The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Gradine]

Fresh cilantro does taste like soap to me, which does make sad because I have tasted things flavored by cilantro and they are delicious.

 

[CleverNickName]

This is the best thing about loving things that most other people hate. More for me then. Oh no, all the cookies are already gone except oatmeal raisin? What a shame... for the rest of you

 

[Gradine]

 

[J.Quondam]

Cilantro tastes like cilantro to me, and I love it. Also too, some soaps are actually quite tasty, albeit not taco-worthy.

Spoiler: not taco-worthy

 

[Ryujin]

Elfquest was way hornier than X-Men, at least pre-Krakoa, so it always had that going for it.

In case you were unaware they made an Elfquest 'audio movie', a couple of years ago, and some recognizable names voiced the characters.

 

[Ryujin]

We don't talk to that guy.

Seriously though, I noticed it a lot when I was growing up. Seemed like my friends, family, and classmates were always trying to talk me out of liking the stuff that I liked--candy corn (apparently it tastes like wax?), oatmeal raisin cookies (they aren't chocolate chip, therefore they are BadWrongCookie), CCR (not on MTV = not worthy of respect, I guess?), Elfquest comics (why aren't you reading X-Men? Everybody reads X-Men!), Terry Brooks (you know he just ripped off Tolkien, right?), the list goes on.

In my case it was Hallowe'en Molasses Kisses, not Candy Corn, but the rest tracks.

 

[overgeeked]

It's bizarre that some people honestly can't seem to tell the difference between the video game as released by the developer and later 3rd-party DLC.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Isn't there a genetic reason for that? I remember reading something about a chromosome mutation makes cilantro taste really bitter and soapy to roughly half of the population.

My understanding is it's closer to 10% of the population.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Cilantro taste like soap to some people. We should pity them, not make fun of them or constantly tell them that they're wrong. They are wrong, but repeatedly telling them so just makes everyone miserable. Unless that's the reason why you do it, to make other people miserable.

I just made a delicious pot of cilantro-lime rice last night. My oldest specifically requests that recipe and could inhale a whole pot by himself. My wife, the one mutant in our family, gamely picks out the cilantro every time.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I don't do pepperoni much any more because I don't think my stomach would appreciate it, but even in my younger days (and I was very fond of it then) that would have been a bit much.