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Anyone else have the “cilantro tastes like soap” gene?

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I’m eating a delicious salmon bowl right now and I keep getting flash banged by detergent cilantro tastes in between grilled teriyaki salmon. Life is both heaven and hell.

I don't care for it either. I can only handle it in super small doses!

I think it's crazy how much Mexicans put on their food. That would be so over powering.

I don't mind cilantro in a small amount. But sometimes I do get the soap taste.

Live. Love. Laugh. Be stunning. - Miss Piggy

For me cilantro has like a soury "minty" taste, never really got the soap taste

lol cilantro tastes like stink bugs:aroused:

I think i have the gene but I still eat it in small amounts. Carne Asada is thankfully too amazing for me to be too bothered by it.

"Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world"

Yes! I have it and it is HELL for me as the majority of my family doesn’t have it! (They’re convinced that the gene doesn’t exist and that I’m just picky! T_T)

The PTC tasting gene also affects how some other things taste to you, not just cilantro! Cruciferous and brassica vegetables, plants, and fruits like brussel sprouts, grapefruit, arugula, and coffee (all of which are food that I don’t like lol) are affected 

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