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It's Not What's For Dinner

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Bill Ruhsam

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Some people dislike cilantro with a passion. My wife, the ineffable Jennifer, will not have it around. I find this unfortunate because I happen to like cilantro a lot. It turns out that she is in good company.

Some people may be genetically predisposed to dislike cilantro, according to often-cited studies by Charles J. Wysocki of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

If true, that means our children will have a mendellian chance of not liking cilantro either! Will my salsa never have cilantro in it?

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3 responses to “It's Not What's For Dinner”

  1. Cindy Avatar
    Cindy

    I love cilantro! My salsa has tons of it in it. Children? What children? Have you’ve been hiding them?

  2. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    Cilantro tastes like soap.

    Strangely though, just like Dr. Gottfried of the article, I have learned to tolerate it in certain settings. Particularly spicy foods.

    Still every now and then, I get a big whiff of it in an otherwise benign dish and… yick.

  3. Bill Ruhsam Avatar
    Bill Ruhsam

    @Cindy: Just hypothetical at this time. I’ll let you know when we allow them out of the hidden room in the subbasement.

    @Chris: Come to the dark side…

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