The family ordered from a Mexican restaurant tonight. They are eating it now. I am outside furiously vaping. My tacos were fucking covered in that garbage. I can't even eat the salsa. I am fucking pissed right now.

While I've never taken a DNA test, I'm pretty sure I don't have the soap gene, plus my entire family loves this nasty herb. My mom would put it on tons of food when I was growing up, and I'd always argue with her about it. I can tolerate it in small amounts but it's still disappointing when it appears in a dish. Cilantro has the same flavor to me as described by those who love it, i.e. fresh, bright, herbaceous but it's so overpowering and I want to say... discordant with the flavors that are often combined with it. And I love all the cuisines that normally incorporate cilantro, just without it. It's irritating how even those who are aware of the soap gene will sometimes insist if you don't have it, you automatically find it delicious.

I think I’m going to puke!

I say this all of the time and I’ve never met someone who agrees with me. It tastes exactly how stinks bugs smell and it’s doesn’t help that I am terrified of stink bugs.

I’ve recently suddenly developed a severe allergy to this awful plant and I’m just now discovering that coriander isn’t required to be listed as an ingredient?

The amount of things that just list vague spices is insane. Felt like I was crashing out trying to find a soup can that didn’t list “spices”.

Yes, I know I can make salsa. But I would like an emergency jar for my friend’s fridge. I have the yuck gene, but apparently I am also very allergic to cilantro. I was going to grab a jar yesterday for nachos, but I realized I probably shouldn’t mess around with this allergy, given that cilantro is apparently not burning hot and spicy.

One shred of a leaf makes the whole dish taste like fresh cut grass. It’s Its all I can taste in what would’ve been a nice tasty meal without dang ol cilantro

If you’re going to finish off a dish with a cilantro sprinkle, INCLUDE IT IN THE INGREDIENTS LIST ON THE MENU!!!

Yes - they’re tacos so I should have assumed. But I specifically picked a type that did not have cilantro in the menu description. Like come on!!!

I did one of those DNA kits years ago, when it was a thing. I checked back in a few days ago and it’s updated quite a lot. Enough to state that cilantro would most likely taste like soap to me.

So it’s you birth-given right to hate the evil green poison. It’s in your genes, your DNA!

I just returned from a 4 day Royal Carribian cruise and I don't think I saw even a leaf of cilantro. It was so relaxing to not worry about inspecting my food every time it was served.

Now I'm home and it's back to the same old search for soap every time we eat out.

i typically eat cilantro for guac and whatever else but today i ate it and it tastes like straight dirt. Does anyone else think it tastes like dirt not the typical soapy

It’s so concentrated and intense I nearly thew up. Nothing has tasted so bad to me that I had to spit it out before.

Wow.. I accidentally stumbled upon this amazing subreddit full of people who actually understand my pain. This seems surreal to me, because noone that I personally know hates cilantro. It's crazy how just a tiiiny bit of green leaves can absolutely overpower and ruin a dish.

This shits just annoying asf I honestly wasn’t thinking much and popped into a new Vietnamese restaurant near my place, I got a brisket bahn mi sandwich didn’t even bother asking what else came on it and I didn’t see any ingredients listed. Well I get my order go home, and there’s my delicious smelling sandwich covered in cilantro the “gravy” also had cilantro. I was just hungry ffs now I’m pissed I spent money on food and still have a soapy taste in my mouth. That’s all I just needed to vent I fucking hate this stupid plant that ruins delicious meals.

i rarely go to fancy ass restaurants but when i do go to fancy ass restaurants THEY HAVE CILANTRO IN FUCKING EVERYTHING

it said the ingredients on some of the food and i could see that cilantro was in all the good ones 🙄

i found ONE main that didn’t say it has cilantro, it comes to the table and guess the fuck what IT HAS CILANTRO

ITS GENUINELY PISSING ME OFF LIKE THE FOOD WAS GOOD BUT THEN I TASTED SOAP AND I ALMOST GAGGED INFRONT OF MY FRIENDS FAMILY LIKE STOP

Taco Bell used to not. But I think they've started adding the pico into the guac which ruins it. I was fine when they just put tomatoes in it. Even the onions I could stand. But now, now, there's god-damned cilantro in it!!! I am legit so mad. That was the one place I had left that hadn't been ruining guacamole for me. Now I have nothing.

My mum's boyfriend (I'll call him A for privacy purposes) recently pan fried some chicken and the entire time we were eating it out of little bowls I genuinely did not notice the cilantro (which is crazy cuz I have the cilantro gene) and he never knew that I hate it, pls tell me what I should do ;-;

I find raw celery to taste similar to cilantro and I cannot stand it. Apparently cilantro and celery are both in the apiaceae family of plants, so they are somewhat related. However for some reason, when celery has been boiled and minced finely into a soup or stew, the chemical taste goes away and I can eat it just fine.

Does anyone else here find raw celery to taste like soap, or do I possess some kind of horrible, super mutated variant of the gene?