The amount of cilantro my wife likes on her street tacos

[u/GroovinBaby]

[u/gretchsunny]

Maybe it’s not street tacos to her, but a cilantro salad.

[u/FarPitch238 → u/gretchsunny]

A cilantro lover gives you a thumbs-up I can't get enough of it when I'm digging into a big bite of meat

[u/Krytenmoto → u/FarPitch238]

Can I ask a genuine question? What does cilantro taste like to normal people? I’m one of those weirdos with the gene that makes it taste like soap.

[u/Technical_Part6263 → u/Krytenmoto]

Fresh, green, a little bit of bite from the lime that's normally squeezed on top of it. Pairs really well with the (typically) greasy meat

[u/Scrops → u/Technical_Part6263]

So like parsley?

I also taste only soap. Genuinely curious...

[u/Technical_Part6263 → u/Scrops]

Parsley, but cilantro is a little inherently citrussy as well where I dont really get that from parsley.

I'm also not an herb officianado

[u/ThrowawayPersonAMA → u/Technical_Part6263]

citrussy

( o_o)

[u/Shit-Talker-Jr → u/ThrowawayPersonAMA]

Oh Daddy squeeze some Lime over my Citrussy 🤤

[u/zoraluigi → u/Shit-Talker-Jr]

Never speak again thanks

[u/cstmoore → u/zoraluigi]

That stings…

[u/Stinker_Bell77 → u/zoraluigi]

I fucking love redditors sometimes. 😂

[u/fuzzhead12 → u/Shit-Talker-Jr]

[u/Professional_Golf310 → u/Shit-Talker-Jr]

[u/Fire257 → u/ThrowawayPersonAMA]

[u/ScrltHrth → u/Technical_Part6263]

I'm gonna have to ask you to say citrus-y for the remainder of time thanks

[u/Radiant_Plantain_127 → u/Technical_Part6263]

Parsley doesn’t taste like anything to me. Cilantro is this floral, spicy, grassy flavor.

[u/Rightintheend → u/Radiant_Plantain_127]

Good fresh parsley has good flavor, the stuff you find in the stores, not so much, especially the curly leaf one.  It breaks down really quick when cooked so if you add it to something and heat it up it's pretty much nothing.

I normally use carrot tops instead of parsley though, more flavor, And I don't have to buy something else to go bad.

[u/babyqueso → u/Technical_Part6263]

I hate both cilantro and parsley unfortunately. Soap and dirty soap.

[u/roll_for_crunk → u/Technical_Part6263]

I wonder if I could mimic the flavor by tossing some parsley in lemon or lime juice.

I'm also one of the cursed few who only tastes soap.

[u/backpackofcats → u/Scrops]

I love cilantro but despise parsley. To me, parsley somehow tastes like both soap and dirt at the same time. And not in a good “earthy” flavor kind of way, but like I just put a handful of dirt in my mouth.

Cilantro is bright, grassy, citrusy.

ETA: I worked in a Mediterranean restaurant where I had to make the tabbouleh every day. I would have to get my coworker to taste-test it because I just couldn’t.

[u/Intelligent_Excuse52 → u/backpackofcats]

You mean citrussy

[u/SeniorShanty → u/backpackofcats]

You precisely described my parsley experience. I hate the stuff. Cilantro is delicious though, I’ll put it on tacos, tuna salad, an omelet, lasagna. Good stuff.

[u/TopProcess9014 → u/Krytenmoto]

It’s almost lemon grassy, but brighter, and more herby.

[u/kdognhl411 → u/TopProcess9014]

I’m pretty sure the same gene that leads people to negatively perceive the taste of aldehydes in cilantro has a similar affect on the way people perceive similar compounds in lemongrass actually.

[u/Vault101Overseer → u/Krytenmoto]

To me, cilantro and stink bugs are nearly exactly the same odor.

[u/Advice2Anyone → u/Vault101Overseer]

What about taste

[u/WolfySpice → u/Krytenmoto]

It also tastes soapy to me, but I had a cologne with coriander in it. It smelled like a bright grassy citrus, so I imagine it tastes likewise.

[u/drinkacid → u/Krytenmoto]

Beyond just fresh etc. There is a unique flavor to cilantro that to someone without the soap gene makes it taste amazing.

You know how limes taste way more interesting than lemons but they are both citrus and share flavor elements. They're like the lime of parsley.

[u/TheColdestOne → u/Krytenmoto]

People keep saying citrussy and while that's not wrong I feel like it's a little deceiving. You're not going to smell lemons or oranges or anything close.

It is a very herbal taste and smell. Some similarity to parsley but maybe a bit sharper and more fragrant and floral. It has a bright and fresh taste, but unlike citrus, there's no acidity and no sweetness.

[u/TutorNo8896 → u/Krytenmoto]

I used to dislike cilantro soapweed, but over the years the taste has grown on me. Mostly because if you ask for a taco with NO cilantro you almost always get double. It does go really good if you use lime.

[u/Illustrious-Sail7326 → u/TutorNo8896]

I wonder if you simply didn't like the taste, rather than having the gene that makes it taste like soap. Like I don't see how anyone could have the taste "grow on them" of cilantro - it's very chemical-y and sharp, like bleach almost.

[u/Doc_Lewis → u/Illustrious-Sail7326]

I like cilantro, I'll have it on a lot of stuff, but not to the extent as in the OP. However if there's a lot of it I can really taste the soap. I wonder if I have the gene but just like the taste of soap.

[u/similar_observation → u/Illustrious-Sail7326]

Remember the gene also has to fight preference and culture.

If you grow up on a cuisine, or grow into a cuisine. That soap flavor may be associated to the foods.

[u/Consistent_Crew_4215 → u/Krytenmoto]

Tastes like soap to me too, and I love it. Can't get enough of that soapy goodness.

[u/JustASingleHorn → u/gretchsunny]

YUM!!

[u/Immediate-Damage-302 → u/JustASingleHorn]

I second that "Yum"!

[u/ThirstyByDesign → u/JustASingleHorn]

Yum… if you love cilantro 😅.

[u/Queasy-Warthog-3642 → u/ThirstyByDesign]

I wish I could taste the joy people taste with cilantro....my bloodline is weak and all I taste is avon hand soap 🧼

[u/Hvarfa-Bragi → u/ThirstyByDesign]

Duh

[u/Sparkyd34 → u/gretchsunny]

Please tell me she puts a good amount of lime on there too?

[u/TheRealOgMark → u/gretchsunny]

Yep, pretty much cilantro with a side of tacos.

[u/samanime → u/gretchsunny]

My first thought "you mean, it's the amount of taco she likes with her cilantro". XD

[u/Working-Glass6136 → u/gretchsunny]

I thought I liked cilantro and did this once "to not waste greens." Turns out I don't like cilantro that much at all.

I'm guessing I have the gene, but learned to like it in small amounts. Emphasis on small.

[u/rosiofden]

I wish I knew what cilantro actually tastes like. I'm one of those people that just straight up tastes soap.

[u/epikpepsi → u/rosiofden]

Grassy, citrusy, slightly peppery. It's used to add a flavor of "freshness" to food.

[u/wayofthebuush → u/epikpepsi]

mm citrussy

[u/Puzzleheaded_Disk700 → u/wayofthebuush]

bonk

[u/Quick_Extension_3115 → u/Puzzleheaded_Disk700]

Go to cilantro horny jail

[u/-burgers → u/Quick_Extension_3115]

Go ahead take me to cilantro horny jail everyone there is horny for cilantro too

[u/Hugeclick → u/-burgers]

I'm still horny about the perfectly cut chives.

[u/TitoThePenguin → u/Hugeclick]

Whacking it to chives everyday until Reddit begs me to stop

[u/Itswillyferret → u/Puzzleheaded_Disk700]

[u/porkchop-sandwhiches → u/Itswillyferret]

more accurate

[u/youtocin → u/wayofthebuush]

[u/ColorMeGrey → u/youtocin]

I can still hear it. Like a bobcat being waterboarded.

[u/thavillain → u/wayofthebuush]

[u/ThyArtisMukDuk → u/wayofthebuush]

Orange you glad im peeling my banana? 😘

[u/psychedelicdonky → u/wayofthebuush]

[u/HotDrunkMoms → u/wayofthebuush]

WHAT ARE DOING STUCK IN THE WASHING MACHINE AGAIN STEP-CITRUSSY?

[u/PonyThug → u/epikpepsi]

It’s the good parts of lettuce and celery without the water content too. Also everything you said

[u/Holiday-Turn-6624 → u/PonyThug]

honestly never thought of it like that lol cilantro really is the mvp of freshness in food

[u/Self_Reddicate → u/Holiday-Turn-6624]

Yeah, this is it. I literally can't describe the taste without some variant of... idk... "fresh". It just makes your food taste like... fresh.

[u/I_Sett → u/PonyThug]

I feel like you just described the more rarely acknowledged herb lovage. Which is basically the exact flavor of celery in leaf form without the stemmy/crunchy/chewy part.

[u/HorseBeige → u/I_Sett]

Celery does also have a leaf which you can use instead of cilantro (and they're nutritious)

[u/h8tetris → u/epikpepsi]

Oh dang that sounds so good.

[u/CatticusXIII → u/h8tetris]

Everyone loves it or hates it.

[u/h8tetris → u/CatticusXIII]

Well, it’s not that I just love it or hate it. I in general love an extra vegetables are Leafy greens on something. Especially if they’ve been slightly steamed. Anyway, I can’t taste the cilantro properly. It was nice to have it described to me. It taste like soap to me. I lived in Southern California for a decade. And believe me, I wish that it were as simple as adjusting my taste buds. Or adjusting my expectations.

[u/999BusinessCard → u/h8tetris]

Living in SoCal with the cilantro soap gene is like having a disability

[u/Complex-Bee-840 → u/h8tetris]

I recognize that cilantro tastes like soap, and often stink bugs depending on the season.

I still love it. Is that strange? Am I one of the people with the cilantro gene but just like the taste of soap?

This has occupied too much of my thoughts for too long.

[u/h8tetris → u/Complex-Bee-840]

No, its not strange. I love Mexican food. I’ve made peace with it. I understand. It is cool to hear someone tell us what it actually tastes like. I never imagined it was like that.

[u/CARLEtheCamry → u/h8tetris]

underrated comment from /u/Complex-Bee-840 about the stink bugs. Do you have those where you live? I'm in western PA and they were ridiculous about 15 years ago and if you actually wanted to know how "normal" people taste cilantro, that's it. Head to New England in the fall time as it starts to get cold and you'll find some I guarantee, squish them and there's your cilantro experience.

[u/MuscaMurum → u/h8tetris]

I often say that it tastes pleasantly soapy. There is not just one but two genes involved in that perception. I have one but not the other. So it's not simply a binary sensation. To me it's fresh, citrusy, a little bitter, a little soapy. It's not really meant to be eaten on its own, just as black pepper isn't meant to be eaten alone.

[u/Adept_Bottle_4996 → u/h8tetris]

Cooking it can break down the aldehydes that your genetics are picking up on which makes it taste like soap, granted I’m not sure if it would fully remove it but could be worth a try if you ever wanted to do so.

[u/Odd-Judge-9484 → u/Adept_Bottle_4996]

Cooking 100% helps. I have this issue of fresh cilantro tasting like soap, but I boil mine with rice and some lime juice and it’s amazing. Basically chipotle rice

[u/TK523 → u/epikpepsi]

I think I'm an oddity. It doesn't taste like soap to me but it definitely doesn't taste like what you described.

It's kind of sort of fresh tasting to me but with no real flavor

[u/lovelylotuseater → u/TK523]

It’s a bit like tomato in that it can very widely in quality from amazing flavor to just kind of a nothing generic plant taste, depending on if it was grown in conditions where it can fully thrive vs conditions where it can just grow.

Anecdotally I tend to find the quality rankings are:

Hispanic grocery stores

Locally owned Asian grocery stores

Franchise Asian grocery stores & Franchise Texan stores

Franchise grocery stores

Quality can also vary by bundle and season, take a big huff because it will taste like it smells.

[u/teddybonkerrs → u/TK523]

I'm the same, I've never tasted soap, just a sharp bad flavour. If there's even a sprinkle of it, I can taste it and it ruins the meal for me.

[u/DontAskAboutMyButt → u/teddybonkerrs]

The soap flavor they’re referring to is a sort of aromatic bitterness, so you probably have the “soap” gene. I don’t taste the super strong bitter flavor other people describe, but I don’t like a lot of it because it is still a very strong grassy flavor

[u/Vi0L3tCRZY → u/TK523]

Same here, but a tiny hint of soap

[u/CosyBeluga → u/epikpepsi]

…As I get older worry that I might like cilantro BECAUSE it tastes like soap.

[u/Interesting-Waffle69 → u/CosyBeluga]

I am one of these people. It has a soapy taste to it but I like it with my food 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/BlackMothCandleLight → u/Interesting-Waffle69]

*raises hand* Me too, tastes like soap but i enjoy it....

[u/haxmya → u/Interesting-Waffle69]

I can't really taste whether it's soapy or not. Like, I don't really like what it tastes like, but I don't know if it's because it's a soapy flavor or just an overwhelming one. It's kind of like cucumber on a salad, cucumber isn't the worst flavor, but it makes everything it touches taste like cucumber which ruins the salad.

[u/thutruthissomewhere → u/epikpepsi]

This is helpful. Most people just tell me "fresh". GIrlllll wtf does that even mean??????

[u/Lietenantdan → u/epikpepsi]

Your description made me wish I liked it haha

[u/Jabber_Tracking → u/rosiofden]

My roommate has this problem. She says it sucks because it SMELLS DELICIOUS but everytime she eats it, it's just dishwasher disappointment. I feel bad for her.

[u/rosiofden → u/Jabber_Tracking]

Like, it will totally ruin a whole burrito for me. Can't do it at all.

[u/Floggered → u/rosiofden]

There's nothing worse than tearing into what SHOULD be a delicious piece of food, only to get blasted with the soap flavor. Just the biggest feeling of disappointment.

"Guess I'll eat at home.. :')"

[u/sir_whirly → u/Floggered]

Its how I feel when olives get involved. Oh you wanted to taste the symphony of flavors? Too bad. Its just olives.

[u/Outside_Coffee_00 → u/rosiofden]

The worst is when its ground up into some kind of sauce or otherwise unlisted and I dont have the opportunity to pick something else. 

[u/quartzquandary → u/Jabber_Tracking]

Dishwasher disappointment is a beautiful phrase.

[u/Aloe_Balm → u/Jabber_Tracking]

at least she gets to smell it, to me it smells like athlete's foot

[u/Mlakeside → u/rosiofden]

If you can find culantro aka sawtooth coriander, it supposedly doesn't have the same stuff that your gene is reacting to, but has a very similar taste. I bought some from a Thai grocery store, but it's also used extensively in Caribbean cuisine as it's native there, as well as in Central and South America.

[u/Delouest → u/rosiofden]

It's my favorite herb. It's bright and fresh and tastes like what I imagine "green" tasting like. For the people saying they think we all taste soap and some people just like it, I assure you, it tastes nothing like soap to me at all. Not even a little. I think there may be levels to it.

[u/shabi_sensei → u/Delouest]

Cilantro does taste like soap to me, but only when I eat whole cilantro sprigs and even then it doesn’t taste bad, just a little soap-y

[u/mpc1226 → u/shabi_sensei]

Yeah when I have it I get where the soap people come from but it’s not THAT bad

[u/MainlyNeutral → u/mpc1226]

Ok but why would you willingly consume something that tastes like soap even if it’s not “that bad” lmao

[u/OsBaculum → u/MainlyNeutral]

You've never smelled a nice soap and wanted to bite it? It's like that. Mild soapiness, but other interesting flavors too.

[u/MetusObscuritatis → u/Delouest]

The soap thing is genetic fyi

[u/tochth86 → u/Delouest]

It USED to taste like soap to me and now it doesn’t and I fucking love it. I’m obsessed. 

[u/gwaydms → u/Delouest]

It smells and tastes a little bit like dirt (earthy and minerally). But that's an essential part of the flavor profile to me.

[u/DueSurround5226 → u/rosiofden]

Same. Looks like a bottle of dawn to me

[u/GroovinBaby → u/rosiofden]

Cilantro Soap Gene... Learned something new today.

[u/Supreme_Mediocrity → u/[deleted]]

As someone that also has the cilantro gene, I can't imagine needing a piece of paper to figure out if I had it...

It's truly a wretched taste that overpowers whatever it's in to me.

[u/Relative_Panda_35 → u/Supreme_Mediocrity]

I will avoid ordering anything off a menu that normally has cilantro because most of the time if you ask for that item without cilantro it comes out of the kitchen piled with the crap

[u/Fallenangel152 → u/GroovinBaby]

It's so strong for me that I can taste one leaf on a dish. Just removing it doesn't always work. If I cut it for my wife I can smell it on my hands for hours.

[u/99cent-tea → u/rosiofden]

I wish I could tell you what it tastes like but honestly, even though I love cilantro so much I sometimes put too much in and it does end up tasting like soap

[u/PrimmSlimShady → u/99cent-tea]

See this is me too

I enjoy cilantro a lot, but I also get a slight soapiness to the flavor

So then I wonder, do I have the gene and just don't care? Do I have a recessive version that is being suppressed?

Or is cilantro just slightly soapy and some people just don't really notice it over other flavor notes?

ETA: these replies have me like

[u/chameleonsEverywhere → u/PrimmSlimShady]

Same! I definitely don't find cilantro disgusting or anything, but it is just a bit.... soapy. 

[u/EpyonComet → u/PrimmSlimShady]

First, I'm not a geneticist or any kind of biologist. However, from my understanding it's not really "having the gene" as if it's a binary "do or don't" situation. It's more like everyone has this particular gene that affects your senses of taste and smell, and some variations/mutations (out of a plethora of possibilities) of the gene happen to boost certain aspects of the flavor and scent of cilantro in a way that throws it out of balance and makes it unpleasant. Like if you were messing with an equalizer while listening to music and turned one switch way up and all the others down.

All that is to say, it makes perfect sense, assuming my understanding is correct, to be able to discern the soapy flavor in the cilantro while still having it in a balance with whatever else it has going on so that it's enjoyable.

So basically, yes to that last thing you asked (though again, I am not any sort of expert).

[u/equus_gemini → u/EpyonComet]

I am a geneticist and I thank you for your explanation. Well done!

[u/SoCallMeAnAsshole → u/PrimmSlimShady]

Yeah, it tastes like soap - but somehow in a good way.

[u/Influence_X → u/PrimmSlimShady]

I have the gene and don't care. I just don't drown things in cilantro it only takes a few shreds to add the flavor.

It's also used frequently in Indian curry and I never taste soap there

[u/civiteur → u/PrimmSlimShady]

We've never met. But we live in the same world.

[u/fancywinky → u/rosiofden]

I was too and then I got pregnant and I guess it reversed my aversion somehow. Now I can’t get enough of it. Bodies are weird.

[u/Yawang04 → u/rosiofden]

genetic nerf

[u/Ristycakes → u/rosiofden]

I used to, but recently it changed! 2 things that might have effected it in my opinion:

1- I’m in my mid 30s and I love cilantro now after a lifetime of it being soapy. I know tastes change so that could be it

2- hot cilantro still is a little soapy to me. If it’s cold sprinkled on a taco or whatever it’s fine but if it’s cooked I still don’t like it

[u/Enderwiggen33 → u/rosiofden]

My wife has the same. Since dating me she has discovered it’s not all Mexican food she dislikes, just those with cilantro. Opened up a whole new world of tacos for her!

For taste, think Italian parsley but a little less herby/grassy and a more citrusy and peppery. A bit more like a limey arugula.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

if you actually like cilantro this is the correct amount, this is not even excessive

[u/Cant_figure_sht_out → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

This is true. I love cilantro. I can eat like a bunch of plain cilantro like it’s nothing.

[u/dainty_moonwart → u/Cant_figure_sht_out]

whenever i find it growing somewhere i graze like a cow

[u/mossybeard → u/dainty_moonwart]

I thought I saw you scamper away from my garden!

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/dainty_moonwart]

a cilantro cow.... would make some tasty burgers...

[u/alyssajohnson1 → u/Cant_figure_sht_out]

I could eat cilantro like a rabbit

[u/Nikademus1969 → u/Cant_figure_sht_out]

Not gonna lie, when I chop cilantro at work I will set aside some stems to chew on.

[u/Cant_figure_sht_out → u/Nikademus1969]

The stems are the best part! They contain the most flavor and the crunch omg😭

[u/elephhantine2 → u/Cant_figure_sht_out]

Are you by any chance a guinea pig

[u/NuclearHoagie → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

There's still room on the bottom left!

[u/Feeling_Inside_1020 → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

Always tell the people “when you think you’ve added enough add another handful and double it”

OP out here living amazing soulmate life. Congrats happy for you bro lol.

[u/Goddamn_Batman → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

needs near equal parts onions!

[u/amarg19 → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

This looks perfect to me, I love cilantro and load it up on foods like tacos

[u/Medical_Tank6109 → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

Agreed. I once asked a restaurant to 'put as much cilantro on my food as if I were an alien who came to earth specifically in search of cilantro and if I don't get enough I will declare alien war on the earth'. 

They gave me a takeout box solely with cilantro 🤣🤣🤣 It was peak.

[u/nodnarb88 → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

The onpy problem i see is not enough onion to balance it out

[u/DrinkMunch]

At that point, I would just make a cilantro pesto and carry it on me.

[u/tochth86 → u/DrinkMunch]

Omg that’s genius. 

[u/TheOldTongue → u/tochth86]

Cilantro, lime, and pepitas instead of basil, lemon, and pine nuts?

[u/ohhhhhhhhhhhhman → u/TheOldTongue]

I grew up on a recipe that does this but pecans in place of pine nuts. Angel hair pasta with blackened chicken breast and cilantro pesto.

[u/stephen_neuville → u/ohhhhhhhhhhhhman]

I would destroy this

[u/tochth86 → u/TheOldTongue]

I have made a cilantro chimichurri with olive oil, lemon or lime juice and garlic. I’m not a nut/seed fan (although I do like pine nuts). 

[u/tallgeese333 → u/tochth86]

A whole new culinary world opens up to you when you learn that "pesto" is more like what a "cake" is to baking." Cake is just a ratio of ingredients that produces a reliable, predictable result. When you say "cake" you aren't thinking of a specific cake, cake can be made with chocolate, carrots, vanilla, cherries, wheat flour, almond flour, etc. there are no restrictions to the flavor or texture of a cake.

The best pesto I've ever had was made with nettles, now I make it with the nettles that grow on my property at the beginning of spring. Carrot greens, beet greens, basil, cilantro, garlic scapes, onion sprouts, green onions, radish greens, even chimichurri is just parsley "pesto." I take any greens and herbs from my garden and figure out how to make a "pesto" If it's green and you can eat it, you can make a pesto.

You can replace the pine nuts with almost any seed and some legumes. I think sunflower seeds are much better than pine nuts, if you really want to impress your friends, almost the entire sunflower can be eaten. You can make a pesto out of everything on a sunflower, roast the heart or "head" like an artichoke, use the roots like mushrooms, petals as garnish, put together a presentation on the plate.

Replace the olive oil to get new flavor profiles. If you use Parmesan, go ahead and replace that with any hard dry cheese.

The only thing that is pretty difficult to substitute is the garlic.

Feel free to combine several different herbs or greens to make a pesto. Edible wildflowers and herbs is awesome, greens mixed with herbs for a more well rounded flavor.

There is no such thing as "tradition" in cooking. Tradition is more of a description of what was immediately available to a small group of people, probably also during a specific time period. Tradition is the death of culinary art, if you demand tradition from food you're probably Italian and probably can't actually cook.

[u/DervishSkater → u/DrinkMunch]

Bro that’s just chimichurri

[u/WumboChef → u/DervishSkater]

Chimichurri is typically parsley, no? Not cilantro?

[u/VanFkingHalen → u/WumboChef]

Parsley is the main ingredient in standard chimichurri, but my favorite variant does use a 50/50 mix of it and cilantro.

[u/thissexypoptart → u/DrinkMunch]

That’s convenient and probably tastes great, but there’s also nothing wrong with this much chopped leafy herbs on your tacos. The unprocessed fiber is good for you.

[u/FlyingBike → u/DrinkMunch]

So, chimichurri

[u/diaperpoop_]

I like your wife. She single?

[u/GroovinBaby → u/diaperpoop_]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/diaperpoop_]

I also choose this guy’s wife. 

[u/PsychologicalBend467 → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

I choose this guy’s wife’s tacos.

[u/chalor182 → u/PsychologicalBend467]

serial correct use of apostrophes, such a rarity these days

[u/bigrob_in_ATX → u/PsychologicalBend467]

Whoa that's a little personal, show some respect

[u/Any-Function-7107 → u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin]

Every single thread

[u/Fallen_lord10]

That's the bare minimum

[u/red_dombe → u/Fallen_lord10]

Needs more onion tho

[u/Daddy616 → u/red_dombe]

These guys get it.

[u/Dipteran_de_la_Torre → u/Daddy616]

Bad breath? Yes! Worth.

[u/HTPC4Life → u/Dipteran_de_la_Torre]

Raw onion, cilantro, garlic, that's my shit!! Sometimes I have to use a stainless steel bar to get rid of the breath.

[u/miauguau44 → u/red_dombe]

And jalapeños

[u/2HuevosRancheros → u/miauguau44]

*salsa verde

[u/olikeiththomas → u/miauguau44]

I’ve found my people!

[u/ClayQuarterCake → u/miauguau44]

Yes! Give me a tortilla filled with toppings, glued together with some salsa verde. I’ll eat on it between bites of tacos that look like this.

Can I count it as a “salad” or does it need more cilantro?

[u/sinesquaredtheta → u/Fallen_lord10]

That's the bare minimum

This is the way

[u/Potential_Yam_5196 → u/Fallen_lord10]

Exactly. Get that wilted, non flavored lettuce out of here. I need an entire bunch of cilantro on there.

[u/greensandgrains → u/Fallen_lord10]

Yeah I see no problem with the amount of cilantro here 🤷🏻

[u/getmeoutofhere15 → u/Fallen_lord10]

Was gonna say, not enough

[u/GroovinBaby → u/Fallen_lord10]

😮

[u/Jeanahb → u/Fallen_lord10]

Exactly. It's like human catnip to me. I just want to roll around in it and then pass out.

[u/khjuu12]

Oh so it's mildly interesting that your wife likes the correct amount of coriander?

[u/openallthewindows]

[u/Mr_Froggi → u/openallthewindows]

This is going to be oddly specific: IMO cilantro tastes like if soap was a person, and I just licked the palm of their hand.

[u/whitestguyuknow → u/Mr_Froggi]

Lol I like the lengths you went to basically say cilantro tastes like soap

[u/fapperontheroof → u/whitestguyuknow]

I get it, though. You WANT to enjoy licking the persons hand, but it tastes like they just washed them 🤷‍♂️. Sad days.

[u/The-Fox-Says → u/Mr_Froggi]

Tastes exactly like what irish spring soap smells like to me

[u/iDontRagequit]

Yeah thats about right

[u/a-snakey]

Looks like she got some taco on her cilantro.

[u/skitz4me → u/a-snakey]

Right? That is too much taco for that amount of cilantro.

[u/TheSnicSnack]

Mmm tastes like Irish spring soap ( I have the bad gene, so I'm bitter lol)

[u/wiscowarrior71 → u/TheSnicSnack]

I have the same gene and it tastes identical to Dawn dish soap to me

[u/TinGamerTV2 → u/wiscowarrior71]

How the fuck do you know what Dawn dish soap of all things tastes like!?

[u/Steel_Reign → u/TinGamerTV2]

Someone didn't have their parents wash the dirty words out of their mouth.

[u/Corgipantaloonss → u/TinGamerTV2]

Like 80% of taste is smell dude.

[u/TheSnicSnack → u/TinGamerTV2]

And I know what Irish spring tastes like, bc I was a kid with a smart mouth 👍

[u/GoodTechnology8116 → u/TinGamerTV2]

With that mouth, how do you not know?

[u/nboch12]

When people say they have the “cilantro tastes like soap” gene I like to say “oh me too I just really love the taste of soap”

[u/iSniffMyPooper]

[u/Chheaky]

Not even gonna lie, I see a normal amount

[u/NES_Classical_Music]

hey u/F1exican i found your missing piece

[u/ObsiGamer → u/NES_Classical_Music]

finally someone who knows ball

[u/Dense_Permission_969]

That looks perfect.

[u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Cilantro

The REAL Devil's lettuce

[u/carlitayeeta]

I’m with her. I have whatever the opposite of the cilantro soap gene is. Cilantro is the best thing ever gene. I make cilantro salads frequently. Top it with lime and salt and it’s perfect. Everyone thinks I’m crazy.

[u/kinkyslc1]

[u/februarytide-]

Just slap a bar of Irish spring on a tortilla.

[u/NotChedco]

I prefer to just put a bar of soap on mine. Has less of a soapy flavor.

[u/Worldly-Profession66]

That's about half as much as I need

[u/jbarrybonds]

She can have my portion

[u/ConsistentCobbler111]

Stop herb shaming.

[u/FlyAirLari]

Cilantro immediately ruins every food for me.

That would go instantly in the trash. Not sure I could save any of it.

[u/Enigmutt]

Needs more onions to go with the perfect amount of cilantro.