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minus-squareHeadfullofSoup@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·edit-26 months agoIt’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 Tldr : ( i did not read the article in full ) the smell is described as a moldy pina colada
minus-squareHowManyNimons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoI’d say it’s more like a blend of vinegar and soap.
minus-squareRavi@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-26 months agoYou never stop learning something about yourself and why others couldn’t comprehend what I tasted there. Reference for coriander (cilantro)
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI 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.
minus-squareHeadfullofSoup@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI love cilantro and don’t smell any bug so maybe
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
Tldr : ( i did not read the article in full ) the smell is described as a moldy pina colada
I’d say it’s more like a blend of vinegar and soap.
You never stop learning something about yourself and why others couldn’t comprehend what I tasted there.
Reference for coriander (cilantro)
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.
I love cilantro and don’t smell any bug so maybe