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cintrix

12/05/17 10:24 AM

#18176 RE: IH Admin [Tisha] (former) #18175

Actually, Tisha, it is a genetic thing they just found out recently. I did 23&Me to find out about my ancestry. What a surprise I found. Not only was I NOT 100% Italian, but I also found out that there is a reason why I think cilantro tastes like soap. Your brother must have the same gene:

“How cilantro tastes to you has a lot to do with your genes,” says SciShow’s Hank Green. He explains that after conducting a few separate studies, scientists were able to pin down most cilantro haters as people with a shared group of olfactory-receptor genes, called OR6A2, that pick up on the smell of aldehyde chemicals. Aldehyde chemicals are found in both cilantro and soap. Uh, yummy?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/why-does-cilantro-taste-bad-like-soap_n_7653808.html
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Homebrew

12/05/17 10:26 AM

#18178 RE: IH Admin [Tisha] (former) #18175

I've noticed "soapiness" in cilantro, but I still like it in foods.

Some mangos taste like they have a touch of turpentine in them, but I like them also ... hmmmmm