Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A lot of people who are super tasters find alliums like onions and garlic incredibly overpowering unless they are in really small amounts.
Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A lot of people who are super tasters find alliums like onions and garlic incredibly overpowering unless they are in really small amounts.
wondrous_strange@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was thinking to myself that it can’t be that many people, but sure enough I was wrong and was surprised to learn the following from the Wikipedia article about super-tasters:
“Research suggests 25% of the population are non-tasters, 50% are medium tasters, and 25% are supertasters.”
Quite interesting and concise page, recommended. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster
fishy@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
That article is wild to me. I consider myself a super taster and smeller. The list of foods super taster’s avoid is basically a list of my favorite flavors. Maybe I’m just a slightly above average taster?
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Most of the list is true for me. All seltzers are disgusting due to the presence of Bitter 2 which makes them undrinkably gross. Diet soda works extremely well and tastes great. Beer, wine, coffee, and unsweetened tea are pretty awful. Savory deliciousness is magnified and a fantastic steak (medium rare to medium) will knock the soul out of my body. Cheese and spicy food is life and I eat spicier stuff than anyone I know. Onion powder and garlic salt are vastly preferable to the actual full vegetable. Dark chocolate is repulsive. Pineapple is godlike, melons are foul. Cucumber smells so bad I will flee a room to avoid it but a pickle spear is decent. Just a window into how my tastes work.