And folks think I'm nuts when I say Cilantro tastes like soap to me.
You’re right - it does taste like soap, but that can be off-set by eating if for a few days. I tried it. Now it has a very pleasant taste - not soapy at all.
It tastes like soap to me too and I have developed an allergy to it. I get a headache and my sinuses get all stuffy and closed up if I eat even a tiny bit.
I always thought it tasted like soap, but developed the allergy after eating a bowl of soup that was very heavily laden with it.
I was sick for days and could not get the smell or taste out of my nose/mouth. Now the least little bit and I feel terrible.
Not at all. There is a bitter ingredient to cilantro.
The ability to taste this ingredient is controlled by a single gene.
You lost the genetic lottery.
Sorry.
You’re not nuts. There’s a chemical in cilantro that is noxious to about 10 percent of the population. People who like cilantro can’t taste the chemical. People who can taste the chemical hate cilantro. Apparently it is an inherited trait, like color blindness.