James Silverton wrote:
> Omelet wrote on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:17:10 -0600:
>
>>> In article >,
>>> "James Silverton" > wrote:
>>>
>> >> Since the genetically deprived have been loudly proclaiming
>> >> that cilantro tastes like soap or has no taste, I am
>> >> probably genetically programmed to say that bay leaves have
>> >> no taste to me whether they come from the Mediterranean,
>> >> California, the West Indies, Indosesia or Uzbekhistan.
>>
>>>
>>> I'd enjoy a wad of grass or single maple leaf thrown in and
>>> fished out as much as a bay leaf. But that's just me. I
>>> understand that I'm missing something.
>>> leo
>>
>
>> I also get nada from bay leaves.
>> I wonder if it's the same gene that makes Cilantro taste like soap?
>> :-) --
>
>
> As a statistic of one, it doesn't seem to be. I like cilantro!
>
>

I used to feel the same way about ginger, tastes like soap, i would go
so far as to request it not be used in any food i was ordering at an
Asian restaurant, to greater or lesser success depending on the restaurant.

It has such a good reputation that i decided to try using it in my home
cooking and for some reason it tasted fine. Adds a great deal to
various recipes, now i wonder if the food that tasted soapy in Asian
restaurants just didn't wash their dishes well
--
JL