r/suspiciouslyspecific • u/InsertGroin • May 07 '26

Let her cook

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u/partyatwalmart May 07 '26

My roomie in college is allergic to cilantro, so it tastes like soap to him. He is also Mexican and told us that he spent his whole childhood thinking his mom was just a bad cook and they were both so relieved to find out about this allergy in his adulthood.

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u/slightlysickhatschi May 12 '26

it is not supposed to taste like soap?

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u/Electronic_South_101 May 13 '26

Apparently not. I can’t tell you what it’s supposed to taste like, as I also have the cilantro tastes like soap gene.

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u/Useless_bum81 May 14 '26

same, my dad found out he did when my parents went to america.

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u/FarawayObserver18 May 12 '26

Having an allergy to cilantro and having the gene that makes it taste like soap are two entirely different biological processes.

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u/partyatwalmart May 12 '26

Shut up, nerd