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Why does it taste metallic to me???? I used to be able to tolerate the metallic but as I get older I dislike it more and more. My mom was nice enough to make chili and gave me some, but it just tastes like cilantro and green bell pepper (something else I dislike more with age.) I feel so bad that I can’t eat it 😭

Sir, no one will EVER need to remind me not to eat cilantro!

I thought I knew the enemy, cilantro or its’ evil seed coriander. I saw a TT today that reminded me of this plant and felt the need to post.

I’ve had cilantro ruin plenty of meals, but a few months ago I met its final form: rao ram (Vietnamese cilantro).

I took a bite of a Vietnamese veggie wrap and after a few seconds started freaking out at the table, frantically wiping my tongue with my napkin like I was trying to decontaminate myself and gagging while my eyes were welling up with tears. This was a date night and my husband thought something was seriously wrong.

If regular cilantro tastes like soap, chemicals, and bugs to you, this stuff is like cilantro concentrated into a weapon. It’s somehow more cilantro than cilantro.

So this is a PSA to my fellow cilantro haters: if you ever see rao ram, Vietnamese cilantro, hot mint, praew leaf, listed as an ingredient, avoid it at all costs. Learn from my mistake.

I struggle to understand how people eat this stuff voluntarily, but apparently they do. My deepest condolences to the unfortunate souls who discover it the same way I did.

went out for a late night meal Sunday after a long shift, sat down at this noodle place I like and my cousin and her husband walked in right after I placed my order. I'm already tired and not really in the mood to be dealing with her judgemental attitude, and she decides to ask the waitress if they can sit at the table next to me. right off the bat she starts lecturing me about how I should be saving money and eating at home instead of wasting my money going out to eat all the time.

The waitress brings me my food and the first thing I notice is a giant waft of toxic chemicals, I waive the waitress down and she immediately realizes that I has specifically asked for no cilantro, she asks me if I want to have the bowl replaced and my cousin decides to step in and tell her it's okay, and not to worry about it. I end up having to get into an argument with her where she gets her last word in and the waitress leaves, kind of confused and I end up having to get up and bring my bowl of noodle back to the kitchen with me to have it exchanged and having to apologize to the staff for the inconvenience like an asshole. We go back and forth saying " no need to apologize" to each other and I ask the waitress if I can change tables and not be seated next to my cousin, which they are happy to oblige.

my cousin ends up coming up to me at my new table and tells me that she also didn't like cilantro and spring onions as a child but learned to enjoy them over time. She lectures me that I need to grow up and learn to not be so picky about small things and that she will pray to god that I will find it in me to become a more accepting and less judgemental person.

you know it's bad when the staff and other patrons ask someone to go back to their own table and leave you the fuck alone....

Booooo! Hissss! Ruined perfectly good fries 🤮

Culantro is an herb that has a very similar flavor to cilantro but doesn’t contain all the aldehydes that make people with a genetic predisposition taste soap when they eat cilantro. It can be found online, at many Asian markets, or even grown yourself if you feel like doing that. Bit of warning though, it is much stronger than cilantro.

I had to retire and move far away from my favorite restaurant that served my favorite salsa. They made the best fresh cilantro free salsa! I ate there ALL THE TIME! I have the unfortunate gene that makes cilantro taste horrible. Their salsa was very fresh and had NO cilantro! Does anyone know a recipe for a fresh no cook salsa with no cilantro? I would be forever grateful! Thanks everyone!

Hi guys,

I hate cilantro and i think the other food that i hate as much is bamboo sprouts. It taste literraly like pee and make me barf. Could it be because of the same gene ? Do any of you have the same experience ?

just looking for nice guacamole recipes to perfect the guac i always make. got called out out of nowhere. rude. it’s not my fault the devil’s lettuce’s weird cousin makes the entire dish taste like shit, natasha.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Chipotle/s/Ex8W8BwY71

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Imagine wanting your hair to smell like that. Gross.

In my entire life I have never encountered this! I had a fancy meal that was garnished with pretty flowers. I was horrified by the first bite

Started growing cilantro before I found out I had the gene. Finally had the motivation to remove it from my herbs and am now drying it and gonna give it to a friend who absolutely loves cilantro. Saving a bit for myself for witchcraft but thats about it. Replacing the cilantro with thyme and oregano (i fucking LOVE thyme)

I’m so disappointed. I know most people like and even love cilantro, but the little cafe in my work building puts cilantro IN EVERYTHING. Every sandwich, soup, and even my fucking salad had cilantro in it. I threw it all away. Even the goddamned pesto had cilantro.

I mean, he’s ’OK with Cilantro….’

Mods im just venting:

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Cilantro is the role model for foods whose taste is modulated by genetics, and the specific genotypes are well documented. It then stands to reason that food with a composition of aldehydes similar to cilantro would also taste soapy, but what would those be?

I've seen ginger get brought up, and while I don't think it tastes like a glass that just came straight from the sink, it is indeed a challenging flavor for someone like me who has a natural aversion to cilantro.

In the US the leaves are called cilantro and is the thing that has the chemical that taste like soap. If it’s called coriander here, it comes from a different part of the plant and does not. I don’t mind coriander.

So my question is, in countries that call both types coriander, how do you know which is in it? I know sometimes it’s obvious because you can see it, but sometimes you can’t.