poll: cilantro
Apr. 12th, 2009 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coraaThis is partly random curiosity as to how the numbers break down, but it's also useful for those of you I might someday serve food.
(Assume for the sake of the poll that the cilantro is in a dish that you'd otherwise enjoy.)
I think most of you probably know the herb as cilantro, but it also goes under the name 'coriander leaf.'
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(And yes, I do know that this preference/dispreference is genetic, and that some people have taste receptors that make them perceive cilantro as having a soapy/metallic/otherwise gross taste while others don't. I'm just curious about the numbers.)
(Assume for the sake of the poll that the cilantro is in a dish that you'd otherwise enjoy.)
I think most of you probably know the herb as cilantro, but it also goes under the name 'coriander leaf.'
[Poll #1382529]
(And yes, I do know that this preference/dispreference is genetic, and that some people have taste receptors that make them perceive cilantro as having a soapy/metallic/otherwise gross taste while others don't. I'm just curious about the numbers.)
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Date: 2009-04-15 03:30 am (UTC)2. I dunno if there's a correlation, but some people are what's called 'supertasters' -- they have more taste buds, I think, than most people, which means that certain flavors that are pleasant to most people are overpowering to them. It may be that supertasters dislike both olives and cilantro, because both have a bitter tone that's overpowering if you have extra tastebuds...? Dunno, though.