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Yeah, I’m one of those people. AMA?

It’s weird - sometimes I can kinda understand why people love cilantro so much… It’s like, I can kinda pick out the “good” flavors in it even though the overwhelming flavor that registers with me is soap. It’s a real bummer, because I love food and feel like I’m missing it on some really unique flavor profiles.

It’s always awkward having to ask for “no cilantro” in restaurants, and then explaining that it’s not an allergy. It just doesn’t taste good to me.

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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Weirdly, I’m similar from the opposite side. I can see how it tastes soapy to people, I kinda detect the soapyness too. But it doesn’t ruin it for me, I like cilantro.

Candied ginger tastes like soap to me though. Fresh or powdered ginger doesn’t.

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- Skanky@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Huh. I have me problem with candied ginger (or fresh) at all. I’m not crazy about it, but it certainly doesn’t taste like soap.
  
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  - Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Very interesting, so it’s probably unrelated.
    
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0ops@lemm.ee ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m the opposite, overall I like cilantro (to a point, too much cilantro is definitely a thing), but I do detect a little bit of that soapiness that people talk about. Luckily not too much though, it’s mostly minty to me.

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TisI@reddthat.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Ok, completely irrelevant, but some older and cheaply made chocolates taste like soap, have you ever tasted it?

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- Skanky@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Nope. I try to avoid cheap chocolate though. Life is too short for that. Lol
  
  It’s hard to describe what cheap chocolate tastes like, but it’s day the best description is “waxy”
  
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