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SheilaT

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29. I'm one of those for whom cilantro tastes like soap.

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 08:18 PM

Jun 2014

Fewer thing enrage me more quickly than someone saying, "Oh, it's okay. There's only a little cilantro in this."

Okay. I'll only sprinkle a few, not a lot, of soap chips in your food and then ask you why you don't like it.

I find I'm best off avoiding most Mexican restaurants anymore. Thirty years ago they used very little cilantro, at least the ones in this country. About twenty years ago they started using it, and now it's in almost everything. I've learned to ask if there's cilantro in a dish I want to order and ask for it to be left out or order something else.

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Hate cilantro? It may be the fault of your genes. [View all] sufrommich Jun 2014 OP

Interesting tidbit about the aldehydes. Gormy Cuss Jun 2014 #1

Vietnam is another country that puts cilantro in everything. I have a hard time FSogol Jun 2014 #4

I've heard that before. laundry_queen Jun 2014 #2

It was green peppers for my son and he still hates them. sufrommich Jun 2014 #8

See, I grew 'into' green peppers laundry_queen Jun 2014 #31

my tastes have developed similarly on broccoli, cilantro nt Leme Jun 2014 #10

I'm with your 4th child ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #23

I made broccoli tonight laundry_queen Jun 2014 #32

This begins to sound like an Abbot and Costello routine. Demeter Jun 2014 #3

Interesting. I love cilantro (yum!) but my sister finds it inedible and revolting. myrna minx Jun 2014 #5

I avoid fishy-smelling fish. tridim Jun 2014 #6

Cilantro and celery are no problem for me. gvstn Jun 2014 #7

I'm with you on the seaweed laundry_queen Jun 2014 #33

Cilantro, as well as lemon grass (which many also hate) are my favorite spices! MoonRiver Jun 2014 #9

tomatoes are particularly interesting as it depends on preparation unblock Jun 2014 #11

I love raw tomatoes but V8 or Gazpacho--blech! Mostly cold tomato products I don't like. gvstn Jun 2014 #16

temperature -- that could certainly have something to do with it unblock Jun 2014 #20

I had an aversion to raw tomatoes too.Although sufrommich Jun 2014 #19

I love cilantro but don't know... one_voice Jun 2014 #12

Lol.Maybe I should have put a warning on the OP. nt sufrommich Jun 2014 #13

It's the only thing that makes me gag frazzled Jun 2014 #14

I knew someone who hate tarragon and thought the same thing. gvstn Jun 2014 #18

Love Cilatro and can't get enough of it. dilby Jun 2014 #15

... also in Indian foods. surrealAmerican Jun 2014 #25

i don't hate it, but most places use it to excess frylock Jun 2014 #17

This is good to know. ananda Jun 2014 #21

I can tolerate a little cilantro in foods, but more than a hint is just overpowering and makes Arkansas Granny Jun 2014 #22

I passionately HATE CILANTRO nt LiberalElite Jun 2014 #24

Mixed marriage HockeyMom Jun 2014 #26

I love cilantro, hate liver beveeheart Jun 2014 #27

I have few herbs or spices that I dislike ... Trajan Jun 2014 #28

I'm one of those for whom cilantro tastes like soap. SheilaT Jun 2014 #29

I love mexican food too,I ask them to leave the cilantro out. sufrommich Jun 2014 #34

It's very soapy to me too but I can get a little bit down... Phentex Jun 2014 #38

And again, while I appreciate that there are those SheilaT Jun 2014 #41

Tastes like soap to me. Crunchy Frog Jun 2014 #30

I can tolerate small amounts of it. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #35

I like cilantro if it's cooked, not if it's raw. No idea how my genes feel about that! merrily Jun 2014 #36

While I do like a the taste of little sometimes, the smell of a fresh bunch I bought on impulse was freeplessinseattle Jun 2014 #37

I have an overly sensitive nose so I don't agree with part of this... Phentex Jun 2014 #39

So it's the genes' fault? Beacool Jun 2014 #40

It tastes like a soapy, soured dishrag smells to me but the seeds are fine REP Jun 2014 #42

is there really a bug family of insects? G_j Jun 2014 #43