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

On Aug 18, 2:46*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On Aug 18, 1:36*pm, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
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> > > On Aug 18, 8:06 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > >> It seems as though two people could be eating the same dish
> > >> and have a different reaction. I don't know why I've been able to
> > >> tolerate the taste of cilantro in the last year. I've read that you
> > >> can overcome your 'soap taste' reaction with repeated exposure.
> > > I've never thought of cilantro as tasting like soap. *To me it has a
> > > chemical or a metallic taste to it. *As far as overcoming the taste of
> > > it with repeated exposure is concerned, if I don't like something the
> > > first time I try it I'm certainly not going to keep trying it just to
> > > learn to like it. *There's plenty of other things to eat.

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> > While I couldn't agree with you more (I think that about a lot of things
> > people eat) cilantro can be difficult to avoid. *If you eat out, sometimes
> > you find most of the items on the menu contain the flavor/food du jour.
> > I have found myself downing guacamole infested with cilantro

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> Any place that puts cilantro into their guac, I don't eat there again.
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