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19-07-2003, 03:32 AM

(Art Sackett) wrote in message ...
M. Tiefert wrote:

cilanthro

VILE smell, and coriander seed when it's done

Not everyone perceives the smell as vile.

You can say that again. I make my salsa cruda by the gallon (about one
a week, more if there's company) and it's just not the same without a
couple hands full of cilanto in it.

I have heard that certain people lack an enzyme in their mouths (or
have an extra one, or something like that), the result of which is
that cilantro has a disagreeable "soapy" taste. My friend said she
had heard the same thing, and that something like one in five people
has this problem. It makes sense on one hand, but on the other hand
I, as a cilantro-hater, also find the aroma repugnant, and it doesn't
make sense that aromas would be affected by the enzymes in my mouth...

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