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On 2019-04-11 12:15 a.m., graham wrote:

> While I agree with you about cilantro, parsley to me has never been more
> than a decorative herb, its flavour so inconsequential that drying it
> would be a waste of time.
> There must be genetic markers to match up with people's likes and
> dislikes of some herbs just as some lack the gene to smell asparagus pee.



Perhaps some people taste it more than others or some varieties of fresh
parsley are stronger tasting than others. I grow it in my garden and one
time I added too much to some chicken soup and I found it overpowering.
I have also had Italian meatballs with too much parsley.