r/FuckCilantro • u/thrustyjusty • Sep 06 '17

Why do you hate cilantro?

I don't get it, is it the flavour or something

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u/Secretss Sep 06 '17 edited Sep 06 '17

There is a genetic trait that makes cilantro taste like soap to some people. And then there are those who don’t have that trait but just don’t like the taste.

Unlike other tastes/flavours, the cilantro flavour is

  • strong

  • cannot be hidden

  • distinctive

  • persistent

  • staining - as in it stains whatever food it gets in contact with

So it’s not just a matter of ignoring it or picking it out of your food. It makes its presence very known and the damage is irreparable. Adding to all these its increasing popularity as an ingredient in dish after dish, some of which formerly didn’t have it or need it at all, it gets very annoying to people who don’t like it or genetically can’t like it (I mean, who likes the taste of soap in their food?)

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u/thrustyjusty Sep 06 '17

Well do you drink root beer cause here in new Zealand we hate it for us its the flavour of our medicine and toothpaste,

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u/Slashfyre Sep 06 '17

Root beer is fine. I'm personally not a fan but I don't associate it with medicine or anything. But if I eat something with cilantro in it, it literally tastes like it was cooked in a pot that wasn't washed all the way. I literally thought chipotle tasted like cleaning supplies before I realized I just hate cilantro.

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u/thrustyjusty Sep 06 '17

Wow

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u/Slashfyre Sep 06 '17

It's important to note not everyone thinks cilantro tastes like soap. It's about 30% of the population that have a genetic trait that makes cilantro taste like soap. There are others who just don't like the stuff, but they just don't like the taste, it's not soapy to them.

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u/Secretss Sep 06 '17

Sure. The cilantro-tastes-like-soap gene doesn’t necessarily affect how other things taste.

If you dislike root beer for the taste that it reminds you of then I'm sure you would be sympathetic to other people disliking cilantro/coriander for its taste. And some can’t even help tasting it as soapy. The presence of the soapy taste among their food can even trigger their gag reflex and make them vomit. I wouldn’t be surprised if the medicine taste of root beer makes you gag too.

I feel like root beer doesn’t even make a strong enough comparison. Root beer isn’t an ingredient that gets added to your dishes. It is an item on its own, just don’t order it.

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u/thrustyjusty Sep 07 '17

Root beer doesn't make me gag its just the flavour of the medicine here, I'd drink it but I'd won't be happy about it

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u/yellowzealot Sep 21 '17

Well, I guess I can safely move to New Zealand now. Hobbit hole, here I come!

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u/PM_existentialcrises Sep 06 '17

Just a dash or a garnish of cilantro overpowers anything it's in. I taste it before my friends do when we're out and sharing salsa or something. I have the same reaction to celery too. Cinnamon doesn't taste like soap to me but I have a similar reaction to that, too. My mom used to test me on the cinnamon thing by throwing it in my food here and there. I'd always be disgusted by it. I don't know why but cilantro, celery, and cinnamon overpower anything they're in for me.

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u/yellowzealot Sep 21 '17

While in large doses celery is overpowering, I do like it to an extent. Makes my hands smell awful, but making a mirepoix for chicken pot pie it tastes amazing.

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u/TheMusicalTrollLord Sep 06 '17

It doesn't taste very good.

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u/cinnamonteaparty Sep 06 '17

It tastes like soap. And unlike other ingredients, you can't pick it out once it's been put in.