In high school, my boyfriend and I went to Baskin Robbins, where he got a black licorice ice cream cone. His mouth and tongue remained black afterwards. Ick!
@BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger The Kurt I knew is dead.
NOMS. I want noms. Licorice is noms. 😋
@Kurtroedeger @BlueStateBabe Licorice is not noms. Licorice is bait and switch. Smells like candy. Tastes like poo. 🤮
But do you like cilantro?
@BlueStateBabe @Notokay
I like licorice, but cilantro tastes like soap. And not a fan of bell peppers.
@Kurtroedeger same for me. Like licorice, cilantro tastes like soap, and hate green bell peppers.
@SimplyZippy
🙌 High five
Super tasters unite!
@BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy I love cilantro. And peppers, of all kinds. Y'all can have all the anise, fennel, and licorice.
@BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay
This is the bain of my existence!
I want to enjoy Chipotle but they put cilantro in everything 🤣
@Knitpurrl @BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay I'm so very thankful cilantro tastes yummy to me. I can't imagine an actual edible plant tasting like soap. That must have been an unpleasant surprise the first time, and I can imagine someone eating a dish they thought had parsley in it and getting an unpleasant soapie cilantro surprise.
@Ellomumsy @BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay
My first experience was at a fancy restaurant in Boston, Blue Ginger with chef Ming Tasi. It was embarrassing because I thought the dishes or utensils hadn’t been rinsed. The line chef came out and suggested it was the cilantro and offered another choice without the herb… I guess it happened often enough to be recognized. The new dish was delicious and I now knew I had an allergy to cilantro.
@Knitpurrl @Ellomumsy @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay
Wow! That bad, eh?
@BlueStateBabe @Knitpurrl @Ellomumsy @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy It's interesting to me that cilantro shows up in the cooking of many cultures across the globe, especially given the number of people who have a genetic reaction to it.
@Knitpurrl @BlueStateBabe @Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay is the soap taste an allergy? Or just a weird DNA phenomenon?
@Ellomumsy I understand it to be genetic.
@Kurtroedeger @SimplyZippy @Notokay
23&Me can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, whether or not cilantro tastes like soap to you. The cilantro gene has been found!