I remembered this article from a while back.
However, I have ceased subscribing to Smithsonian Magazine, see here:
Why I Am Cancelling Two Subscriptions to Smithsonian (Vanity)
We had some spicy pickled asparagus recently that was delicious.
Where to start...
Geeshh...
I need a New Hobby!
I knew there was a good reason to avoid the foul tasting crap.
Now I can sleep, made comfortable with this new knowledge.
It’s delicious as a raw snack!
Not everyone suffers from this problem. It is genetic. I learned this in some college class a long time ago. (We took our notes in cuneiform). I was surprised when I first learned about it, since I don’t have this problem. I imagine that those who do are surprised that it isn’t universal.
Cilantro tastes ‘soapy’ to me, but not to my wife. That too is genetic.
My doctor says it’s good for you. Cleans you out.
This is the one food that will make me violently ill if I eat it. I cannot stomach it at all.
I thought asparagus made everything smell, and smell, and smell . . . . .
Thomas it 200 years and they still have not found a cure for pooping.
Any effect it has on my urine can only improve the ambience of the men's room at work.
Now this....this is real science!
This is useful!
Scientists smelling pee.
Go to your local university and relieve yourself, but don’t flush.
Let them hypothesize about what you’ve been eating.
That’ll make those old goat professors quit chasing the coeds for a few minutes.
It takes me about 15 minutes or less.
I was forced to eat the canned version as a kid and it made me vomit.
As an adult after I quit smoking I found I could enjoy a batch of freshly cut and cooked
Still brings back bad memories if it gets cold.
Now squash was the same. Force fed it when young. Still can’t stomach even the smell of summer squash even being cooked. YUK!
Of all the world’s vegetables, it’s the one I most dislike. However, and quite strangely, my cousin’s husband has a recipe for asparagus soup that’s truly superb. Don’t ask me why, it just is.
I detested asparagus as a child all the way into my twenties but love it now, so long as it’s not too overgrown. Like cucumbers there’s a definite pick-by date and you don’t want the great big ones. It does affect the urine, that’s not genetic. Being sensitive to the odor is genetic, it still smells odd regardless of whether or not you yourself can smell it.
I do have an odd food sensitivity that seems genetic, I can’t even get most fermented foods into my mouth. Kimchee literally causes me to recoil just from the scent of it. Even the wrong kind of vinegar in salad dressing does it. Tastes spoiled to me, gone sour. And, I can detect that far better than most people. Buttermilk? Forget it. Good in breads and cakes but I can’t handle anything with an obvious buttermilk taste. It’s nauseating.
My eating asparagus can make my bathroom smell like the inside of a dumpster two hours later when urinating.
DANG!