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Default Does cilantro taste like soap? Seems to depend...

notbob wrote:
> On 2009-08-18, Terry > wrote:
>
>> cilantro tasted like soap. Now I understand. But clearly there's a
>> variable that we aren't getting. Is it the particular variety of
>> cilantro? Is it the difference between fresh and frozen? The age?
>> The pH? The water?

>
> Last I heard, it was a genetic thing. Some people have it, some
> don't.



Possibly, but put me in the category of people who used to think it
tasted like soap but now enjoy it. I still don't like it by itself, but
it does add a nice flavor to many foods

gloria p