i used to work at a poke shop and I had one regular that had a special kind of bowl: he wouldn't get any rice or greens, not even any protein, he would request like 4 or 5 big scoops of cilantro. covered with crunchies like sesame and tempura flakes with sauce. Like this bro just eats cilantro salad every day

i always hated weird mex and india foods and recently discovered: no they are not wierdos that like soap

I have the soapy cilantro gene. Cilantro is one of my favorite flavors. No, I don't generally like the taste of soap. The soapiness of cilantro is very mild for me and is lost in the strong flavor of the herb unless I specifically am looking for it.

Cilantro tastes like soap to me. I like it. I can eat as much of soap flavored plant as I want without shitting out bubbles.

The first time I had some salsa in a restaurant I was asking if they accidentally poured dish soap into it. It was inedible for me.

I only learned later that it was cilantro and that it is genetic.

I am still feeling sorry for the remark, but it was all I could taste and didn't know any better.

Now do one for people with the asparagus smelling and smell producing gene.

For those like me that have no idea what this meme is about I just searched - https://www.liveeatlearn.com/cilantro/ .

It seems there is a difference in america where people call coriander parts different things like cilanto. Never knew that. Knowing american way of the names of some herbs is already a good achievement for me.

I've always known people that said they can't tolerate or really dislike coriander in food, but never have I heard about the phonmenon of it tasting like soap. I don't think any of those people ever explained the taste as soap, just that they dislike it for no reason, so for me it is just picky people in my mind. But now I learned that it's some genetics weirdness. Always learning.

I don't mind the taste, but I'm extremely sensitive to it. If there is one bit in the dish, all of it tastes like cilantro and nothing else. Is this also part of the soap gene.

I definitely have the soapy gene, but don't mind the taste. I blame thrills soap gum, I occasionally enjoyed that as a kid. My sister also has the gene and can’t stand the taste.

I have one allele of the soapy gene variant at rs2741762, and I really like cilantro and coriander. But I also like any weird or different smells, it appears as if I smell everything a little more strongly, and nothing is truly disgusting for me taste-wise (texture though: can't stand anything that has a vein-like quality). I have ADHD though, and one emergent behavior from that is pursuing the interesting/novel over the good, smells included.

What is the soapy gene?

I find it similar to parsley . It's not soapy to me, but I'm not a hardcore fan. I guess I can enjoy though, does that count or you are looking specifically for people who sense it like soap and like it too?

Fuck cilantro.

So it's interesting, I have the soapy gene but have found that I do enjoy it, in modest amounts, in certain foods. It primarily just exists for me as an acquired, slightly off flavor that balances the rest - think like trying coffee for the first time versus later in life.

That said, some food trucks really just give you whole scoops of the stuff and I can exhaust that good will pretty quick when I have a bowl of hot soapy pork broth

I used to be indifferent with cilantro but now I love cilantro because of Mexican cuisine. I feel for those who have the soap genes though.

I used to hate cilantro because I thought it tasted soapy. Then my kid was telling me about this "gene" one day and I said that I must have it. Then I asked them what they thought cilantro tasted like, and they told me it was onion-y like chives.

We were at a restaurant at the time and I was eating something with cilantro which is why it came up. So I took a bite and tried to see if I could taste what they meant by onion-y. And damned if I couldn't make out that chive sort of flavor.

Since then, I can't taste the soapiness, it just tastes good.

So I doubt it is actually a gene of any sort if you can reprogram your brain like I did to get the taste.

I think I might be. I definitely love cilantro and I could see why people say it tastes like soap.

I have a similar thing but with celery. I cannot stand celery because to me it smells extremely bad. Like, the worst thing I have ever smelled or will smell bad. If there’s even a tiny bit of celery somewhere, I can smell it. I don’t even know how celery tasted because I can’t get it close enough to my mouth to try.

There's a similar gene for grapefruit. My parents love grapefruit. But to me it tastes like the devil. Love grapefruit candy and soda though.

For those who don't think it tastes like soap go get a bar of ivory and really hit those back teeth with it. You'll get it.

I have soap gene. But honestly that flavour only becomes an issue when there is too much coriander. The other day I was happily adding it to a cucumber raita.

In small amounts yeah, but with tons of it, it is revolting to me

I like coriander seeds instead. While the coriander leaves (cilantro) taste like soap to me and are not nice, the seeds are fine and actually pretty delicious in certain dishes.

i like the taste of soap more tbh, but cilantro is alright.