"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Sat, 6 May 2017 22:20:45 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>> On Sat, 6 May 2017 17:25:28 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>>> I'm doing fish sandwiches tonight on bollio rolls. I've finely
>>>> shredded cabbage and iceberg lettuce and tossed them together. I am
>>>> really tempted to toss a tiny bit of cilantro in either with the
>>>> lettuce/cabbage or with some mayo/sour cream. I really don't have any
>>>> other fresh herbs right now except some green onions or some dill that
>>>> I froze.. Would you do the cilantro or if you had your choice, which
>>>> of the other two? Further thoughts for the future, please.
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Janet US
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>>>I would add the green onions and some dill, but not cilantro (that's a
>>>personal aversion.)
>>>
>>>Cheri
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>> Cilantro tastes like soap to me too.
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>
>That's exactly what the taste is to me.

When people say they hate cilantro, they often attribute this food
feeling to a soapy aftertaste. Thanks to a new video from SciShow, we
finally know why cilantro tastes like soap for some 4-14 percent of
the population.

"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?

If you are one of those anti-cilantro folks, at least you know that
it's not really your fault and you can blame your parents. To avoid
that soapy taste in your dishes, we suggest swapping parsley for
cilantro.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/why-does-cilantro-taste-bad-like-soap_n_7653808>

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Oh well, at least it isn't our fault.

Thanks.


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