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MrScorpio

(73,695 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:43 PM Jan 2013

Does Cilantro taste like soap to you? [View all]

To me, yes… Now I know why. It's in my genes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/cilantro-aversion-gene-study_n_1901124.html

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	It tastes like soap
	6 (35%)
	It doesn't taste like soap
	11 (65%)
	I love the taste of Dove Soap!
	0 (0%)
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Does Cilantro taste like soap to you? [View all] MrScorpio Jan 2013 OP

I can handle small (and I mean *small*) amounts Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #1

I feel ya, AR Granny MrScorpio Jan 2013 #5

Cilaaaaaantro ... Mmmmmmm ... Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #2

... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #31

... Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #32

Beat me to it! u4ic Jan 2013 #36

Ah, a connoisseur of the soaps with which we got our mouths washed out pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #41

It would be so much easier today, eh? u4ic Jan 2013 #48

A little bit is okay, but in significant amounts it becomes quite soapy-tasting. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #3

I feel sorry for you. surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #4

It does, in a way Canuckistanian Jan 2013 #6

Tastes like stink bugs Taverner Jan 2013 #7

Well, I sort of agree. It tastes like Laurian Jan 2013 #9

... 2naSalit Jan 2013 #35

Mexican and Thai food.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #8

+1 pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #17

Mmmmmmm....oh you ratfink BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #18

Ratfink I may be, but I hope somebody brings you a steaming bowl of pho pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #29

Awwwwwwwwwwwww! thanks pin! Hey for me, BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #38

well, that hamburgler was a mistake. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #47

Megadittoes, Blanchsplanch Bucky Jan 2013 #44

so....are u busy tonight? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #46

I said yes, it tastes like soap, but frogmarch Jan 2013 #10

I grow it, but have never tasted it. femmocrat Jan 2013 #11

I bought some once from a co-op to make homemade salsa Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #12

How about "Do beets taste like dirt?" shadowmayor Jan 2013 #13

I love beets..... AnneD Jan 2013 #24

Oh god yes. Codeine Jan 2013 #40

Love it love it love it Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #14

That's a good way of putting it... GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #25

it tastes wonderful to me hopemountain Jan 2013 #15

I always wondered why my mom washed out my mouth with cilantro Shrek Jan 2013 #16

23andMe tests for cilantro Thirties Child Jan 2013 #19

Love cilantro!! n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #20

I can handle a little bit as a garnish geardaddy Jan 2013 #21

No. But I find it amazingly disgusting. bunnies Jan 2013 #22

Cilantro can remove toxic metals from body tissue. antiquie Jan 2013 #23

Interesting, if true. Here is one research report. Duer 157099 Jan 2013 #26

interesting. ...I wonder if there's any corelation to cultures that use a lot of cilantro? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #39

Seems to be genetic intaglio Jan 2013 #27

More like chlorine, but I voted 'yes'. trof Jan 2013 #28

It tastes like soap libodem Jan 2013 #30

Brown Soap...like Fels Naptha.... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #33

I make a cilantro pesto - It's really good. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #34

No, but I know deeply dislike it. n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #37

Possibly. Jack Sprat Jan 2013 #42

It tastes a lot like coriander. RedCloud Jan 2013 #43

Here's a site where you can write a haiku on how much you hate it. geardaddy Jan 2013 #45