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.
What you’re saying is either urine or you’re out.
Can you make a “U” with your tongue?
Soulmate! Cilantro tastes like Dawn! and you and I are the only ones to see it, it’s supplanted parsley with the remainder of mankind.
Yes, the genes determine whether you can smell the compounds in your urine or whether you can’t. The urine still contains these compounds after eating asparagus, but some people have the gene where you cannot smell it. My daughter unbeknownst to her has that gene. Poor thing will never be able to smell asparagus in her toilet. ;). Send money now, lol.
And I feel sorry f9r those with the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. It’s really good.
Had fun just reading through this thread. :)
I love good, fresh asparagus, which to me means the more tender thin stalks. Yes, I can tell I’ve eaten it later lol.
As far as cilantro, I’d never had it until I was in my late teens. I found it absolutely disgusting; it tasted to me like how stink bugs smell (yes I confess I smelled some as a child to confirm they were stink lol). Oddly, within a couple of years, absolute disgust turned to absolute love of cilantro. People who remember my previous comments said, “So now you like the taste of stink bugs?” Ha ha.
I think our tastes change, but yes cilantro is one of the big love/hate ones for sure.