Serious question, who decided cilantro tastes like soap?

Honestly, I was at a taco truck in Austin last week and this guy next to me told the cook 'no cilantro, it tastes like soap to me' like it was a fact. Ngl, I looked it up later and it's a real gene thing, but it got me thinking. People who hate cilantro talk about it like it's a universal truth, but for the rest of us it's just a nice herb. It feels like it gets way too much hate for just doing its job. Has anyone else had a friend who acts like you're crazy for liking it?

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ruby_rivera761mo agoMost Upvoted

My cousin has the soap gene and we just keep a little dish of parsley on the side now for her to swap in. It works fine and we avoid the whole dramatic speech @taylor_young mentioned. She gets her green confetti, I get my cilantro, nobody has to call the food police.

taylor_young1mo ago

Right, because the cilantro haters are clearly the chosen ones with superior taste buds. My friend acts like I'm eating a bouquet of Dawn dish soap pods, meanwhile I'm just trying to enjoy some guac. It's a herb, not a moral failing. The dramatic sigh they let out when they find a single leaf is honestly award-winning.

rileynelson1mo ago

Honestly that "moral failing" line is so true, it's part of this bigger thing where people treat their personal taste like a personality. Like @ruby_rivera76 has the right idea, just swap it out and move on. But I see it with coffee orders, how spicy someone likes their food, even music tastes. Someone will make a whole show of picking the cilantro out of their taco like they're defusing a bomb. It's just a leaf, man.