• STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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    i used to work at a poke shop and I had one regular that had a special kind of bowl: he wouldn’t get any rice or greens, not even any protein, he would request like 4 or 5 big scoops of cilantro. covered with crunchies like sesame and tempura flakes with sauce. Like this bro just eats cilantro salad every day

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    i always hated weird mex and india foods and recently discovered: no they are not wierdos that like soap

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    I have the soapy cilantro gene. Cilantro is one of my favorite flavors. No, I don’t generally like the taste of soap. The soapiness of cilantro is very mild for me and is lost in the strong flavor of the herb unless I specifically am looking for it.

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      Same here. I’ll add it to a lot of food, and it’s only a problem when I have a big bite of it like in a burrito

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    The first time I had some salsa in a restaurant I was asking if they accidentally poured dish soap into it. It was inedible for me.

    I only learned later that it was cilantro and that it is genetic.

    I am still feeling sorry for the remark, but it was all I could taste and didn’t know any better.

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      I worked at a grocery store and the produce department got a big load of fresh cilantro in. My eyes watered as I walked into the back room. I thought they had just done a shitty job of cleaning the floors.

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    Cilantro tastes like soap to me. I like it. I can eat as much of soap flavored plant as I want without shitting out bubbles.

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    I used to hate cilantro because I thought it tasted soapy. Then my kid was telling me about this “gene” one day and I said that I must have it. Then I asked them what they thought cilantro tasted like, and they told me it was onion-y like chives.

    We were at a restaurant at the time and I was eating something with cilantro which is why it came up. So I took a bite and tried to see if I could taste what they meant by onion-y. And damned if I couldn’t make out that chive sort of flavor.

    Since then, I can’t taste the soapiness, it just tastes good.

    So I doubt it is actually a gene of any sort if you can reprogram your brain like I did to get the taste.

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      So I doubt it is actually a gene of any sort

      So because you were able to gaslight yourself into liking it that means genetic science is fake?

      FUCK Cilantro. It tastes like someone wiped their ass with a sweaty gym sock. I don’t even get the “soap” taste that many people report, it just tastes awful and even the tiniest amount ruins whatever dish its in.

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        You forgot the last part of his sentence…? He’s not flouting science. Too many weirdly aggressive redditors here…

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        Yeah it’s not really soap, but more the idea that this thing you’re eating is definitely not food. Like if you got a wad of grass and doused it in terpentine.

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        I have a black bean and rice recipe I make a lot and cilantro takes it from a 5-6 in terms of flavor to a 10.

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          I’m sure it’s tasty as heck for you but I’d be unable to eat it. Anything with coriander, even the seeds, tastes awful to me. I simply can’t eat the stuff.

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        It tastes like how stink bugs smell

        It’s vile and I’m not sure I hate any food more than cilantro, but I don’t taste soap

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        It tastes like someone wiped their ass with a sweaty gym sock.

        so you’re saying it’s an acquired taste?

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            Lmaoooo :3 cilantro tastes good to me but maybe a gym sock I would still prefer the gym sock 🤷‍♀️

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    I don’t mind the taste, but I’m extremely sensitive to it. If there is one bit in the dish, all of it tastes like cilantro and nothing else. Is this also part of the soap gene.

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    For those like me that have no idea what this meme is about I just searched - https://www.liveeatlearn.com/cilantro/ .

    It seems there is a difference in america where people call coriander parts different things like cilanto. Never knew that. Knowing american way of the names of some herbs is already a good achievement for me.

    I’ve always known people that said they can’t tolerate or really dislike coriander in food, but never have I heard about the phonmenon of it tasting like soap. I don’t think any of those people ever explained the taste as soap, just that they dislike it for no reason, so for me it is just picky people in my mind. But now I learned that it’s some genetics weirdness. Always learning.

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    I definitely have the soapy gene, but don’t mind the taste. I blame thrills soap gum, I occasionally enjoyed that as a kid. My sister also has the gene and can’t stand the taste.

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    I find it similar to parsley . It’s not soapy to me, but I’m not a hardcore fan. I guess I can enjoy though, does that count or you are looking specifically for people who sense it like soap and like it too?

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    I have one allele of the soapy gene variant at rs2741762, and I really like cilantro and coriander. But I also like any weird or different smells, it appears as if I smell everything a little more strongly, and nothing is truly disgusting for me taste-wise (texture though: can’t stand anything that has a vein-like quality). I have ADHD though, and one emergent behavior from that is pursuing the interesting/novel over the good, smells included.

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        Yes, I tested through 23andMe and then downloaded my genes. Occasionally I compare them to recent studies with https://codegene.eu, which is how I learned a bit about a cholesterol metabolism gene mutation increasing the probability of Alzheimer’s.

        My attitude to privacy is probably more complacent than it should be.

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      A gene has been identified as a likely cause of why some people enjoy the smell and taste of coriander (also known as cilantro) while others have exactly the opposite reaction to the point of repulsion. Depending on ancestry, somewhere between 3% and 21% of the population associate it with unpleasant taste, including a combination of soap and vomit, or say that it is similar to the foul smelling odor emitted by stinkbugs. This is due to the presence of aldehyde chemicals, which are present in soap, various detergents, coriander, several species of stinkbugs and cinnamon.

      https://wiki.metastem.su/#/wiki/OR6A2/en

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        So, if cilantro tastes to me like the smell of Irish Spring, I have the gene? I definitely still enjoy it, though. Funny enough, I also enjoyed one brand of Sangria that tasted exactly like the smell of the floor cleaner from my last job.

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    So it’s interesting, I have the soapy gene but have found that I do enjoy it, in modest amounts, in certain foods. It primarily just exists for me as an acquired, slightly off flavor that balances the rest - think like trying coffee for the first time versus later in life.

    That said, some food trucks really just give you whole scoops of the stuff and I can exhaust that good will pretty quick when I have a bowl of hot soapy pork broth