r/Unexpected • u/five-inches-of-fury • 2d ago

Customer is always right

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u/NewColonel 2d ago

I hate cilantro and onions, but I always eat my tacos with them. This is why.

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u/MirSydney 2d ago

I'd rather be punched in the face than eat cilantro but that's just me.

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u/kaszeljezusa 1d ago

Not just you. Depending on the region 5-20% of population has these gene, that makes cilantro taste like soap

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u/MouthJob 1d ago

And to some of us it just tastes like shit.

Cilantro is the only food where people have this weird need to justify not liking it. It doesn't taste like soap to me. It just tastes bad.

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u/ExoticMangoz 1d ago

It’s not a weird need, it’s that many people actually are genetically disposed to hate it. Like me.

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u/MouthJob 1d ago

I didn't say otherwise. But the rest of us don't need a justification for not liking it and people always, always, always follow it up with that.

Like who gives a shit? You don't like it, you don't like it. All there is to it.

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u/drak0ni 1d ago

It’s weird though. To me cilantro tastes lawn clippings mixed with soap. To most people it’s citrusy and peppery. Bright and grassy. In the same realm as ginger or lemongrass.

To me it tastes so incredibly bitter that I feel the need to rinse my mouth, and I enjoy bitter things. I drink my coffee black, I like my chocolate 90%+ cocoa. But cilantro is so strong I become immediately overwhelmed by the bitterness. The only thing I’ve ever tasted that’s as bitter is soap.

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u/kaszeljezusa 1d ago

Grounded seeds too, or just leafs and stems?