# Recently discovered cilantro.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468 "2015-06-13T23:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/21 "2015-06-14T04:41:31Z")
> [@Dibbs](#): > > In recent years I’ve noticed a magnificent taste/smell in a few different Mexican foods, including Mexican TV dinners, but have had no idea what exactly it is. So now I’m hoping this spice you’ve mentioned is it!🙂 If you taste it in Mexican TV dinners, there’s a good chance it’s probably cumin, which is one of the main Tex-Mex spices. Or possibly Mexican oregano. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/22 "2015-06-14T05:03:52Z")
I am one of the cilantro-averse. Can’t help it. To me it tastes worse than soap. It tastes (gross description follows) the way your mouth tastes after you throw up. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/23 "2015-06-14T05:13:36Z")
I like cilantro with slices of apple in a sandwich. I don’t like eating the stems, just the leaf. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/24 "2015-06-14T10:00:55Z")
> [@Dibbs](#): > > Thanks. I don’t know if it matters, but, I always wash produce off (so maybe, or maybe not, that has something to do with me not noticing a soapy quality to it). That’s got nothing to do with it. It’s not that some people taste actual soap that’s on cilantro, but a chemical compound in cilantro that other people don’t. And I suspect that some people do taste that compound but like it, while others find it overwhelming. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/25 "2015-06-14T11:09:32Z")
Cilantro is an abomination that should be scoured from the earth!😛 I tried a small cafe with a good reputation, and they had the nummiest looking guacamole. Tasted it and couldn’t eat any more, as it had cilantro in it. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/26 "2015-06-14T11:45:27Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Apparently there’s no middle ground with cilantro. Either you love it, because it tastes fresh and green and lovely, or you hate it because it tastes like soap from a prison room floor. I don’t understand it, I’ve tried and added it to many dishes, it just doesn’t do anything at all one way or another for me. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468/27 "2015-06-14T12:24:34Z")
And the best thing is: If you run out you can just drizzle some liquid soap on lettuce as a substitute! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-discovered-cilantro/722468.md?page=1)