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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For those who don't think it tastes like soap go get a bar of ivory and really hit those back teeth with it. You'll get it.

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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?

[–] Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] nicman24@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

Am I the only human in the top left?? When I first learned of the gene, I was like “ahhhh that must be why,” then tried it again and did not taste soap. I just kinda hate the taste. It’s like too-much-vegetableness-to-make-up-for-overpowering-whatever-it’s-added-to but I don’t taste soap.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck cilantro.

[–] WaffleFriends@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a similar thing but with celery. I cannot stand celery because to me it smells extremely bad. Like, the worst thing I have ever smelled or will smell bad. If there’s even a tiny bit of celery somewhere, I can smell it. I don’t even know how celery tasted because I can’t get it close enough to my mouth to try.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw a video of someone teaching himself to like celery, and coerced my girlfriend to do the same - it works!

You literally just start by nibbling a bit every day and start eating more and more as you can handle it. She loves celery now, to the point where she just eats it raw as snacks.

Whether it's worth the apparent torture is up to you. To be frank, picky eaters give me second hand embarrassment when out dining, since you can teach yourself to like basically everything. Usually it's just people who didn't get much variety as children.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or don't, because a crunchy water stick isn't worth the effort...

[–] WindInTrees@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is if you're trying to lose weight

Sure, but I don't think forcing the plus sized homies to gaslight their taste buds is necessarily the best path.

I'd personally start with veggies they already like and build from there.

[–] SexyTimeSasquatch@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] muix@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

The guy transcended the coriander compass.