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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:43 PM Jan 2013

Does Cilantro taste like soap to you?

To me, yes… Now I know why. It's in my genes. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/cilantro-aversion-gene-study_n_1901124.html


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It tastes like soap
6 (35%)
It doesn't taste like soap
11 (65%)
I love the taste of Dove Soap!
0 (0%)
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Does Cilantro taste like soap to you? (Original Post) MrScorpio Jan 2013 OP
I can handle small (and I mean *small*) amounts Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #1
I feel ya, AR Granny MrScorpio Jan 2013 #5
Cilaaaaaantro ... Mmmmmmm ... Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #2
... pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #31
... Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #32
Beat me to it! u4ic Jan 2013 #36
Ah, a connoisseur of the soaps with which we got our mouths washed out pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #41
It would be so much easier today, eh? u4ic Jan 2013 #48
A little bit is okay, but in significant amounts it becomes quite soapy-tasting. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #3
I feel sorry for you. surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #4
It does, in a way Canuckistanian Jan 2013 #6
Tastes like stink bugs Taverner Jan 2013 #7
Well, I sort of agree. It tastes like Laurian Jan 2013 #9
... 2naSalit Jan 2013 #35
Mexican and Thai food.... BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #8
+1 pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #17
Mmmmmmm....oh you ratfink BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #18
Ratfink I may be, but I hope somebody brings you a steaming bowl of pho pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #29
Awwwwwwwwwwwww! thanks pin! Hey for me, BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #38
well, that hamburgler was a mistake. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #47
Megadittoes, Blanchsplanch Bucky Jan 2013 #44
so....are u busy tonight? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #46
I said yes, it tastes like soap, but frogmarch Jan 2013 #10
I grow it, but have never tasted it. femmocrat Jan 2013 #11
I bought some once from a co-op to make homemade salsa Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #12
How about "Do beets taste like dirt?" shadowmayor Jan 2013 #13
I love beets..... AnneD Jan 2013 #24
Oh god yes. Codeine Jan 2013 #40
Love it love it love it Populist_Prole Jan 2013 #14
That's a good way of putting it... GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #25
it tastes wonderful to me hopemountain Jan 2013 #15
I always wondered why my mom washed out my mouth with cilantro Shrek Jan 2013 #16
23andMe tests for cilantro Thirties Child Jan 2013 #19
Love cilantro!! n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #20
I can handle a little bit as a garnish geardaddy Jan 2013 #21
No. But I find it amazingly disgusting. bunnies Jan 2013 #22
Cilantro can remove toxic metals from body tissue. antiquie Jan 2013 #23
Interesting, if true. Here is one research report. Duer 157099 Jan 2013 #26
interesting. ...I wonder if there's any corelation to cultures that use a lot of cilantro? BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #39
Seems to be genetic intaglio Jan 2013 #27
More like chlorine, but I voted 'yes'. trof Jan 2013 #28
It tastes like soap libodem Jan 2013 #30
Brown Soap...like Fels Naptha.... n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #33
I make a cilantro pesto - It's really good. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #34
No, but I know deeply dislike it. n/t Agschmid Jan 2013 #37
Possibly. Jack Sprat Jan 2013 #42
It tastes a lot like coriander. RedCloud Jan 2013 #43
Here's a site where you can write a haiku on how much you hate it. geardaddy Jan 2013 #45

Arkansas Granny

(31,528 posts)
1. I can handle small (and I mean *small*) amounts
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:53 PM
Jan 2013

of cilantro, but if the flavor is very pronounced in a dish, I just can't eat it.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
41. Ah, a connoisseur of the soaps with which we got our mouths washed out
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:06 PM
Jan 2013


I had my mouth "washed out" when I was a kid, but I couldn't tell you which brand of soap it was. To me, it was just soap--and it was terrible.

PTUI!


u4ic

(17,101 posts)
48. It would be so much easier today, eh?
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 03:47 PM
Jan 2013

vanilla-tangerine or lemongrass-mint soap.

Just hopefully no...tea tree.

surrealAmerican

(11,364 posts)
4. I feel sorry for you.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:06 PM
Jan 2013

For those of us who don't have that gene, it tastes pretty good: all fresh and green.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
9. Well, I sort of agree. It tastes like
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:10 PM
Jan 2013

stink bugs smell. I'm not sure how stink bugs taste (and don't ever want to), but cilantro does taste like stink bugs smell. Good description!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. +1
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:09 AM
Jan 2013

And with Vietnamese pho, cilantro and other herbs, sliced hot peppers, and lime slices are served on the side so the diner can add, to taste, some wonderful flavor combinations to the hearty broth, meat and noodles. Yum!

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
18. Mmmmmmm....oh you ratfink
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:30 AM
Jan 2013

I'm home sick so I can't go out to the Pho place.

Hmmmmm...maybe later....when I feel a lttle better. It would be therapeutic!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
29. Ratfink I may be, but I hope somebody brings you a steaming bowl of pho
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:53 PM
Jan 2013

You deserve that comfort (maybe with some plum sauce for sweetness and some extra hot sauce to clear your sinuses, if you need that).


BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
38. Awwwwwwwwwwwww! thanks pin! Hey for me,
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:51 PM
Jan 2013

"Ratfink"is high praise!

Well I didn't go get pho, but I did go have a hamburgler and a beer! Only five minutes away! Yay!

Pho will have to be on the menu another day.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
47. well, that hamburgler was a mistake.
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:23 PM
Jan 2013
Guess I wasn't as recovered as I thought.

Erg. Missed another work day.

Bucky

(54,065 posts)
44. Megadittoes, Blanchsplanch
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:08 PM
Jan 2013

I loves the stuff. I use the stems in my omelettes (sauteed in olive oil & garlic) along with shrooms, bell peppers, carrots, garlic, tumeric, green onions, and whatever other leftovers I got.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
46. so....are u busy tonight?
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:20 PM
Jan 2013

You can cook for me anytime, Bucky!!!

Non cilantro related, but try fresh Tarragon in your eggs. Too subtle for garlic so don't add that. And be sure to get non-cruelty eggs, preferably from a reputable natural foods store.
Fresh Tarragon smells like new mown hay! Oooooooooooooooh.

frogmarch

(12,158 posts)
10. I said yes, it tastes like soap, but
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:58 PM
Jan 2013

to me it actually tastes much stronger, and much worse, than ordinary soap. bleccchhh, I hate cilantro.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
12. I bought some once from a co-op to make homemade salsa
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:00 AM
Jan 2013

It was in a small plastic bag. I didn't notice any particularly bad smell or taste, but my mom found it and thought it was a different kind of Mexican herb, so she threw it out.

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
13. How about "Do beets taste like dirt?"
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 01:30 AM
Jan 2013

Just like cilantro, people also have trouble with the taste of beets. I'd rather eat an old shoe than shovel beets into my pie hole!

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
24. I love beets.....
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:42 PM
Jan 2013

but cilantro is like soapy old dishwater to me. Pity me, I live in Texas and I swear they put it in everything, if it is not fried that is..

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)
14. Love it love it love it
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:46 AM
Jan 2013

Unlike garlic however, more is not better. It takes experience to know exactly where the dividing line is between "it could use a little more" and "too much". Kinda' like a martini: One is not enough and two is too many.

GoCubsGo

(32,088 posts)
25. That's a good way of putting it...
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:02 PM
Jan 2013

I don't find it to taste soapy, but I also don't find the taste very pleasant, unless it's mixed in with other flavors. I don't mind some cilantro in many dishes. I can tolerate a bit more in a good, hot salsa. In fact, to me, salsa has to have some cilantro in it to be good. One can definitely go overboard with it, though.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
15. it tastes wonderful to me
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:50 AM
Jan 2013

i enjoy it whipped up with a good plain organic yogurt, a fresh garlic clove or two and sea salt. lovely dip or dressing - on anything! (this is a middle eastern concoction for dipping chunks of grilled lamb.)

my mother never used it in her cooking - but my grandmother grew cilantro outside her east facing kitchen window. it was right next to the mints and other herbs by the outdoor faucet. the scent wafting in through that kitchen window on a warm day...unforgettable.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
21. I can handle a little bit as a garnish
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 12:16 PM
Jan 2013

but in large amounts, it tastes like soap to me.

It's a genetic thing.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
22. No. But I find it amazingly disgusting.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:17 PM
Jan 2013

I can smell that crap from 20 feet away and it always makes me gag. No other herb has that effect on me. Ugh.

 

antiquie

(4,299 posts)
23. Cilantro can remove toxic metals from body tissue.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 02:36 PM
Jan 2013

I know someone who could not stand the smell, let alone the taste, until he learned that.

Dr. Omura's discovery resulted in a novel technique, which greatly increased the body's ability to clear up recurring infections, both viral and bacterial. By chance, he also discovered an inexpensive, easy way to remove -- or chelate -- toxic metals from the nervous system and body tissues. Chelation therapy using chemical agents like EDTA has long been used to help remove heavy metals, but cilantro is the only natural substance I'm aware of that has demonstrated this ability. http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/articles/art_cilantroremheavymetals.html


Much more at http://www.naturalnews.com/027434_cilantro_natural_detox.html

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
26. Interesting, if true. Here is one research report.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 04:11 PM
Jan 2013

Acupunct Electrother Res. 1996 Apr-Jun;21(2):133-60.
Significant mercury deposits in internal organs following the removal of dental amalgam, & development of pre-cancer on the gingiva and the sides of the tongue and their represented organs as a result of inadvertent exposure to strong curing light (used to solidify synthetic dental filling material) & effective treatment: a clinical case report, along with organ representation areas for each tooth.
Omura Y, Shimotsuura Y, Fukuoka A, Fukuoka H, Nomoto T.
Source

Heart Disease Research Foundation, New York, USA.
Abstract

Because of the reduced effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria (e.g. Chlamydia trachomatis, alpha-Streptococcus, Borrelia burgdorferi, etc.) and viruses (e.g. Herpes Family Viruses) in the presence of mercury, as well as the fact that the 1st author has found that mercury exists in cancer and pre-cancer cell nuclei, the presence of dental amalgam (which contains about 50% mercury) in the human mouth is considered to be a potential hazard for the individual's health. In order to solve this problem, 3 amalgam fillings were removed from the teeth of the subject of this case study. In order to fill the newly created empty spaces in the teeth where the amalgams had formerly existed, a synthetic dental-filling substance was introduced and to solidify the synthetic substance, curing light (wavelength range reportedly between 400-520 nm) was radiated onto the substance in order to accelerate the solidifying process by photo-polymerization. In spite of considerable care not to inhale mercury vapor or swallow minute particles of dental amalgam during the process of removing it by drilling, mercury entered the body of the subject. Precautions such as the use of a rubber dam and strong air suction, as well as frequent water suctioning and washing of the mouth were insufficient. Significant deposits of mercury, previously non-existent, were found in the lungs, kidneys, endocrine organs, liver, and heart with abnormal low-voltage ECGs (similar to those recorded 1-3 weeks after i.v. injection of radioisotope Thallium-201 for Cardiac SPECT) in all the limb leads and V1 (but almost normal ECGs in the precordial leads V2-V6) the day after the procedures were performed. Enhanced mercury evaporation by increased temperature and microscopic amalgam particles created by drilling may have contributed to mercury entering the lungs and G.I. system and then the blood circulation, creating abnormal deposits of mercury in the organs named above. Such mercury contamination may then contribute to intractable infections or pre-cancer. However, these mercury deposits, which commonly occur in such cases, were successfully eliminated by the oral intake of 100 mg tablet of Chinese parsley (Cilantro) 4 times a day (for average weight adults) with a number of drug-uptake enhancement methods developed by the 1st author, including different stimulation methods on the accurate organ representation areas of the hands (which have been mapped using the Bi-Digital O-Ring Test), without injections of chelating agents. Ingestion of Chinese parsley, accompanied by drug-uptake enhancement methods, was initiated before the amalgam removal procedure and continued for about 2 to 3 weeks afterwards, and ECGs became almost normal. During the use of strong bluish curing light to create a photo-polymerization reaction to solidify the synthetic filling material, the adjacent gingiva and the side of the tongue were inadvertently exposed. This exposure to the strong bluish light was found to produce pre-cancerous conditions in the gingiva, the exposed areas of the tongue, as well as in the corresponding organs represented on those areas of the tongue, and abnormally increased enzyme levels in the liver. These abnormalities were also successfully reversed by the oral intake of a mixture of EPA with DHA and Chinese parsley, augmented by one of the non-invasive drug-uptake enhancement methods previously described by the 1st author, repeated 4 times each day for 2 weeks.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
39. interesting. ...I wonder if there's any corelation to cultures that use a lot of cilantro?
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 09:57 PM
Jan 2013

That would be intersting info.

trof

(54,256 posts)
28. More like chlorine, but I voted 'yes'.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:40 PM
Jan 2013

I've known it's genetic for a while.
You know when you swim in a pool that's chlorinated and you get water up your nose?
That's what it tastes like to me.

I've found that if you continue to eat things with cilantro in it (mainly some salsas) you 'kind' of get used to it.
It's not as objectionable now as it first was.
I can still do without it.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
34. I make a cilantro pesto - It's really good.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 08:15 PM
Jan 2013

Same way as ordinary pesto - just substitute cilantro for whatever else that's green.

Also do parsley pesto.

 

Jack Sprat

(2,500 posts)
42. Possibly.
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:30 PM
Jan 2013

Sometimes I open a bag of salad and it tastes somewhat soapy. I toss it away. Maybe the bag of salad greens have cilantro mixed in, thus making me think the greens have been washed in soap and not rinsed well.

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