaso-robertson9179]

It surely can be overcome. 😊 I used to experience this with cilantro. I couldn't breathe. But wished I didn't have that experience because I am a good cook and love experiencing food from as many different cultures as possible. Both cooked by other people and cooking it myself. I love learning how other cultures traditionally cook their dishes, cooking with fire, tools and methods that we don't have to use with all our "privilege" and modern conveniences. Once I learned how to properly use spices and herbs, cooking them with fats instead of vinegars, wine, tomatoes, astringents etc, I was able to balance and draw out flavors better and I don't get that soapy flavor/smell suffocating experience anymore. The way scent accentuates taste, factors a lot into the soapy problem. I discovered what I REALLY don't enjoy AT ALL, is Cumin and tomato based dishes and I cannot stand store bought tomatoes. I do like fresh tomatoes from a garden that are red, juicy and meaty, but still don't like tomato based dishes. The tomatoes in the store are a pathetic excuse for tomatoes and it's sad that it's the norm now and how many folks don't really know what a tomato is supposed to taste like. And despite being a good cook and understanding how spices, fats, acids interact when cooking and knowing how to properly use them, I just do not like tomatoes or Cumin at all. I've tried. Cumin has an almost similar soapy taste/smell. It tastes/smells like a chemical to me.

[@julyol119]

I hated cilanto in the past. Had to hide it under a lot of other aromatic ingredients. Now I can eat snd enjoy it as is, just as much as I love parsley and other herbs. Making pico de gallo? I'll definitely be chewing on a branch of cilantro while doing so xD I also jave a friend, who was extremely picky with food until she decided to.challange herself to just try everything at least twice. Now she actually likes everything as far as I'm aware.

[@ReeCrowsFray]

MEEEEE! Dang it! I’ve tried to explain this to so many people! Being of Hispanic ethnicity, it’s been a lifelong jab taken at myself 😂 and then marrying into a first generation family from Mexico, my mother in law truly thinks I’m just trying to be nice and turn down her cooking 😂🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m also one of the few who can smell DMSO and it’s HORRID

[@bestbeech52]

When I was in my teens, I used to have coriander and it always tasted like soap to me. Now, in my 30's I absolutely love it! It doesn't taste like soap to me anymore

[@dunkie5863]

did anyone here ever have those thrills gums? i'm not the soap gene but that's what i imagine it tastes like. low key jealous cuz i love that gum

[@TheMutantCreeper]

I’m a Mexican American and I am so glad I can taste cilantro properly. The food I grew up with on my dad’s side was so good. I honestly feel bad for any Mexicans who are unlucky to have that gene.

[@ShuhanDeath]

We even eat mashed coriander mixed with mustard oil, green chillies, onion and spices

[@bland9876]

Considering that I don't really know this anything with cilantro other than the texture of it which is just standard leaf texture I don't think that it sucks leaving cilantro off It doesn't really add anything for me.

[@KodyAllenEstep]

This may be my favorite channel..

[@2centsbear638]

I never understood why people say it tastes like soap, I've always loved the smell of fresh cilantro. But, one day when I was chopping some it hit me for just a few seconds. I smelled the plant and it smelled like soap, and then it went back to delicious cilantro smell. It was weird

[@akeyscoot9546]

Explains why Dr. Kawashima from Brain Age has an easter egg where he cringes if you say "Coriander Coriander" into the DS mic.

[@suzanneevans1771]

Thanks for letting me know I can get to appreciate this herb with exposure therapy

[@aaronho1914]

Me and my mother have this, but she grew up eating it on plain chicken as a "seasoning"because of the taste 😂

[@selenbisan7238]

Finally an explanation, i never was able to eat it due to the soapy flavor