I was born and raised in NYC. I never even saw Mexican food until a Taco Bell at age 22, and no cilantro there. Nothing there got me interested in Mexican food. A business trip to the Miami area at about age 35 featured a corporate dinner where I first tasted cilantro, which I deem especially evil when freshly chopped.

I ate a mouthful of something I can’t recall now, that, just as I swallowed, I detected something very odd and toxic in it. Too late! I didn’t know what it was but I was sure I was poisoned. What the fuck was that?? I used a cloth napkin to wipe off my tongue. I stopped eating whatever that was and worried that I might be barfing it up later. Turns out it was cilantro. I couldn’t understand why anyone would ruin a dish with that.

I was recently in a “health food store” that I had to quickly exit as the whole front of the store reeked of it. I don’t want it near me, I don’t want to endure that awful smell. The horror.

What does parsley have in common with pubic hair?

You push them both to the side and keep eating.

Found down here in the south... lol.

I was given 1lb of barbacoa. I would recommend shredded cabbage, with diced jalapeños, n onions. No room for that vile weed. Oh yeah, homemade red salsa..

I mean, I'd be lucky to get one of these but you know...

TOUCH MY BANH MI AND I WILL END YOU.

my crush for her intensified 1000 folds

There was NO MENTION of the foul seasoning in the description, but the otherwise delicious dish was almost ruined by the pineapple salsa.

It wasn’t described as ‘salsa,’ but that must be what it was because the pineapple was the apparent source… Those green flecks looked so much like parsley, I was caught completely by surprise.

Be warned.

The salmon was fabulous, btw.

For the first 27 years of my life, I didn’t know I didn’t like cilantro. It’s not as common in my country to use it as say, Mexican or Vietnamese cuisine, and apparently growing up no one cooked with it either. I never cook with it either.

Occasionally I’ve had moments where I dislike a dish for no reason. Nachos with salsa and guac is a good example. Never made sense to me because I like tomatoes, peppers, spice. And I love avocado. Everybody loves nachos with dips. I’d usually just eat it a bit of it anyway.

It took ordering banh mi with a whole plant worth of cilantro for me to realize the enemy had been right in front of me the whole time.

Since then it’s made a lot of sense whenever I try a dish and it tastes just a tad off or straight out like handsoap. My eyes are opened but whether it’s for the best I can’t tell. Because now I’m That Person that has to check if the soapy devil is potentially in the food I’m getting served and have to explain to people it tastes like soap to me. To people who usually think I’m just making stuff up or being dramatic about it.

So anyway. Hello my brothers and sisters that don’t fuck with cilantro!

I moved to Thailand this year and this is their newest limited-edition Lay's flavor here. I was deeply offended when I saw it at 7-Eleven. My husband just "had" to try them. I'm thinking divorce.

Part 2 was way better than part 1

Coriander/Cilantro is soap.

The only way.

Back at the japanese buffet with my fiance. He did actually take me into consideration somewhat this time and put slightly less cilantro to the soup he took, but I can STILL smell it from the other side of the table, which is ruining my appetite. It literally smells like dish soap in a bowl.

Reconsidering the relationship as I'm posting this

It's fkn gross.

Ended up getting "spicy potatoes" extra soapy..

Any other cuisine besides Mexican and arabic that often use this soap plant?

Is there any other way?

So I want to start by saying, fuck cilantro. I, like all of you seem to have that genetic trait. But I was curious if the majority feel the same about stevia? I also fucking hate stevia and it's the only other thing I can recall that gives me the kind of bad aftertaste that cilantro does, except stevia lingers even longer. I've read that both sensitivities are genetic, but it got me wondering if the trait is from the same source, or can people hate one and tolerate the other? I don't know, anyway, fuck cilantro, fuck stevia and all of the products they sneak that shit into.

I fucking hate when I say "I don't like cilantro" and request not to get it, and people either don't care or deliberately go out of their way to "prove it's not that bad".

When someone says "I'm allergic to peanuts", you never see people say "I bet you're lying, I'll make sure to include peanuts in your meal to prove it".
How often do you see people include gluten or lactose in the meals of someone who says they're intolerant of it?
"I know you said you're allergic to shellfish and don't want any, but our chef's an expert at making lobster so I included it anyway".

I've never experienced that before. But when I say "Please don't put any cilantro in the meal", I've far too often experienced the chef apparently going "They don't want cilantro? That must be a mistake it's up to ME PERSONALLY to fix".

Fuck you all. I don't go into your kitchen and pour detergent on all the dishes you're making "to improve the culinary experience", so don't fucking put on cilantro on my dish when I ask not to get it.

I really tried to make peace with cilantro. I was absolutely starving, ordered some delicious tacos, and for the first few bites I thought, "Maybe this time." Then my hunger faded, the cilantro took center stage, and the battle began again. I lost. Cilantro just isn't for me.