Cappi's Story     (More stories)


 It was a few years ago. I was making homemade guac with my family when the subject of cilantro came up (we weren't actually putting it in the guac, but it came up). My younger brother asked "What's cilantro?" My mom said "It's an herb. Some people like it, but some think it tastes like soap." That stuck with me. It was a few months later when I got out of work early one day and decided to grab something from whole foods for lunch. I picked a tasty looking black bean salad. I knew it had cilantro, but didn't hate it at the point. Problem: I didn't get a drink (I wanted Diet Coke but Whole Foods doesn't sell something that unhealthy). Two minutes after I sat down, I was choking on a mouthful of cilantro-tasting salad and had to run to the water fountain to try to stop coughing. The whole time I thought I was dying and in my head there was the chant: "Soap. Soap. Soap." Last encounter: Trying a trendy new restaurant with my boyfriend, I ordered the moules frites, a usual fave. It came out covered in cilantro (what!? on mussels!?) and I had to sit there, starving, and ruin the meal.







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