I have an (untested) hypothesis that people who get the “soapy” taste of cilantro also smell stinkbugs. When I squish a stinkbug it reeks of cilantro’s “soapy” taste. I remember reading somewhere that they’re the same type of chemicals.
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HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 5 months ago
It's seem to be the same as with cilantro a genetic trait that some people have and other don't
https://academic.oup.com/ae/article/61/2/85/1756864?login=false
Dunno if that a good source as everything i found about that exept for thos page talked about the tiktok post and not science
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 5 months ago
HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 5 months ago
I love cilantro and don't smell any bug so maybe
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Some as with truffles, and marihuana. I can’t smell either.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
You can’t smell marijuana? What?
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 months ago
I’ve had people call it “strong” and even “overwhelming”, while to me it smelled like some weak dead grass. People smoking it, I barely register, unless they mix it with tobacco. Even freshly cut, it just smelled like cut grass, nothing more. CBD oil smells like grass sap.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
You’re weird. I like that.
HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d say it’s more like a blend of vinegar and soap.
Ravi@feddit.de 5 months ago
You never stop learning something about yourself and why others couldn’t comprehend what I tasted there.