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• Ninja876@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I was being cheeky but a bit serious.

  Mangoes taste like soap to some of us. Blame OR6A2 gene.

  But I love cilantro aka coriander. I make my salsa’s/pico cilantro heavy.

  But if I bit into a fresh mango its like eating paraffin and Dawn dish soap. I wish it wasn’t this way, they look awesome to eat…

  I also can’t eat mayo, but thats a whole other story.

  decorwithstyle.com/does-mango-taste-like-soap/

  Also another insane thing, I have friends that think cilantro taster like a spice like hot peppers… Genes eh?

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    TIL. I’ve got two copies of the original “bitter vegetables taste like poison” gene, unlike those weird mutants who think cabbage cultivars taste like food.

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    • Ninja876@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I get ya, cabbage for me is a filler vegetable. Case in point, I did long format Outward Bound. So for use hiking out for a week+ before the next resupply we would pack out ultra light.

      So ramen was the goto, high caloric value, super light weight, etc. But we would forgo weight and carry a cabbage with use to add to the ramen the first few meals just to bulk it up. It made eating ramen day in and day our a bit more tolerable.

      I asked why don’t we carry rice too as a bulking agent, but they could never give me a good answer why. Mind you this is the 80’s so there were no options like Mountain House. So we made do.

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