But what about cilantro. It tastes like s#it. To me. Yet everyone else seems to love it. It’s very bitter and acrid, I don’t like it. I can barely handly the slightest hint of garlic in most food. I prefer the taste of food without embellishment - like meat without sauces or spices, it’s already pretty flavorful as is.
Maybe she “grew me wrong,” but I guess that’s how you people pass judgment on others who aren’t exactly like you in every way. If that means I was grown wrong, then I truly thank God for it.
Hahaha shit happens. Seriously though, out of curiosity, would you say it tastes like soap to you? Because that’s what I’ve always heard when it comes to that gene
Not soap, exactly, for me it’s more of a bitter flavor. I guess i can see how you could come to like it, like learning to like blue cheese, if you eat it enough. But a lot of foods are overpowering to me that other people eat by the buckets-ful. I think most people have a cast iron gut, which I really envy.
This is the best TIL I have had in the last several months. I always thought they were all just wrong about the taste, but they were actually just wrong genetically.
I realize to most people that would sound absurd, but for me it’s true! Ranch dressing, anything with even a hint of garlic or more than couple herbs and it’s just too strong for me. But then again I don’t like black pepper, or peppers, or garlic or onions either, so – pretty much I just use salt and not much else in my cooking (and it doesn’t seem bland to me at all).
I was just referencing a humorous trope about white people thinking everything is too spicy. I have no actual judgements about what flavors people like and dislike.
Sounds like you are a super taster. My wife is a super taster too. She can’t eat food that has been in the same room as cilantro. She likes meat cooked medium well, with maybe just a hint of season salt. She is the only person I know who likes easting salad without any dressing. Anything spicy is absolutely out of the question for her, including green peppers.
That sounds like me in every way. I also make my salad with no dressing on it, I prefer the taste of the veggies which are quite strong to me. And I don’t even put syrup on pancakes, it overwhelms the amazing taste of them. I like meat with just a hint of salt also. Maybe we were separated at birth! Everyone has unique flavors they like or don’t like.
I like it because it has a unique, sharp, pungent flavor that is unlike anything else I’ve ever eaten. I can’t get enough of the stuff. I could literally put an entire bunch of cilantro in any dish that calls for it. Doesn’t taste bitter nor acrid at all. It makes a lot of Asian and Mexican dishes taste so much better. I wish I could better describe what it tastes like to me to people who don’t like it, cause y’all are really missing out.
To me it’s so bitter I can’t even bite down on it. It reminds me of syphoning gas for the lawn mower as a kid and getting a mouthful of kerosene. BLECH.
Well all of us have unique likes and dislikes, maybe our tastebuds are as unique as our fingerprints. I only know that I can’t abide the taste of cilantro. I do use a lot of other herbs, like thyme and basil that a lot milder, but only lightly because - well I love how things taste without other stuff on them. I am weird that way.
But what about cilantro. It tastes like s#it. To me. Yet everyone else seems to love it. It’s very bitter and acrid, I don’t like it. I can barely handly the slightest hint of garlic in most food. I prefer the taste of food without embellishment - like meat without sauces or spices, it’s already pretty flavorful as is.
Isn’t cilantro the one where some people have a gene that makes it taste completely different?
Yeah, apparently it’s called OR6A2
In other words it’s not cilantro that’s bad, it’s just this guy’s mom grew him wrong and his genes came out all wonky.
Maybe she “grew me wrong,” but I guess that’s how you people pass judgment on others who aren’t exactly like you in every way. If that means I was grown wrong, then I truly thank God for it.
My man it’s clearly a joke. Nothing more.
Then I do humbly apologize for being thin skinned. I’ll force myself to go eat cilantro as a punishment.
Hahaha shit happens. Seriously though, out of curiosity, would you say it tastes like soap to you? Because that’s what I’ve always heard when it comes to that gene
Not soap, exactly, for me it’s more of a bitter flavor. I guess i can see how you could come to like it, like learning to like blue cheese, if you eat it enough. But a lot of foods are overpowering to me that other people eat by the buckets-ful. I think most people have a cast iron gut, which I really envy.
This is the best TIL I have had in the last several months. I always thought they were all just wrong about the taste, but they were actually just wrong genetically.
“This ranch dressing is so spicy!”
I realize to most people that would sound absurd, but for me it’s true! Ranch dressing, anything with even a hint of garlic or more than couple herbs and it’s just too strong for me. But then again I don’t like black pepper, or peppers, or garlic or onions either, so – pretty much I just use salt and not much else in my cooking (and it doesn’t seem bland to me at all).
People are different it really isn’t nice to mock them.
I was just referencing a humorous trope about white people thinking everything is too spicy. I have no actual judgements about what flavors people like and dislike.
Sounds like you are a super taster. My wife is a super taster too. She can’t eat food that has been in the same room as cilantro. She likes meat cooked medium well, with maybe just a hint of season salt. She is the only person I know who likes easting salad without any dressing. Anything spicy is absolutely out of the question for her, including green peppers.
That sounds like me in every way. I also make my salad with no dressing on it, I prefer the taste of the veggies which are quite strong to me. And I don’t even put syrup on pancakes, it overwhelms the amazing taste of them. I like meat with just a hint of salt also. Maybe we were separated at birth! Everyone has unique flavors they like or don’t like.
I like it because it has a unique, sharp, pungent flavor that is unlike anything else I’ve ever eaten. I can’t get enough of the stuff. I could literally put an entire bunch of cilantro in any dish that calls for it. Doesn’t taste bitter nor acrid at all. It makes a lot of Asian and Mexican dishes taste so much better. I wish I could better describe what it tastes like to me to people who don’t like it, cause y’all are really missing out.
To me it’s so bitter I can’t even bite down on it. It reminds me of syphoning gas for the lawn mower as a kid and getting a mouthful of kerosene. BLECH.
Man that is so foreign and bizarre to me. My mouth is watering just thinking about cilantro right now.
Well all of us have unique likes and dislikes, maybe our tastebuds are as unique as our fingerprints. I only know that I can’t abide the taste of cilantro. I do use a lot of other herbs, like thyme and basil that a lot milder, but only lightly because - well I love how things taste without other stuff on them. I am weird that way.