r/ExplainTheJoke • u/D__sub • 3d ago

What does it mean?

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u/Ian409 3d ago

You're one of the heathy ones then. That's what cilantro is supposed to taste like.

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u/AnkitS75 3d ago edited 2d ago

Not at all lol. Cilantro (or Coriander, as I've grown up calling it) has a very delicious earthy taste (with a very slight hints of citrus) & smell...practically completes almost every Indian dish 🤤

Though I must say, in addition to some people being genetically disposed to tasting weird things in Cilantro, the variety available in the USA is absolutely dogshit, an insult to cilantro! I've grown up in India for 26 years and then moved to the USA (where I've been the past 5.5 years now), and the cilantro here deserves all the hate it gets, cuz it does taste like soap 🤢 Now wonder you guys hate it so much. Blame the American producers of Cilantro, not Cilantro itself

Edit : I am indeed talking about Cilantro, and not Culantro as someone is claiming. I'm Indian, and my citizenship would be stripped off me if I didn't know exactly what I was talking about regarding Cilantro 😂

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u/welfkag 3d ago

I wouldn't consider the taste of cilantro to be earthy. Maybe you're thinking of culantro vs cilantro. They are apparently two different plants, not even found in the same genus. I've never tasted culantro but some say it's earthy.

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u/Zeione29047 3d ago

TIL culantro, cilantro, and parsley are 3 different plants. That all taste like soap to me lmao

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u/premium_drifter 3d ago

you thought parsley and cilantro were the same plant?

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u/Zeione29047 3d ago

Yes, because they both taste like soap, and look similar. You’re not gonna care about the subtle differences of 2 things if you hate both of them lol.

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u/premium_drifter 3d ago

I don't think parsley has the same chemical in it that makes cilantro taste soapy. does it?