muixany soapy cilantro enjoyers?
What is the soapy gene?
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A gene has been identified as a likely cause of why some people enjoy the smell and taste of coriander (also known as cilantro) while others have exactly the opposite reaction to the point of repulsion. Depending on ancestry, somewhere between 3% and 21% of the population associate it with unpleasant taste, including a combination of soap and vomit, or say that it is similar to the foul smelling odor emitted by stinkbugs. This is due to the presence of aldehyde chemicals, which are present in soap, various detergents, coriander, several species of stinkbugs and cinnamon.
So, if cilantro tastes to me like the smell of Irish Spring, I have the gene? I definitely still enjoy it, though. Funny enough, I also enjoyed one brand of Sangria that tasted exactly like the smell of the floor cleaner from my last job.
For anybody here in the future: whatever knockoff Wikipedia OP linked to has died. You can find this quote on the regular Wikipedia page for it, under the clinical significance tab
MothraI find it similar to parsley . Itās not soapy to me, but Iām not a hardcore fan. I guess I can enjoy though, does that count or you are looking specifically for people who sense it like soap and like it too?
I guess that puts you top-center on the coriander compass.
setVeryLoud(true);Yeah thatās what coriander should taste like. To anyone with the gene, it tastes wildly different to parsley.
WaldowalI donāt taste parsley at all. Love cilantro. No soap flavor. Hate tomatoes. Taste like a juiced corpse. So, Iām convinced parsley and tomatoes have an associated gene.
BuelldozerHate tomatoes. Taste like a juiced corpse.
Thereās a gene for that. Itās like the Coriander gene but more rare.
Really?! Iāve never been able to find anything definitive. Just plenty of articles like this one that basically just say: āTomatoes are gross. Craaazy right?ā with no real explanation:
Iām guessing you are not a fan of Italian food! Never heard about someone comparing parsley and tomatoes like this before.
Oddly enough, if you cook the tomatoes, it completely takes away the bad flavor. Thatās puts alot of Italian back on the menu. And parsley is fine - it just tastes like nothing.
Is coriander also something people have this with or is OP a dummy?
i always hated weird mex and india foods and recently discovered: no they are not wierdos that like soap
I definitely have the soapy gene, but donāt mind the taste. I blame thrills soap gum, I occasionally enjoyed that as a kid. My sister also has the gene and canāt stand the taste.
I have one allele of the soapy gene variant at rs2741762, and I really like cilantro and coriander. But I also like any weird or different smells, it appears as if I smell everything a little more strongly, and nothing is truly disgusting for me taste-wise (texture though: canāt stand anything that has a vein-like quality). I have ADHD though, and one emergent behavior from that is pursuing the interesting/novel over the good, smells included.
Link.wav [he/him]I think I have similar taste to yours, with the exception of durian. I could not with that.
How do you know this? Do those DNA testing sites tell you this sort of thing?
Yes, I tested through 23andMe and then downloaded my genes. Occasionally I compare them to recent studies with codegene.eu, which is how I learned a bit about a cholesterol metabolism gene mutation increasing the probability of Alzheimerās.
CzarrieSo itās interesting, I have the soapy gene but have found that I do enjoy it, in modest amounts, in certain foods. It primarily just exists for me as an acquired, slightly off flavor that balances the rest - think like trying coffee for the first time versus later in life.
That said, some food trucks really just give you whole scoops of the stuff and I can exhaust that good will pretty quick when I have a bowl of hot soapy pork broth
Flyberius [comrade/them]I have soap gene. But honestly that flavour only becomes an issue when there is too much coriander. The other day I was happily adding it to a cucumber raita.
Double_AI donāt mind the taste, but Iām extremely sensitive to it. If there is one bit in the dish, all of it tastes like cilantro and nothing else. Is this also part of the soap gene.
Now do one for people with the asparagus smelling and smell producing gene.
I have the powers of the X-Men, for I both produce AND smell, AND cilantro tastes soapy for me!
Are there any other odd genetic traits I may possess and havenāt discovered yet!?
567PrimeMover
Nah, I have a thumb straight as an arrow lol.
Uhā¦ yes, I do, does having all three of those mean somethimg?
Is one of your testicles larger than the other two? This can indicate ābig nut syndromeā which is named after Sir John Bignut.
I love Asparagus, but I definitely can smell it when I pee.
I have the soapy cilantro gene. Cilantro is one of my favorite flavors. No, I donāt generally like the taste of soap. The soapiness of cilantro is very mild for me and is lost in the strong flavor of the herb unless I specifically am looking for it.
I used to hate cilantro because I thought it tasted soapy. Then my kid was telling me about this āgeneā one day and I said that I must have it. Then I asked them what they thought cilantro tasted like, and they told me it was onion-y like chives.
We were at a restaurant at the time and I was eating something with cilantro which is why it came up. So I took a bite and tried to see if I could taste what they meant by onion-y. And damned if I couldnāt make out that chive sort of flavor.
Since then, I canāt taste the soapiness, it just tastes good.
So I doubt it is actually a gene of any sort if you can reprogram your brain like I did to get the taste.
ManosTheHandsOfFateThanks for your anecdote!
So I doubt it is actually a gene of any sort
So because you were able to gaslight yourself into liking it that means genetic science is fake?
I have a black bean and rice recipe I make a lot and cilantro takes it from a 5-6 in terms of flavor to a 10.
Iām sure itās tasty as heck for you but Iād be unable to eat it. Anything with coriander, even the seeds, tastes awful to me. I simply canāt eat the stuff.
Fair enough. I donāt like pickles personally.
šš¦šYeah itās not really soap, but more the idea that this thing youāre eating is definitely not food. Like if you got a wad of grass and doused it in terpentine.
You forgot the last part of his sentenceā¦? Heās not flouting science. Too many weirdly aggressive redditors hereā¦
Yeah, itās always tasted more like bug spray to me. My friend loves it and says it just tastes āearthy.ā But mushrooms taste āearthyā to me and I love them. Cilantro just tastes like big spray!!
It tastes like someone wiped their ass with a sweaty gym sock.
so youāre saying itās an acquired taste?
Iām gonna wave my freak flag for a minute and say that Iād prefer the gym sockā¦
It tastes like how stink bugs smell
Itās vile and Iām not sure I hate any food more than cilantro, but I donāt taste soap
WaffleFriendsI have a similar thing but with celery. I cannot stand celery because to me it smells extremely bad. Like, the worst thing I have ever smelled or will smell bad. If thereās even a tiny bit of celery somewhere, I can smell it. I donāt even know how celery tasted because I canāt get it close enough to my mouth to try.
I saw a video of someone teaching himself to like celery, and coerced my girlfriend to do the same - it works!
You literally just start by nibbling a bit every day and start eating more and more as you can handle it. She loves celery now, to the point where she just eats it raw as snacks.
Whether itās worth the apparent torture is up to you. To be frank, picky eaters give me second hand embarrassment when out dining, since you can teach yourself to like basically everything. Usually itās just people who didnāt get much variety as children.
I got plenty of variety as a child, but there are some foods I just canāt stand. Iām not about to force myself to eat them when I have so many other options.
But Iām glad I wouldnāt accidentally end up eating out with you. Someone who cares so much what other people are not eating makes me embarrassed for them.
You sound insufferable.
Or donāt, because a crunchy water stick isnāt worth the effortā¦
It is if youāre trying to lose weight
Sure, but I donāt think forcing the plus sized homies to gaslight their taste buds is necessarily the best path.
Iād personally start with veggies they already like and build from there.
Thereās a similar gene for grapefruit. My parents love grapefruit. But to me it tastes like the devil. Love grapefruit candy and soda though.
Isnāt it just that they grew up eating that?
You would think the parents that love it would feed it to their kid, but kids are weird about food so maybe OP didnāt eat anything but bananas and peanut butter.
I grew up eating it too. I thought maybe I didnāt like the ones from our tree, but I got one from the supermarket once and it was the same flavor. I understand grapefruit is supposed to be fairly bitter but to me it tastes more like bile.
You just donāt know the grapefruit technique yet.
Grapefruit Technique(EAR RAPE)
Havenāt seen this in many years ā¦ thanks
The best yr video.
Uh
Hmm
Does the mailman like grapefruit?
How do you not know how recessive genes work?
1: Itās called a joke. 2: Once you take an actual genetics class youāll know itās often far more complicated that. 3: What makes you think OR6A2 is recessive? Because itās actually ādominant,ā though other factors can suppress its expression in this matter. See point #2.
Jackass.
NakedmoleItĀ“s not just that. There must be different kinds of cilantro too, because some taste like shit and some are delicious.