Posted on 04/09/2021 10:43:50 AM PDT by mylife
You probably take your tongue for granted, or at least, don’t fully grasp the complexities of how it deciphers the flavors it encounters and sends those delicious or distasteful signals to your brain.
This is all the more important because things don’t always taste the same to different people. In fact, when it comes to the herb cilantro, the fresh earthiness you taste might actually taste like Palmolive or a fragrant bar of bathroom soap to someone else. There is a lot to wade through when it comes to common myths about food, but the idea that to some people, cilantro tastes like soap is no outlandish rumor.
Why cilantro tastes like soap to some people Whether you taste a mouthful of antiseptic when you chomp into a bite of cilantro-rich salsa comes down to a roll of the genetic dice. Specifically, it come down to the aldehydes—organic compounds in which a carbon atom shares a bond with another atom or group of atoms, per Britannica— found in cilantro, which are often used in various perfumes and cleaning products, owing to their pronounced fragrances.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, the aldehydes are best detected through the olfactory receptors, which allow you to smell things. The organization notes:
The difference may be small at the molecular level, but has large implications at the olfactory (smell) level. It’s suspected that a dislike for cilantro is largely driven by the smell (and smell is directly linked to how we taste.)
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wonderful with diced white onion and a splash of lime...
You didn’t rinse it well???
It’s a genetic thing..................
Cilantro is one of those foods.....some love it ...some hate it.
If cilantro is on the ingredient list, then my wife and I won’t eat it.
My 1st thought when having it the 1st time was “did someone forget to rinse the cookware after they washed it”?
I don’t think it tastes like soap. It smells like mildew. Watercress and cilantro look alike and are placed near each other in the produce section. Watercress does not have an odor.
Why does everything mexican smell like refried beans?
Nasty people, nasty food.
They’ve been tasting the wrong soap.
It smells like stink bugs
Fresh chopped Cilantro on your Durian.
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Why Do Some People Think Cilantro Tastes Like Soap?
because it does?
yummy and prevents covid19...
My wife loves it. I dont.
Dang you. Now I’m gonna be craving Sanchez Tacos all day. They’re the best in my little berg.
Regardless of what they tell you at Grubby’s Mexican Grill, Cilantro is not blue and in a plastic bottle labeled Dawn Dishwashing Soap.
I’ll have your frijoles with extra lard and cilantro
I can’t smell cilantro other than it being a plant. But, it is no rumor. I can confirm that to me, cilantro has a soapy taste. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
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