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Why do some people think cilantro tastes like soap?
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76% Informative
Julia Child disavowed the stuff in 1955 , claiming it had a soapy taste.
Between 3% and 21% of people dislike cilantro for its soapiness.
Genetics plays a major role in cilantro aversion, a study by 23andMe found.
A specific olfactory receptor gene, OR6A2, has been implicated in the study.
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semi-formal
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English
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long-living
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878450X2300121X#:~:text=The%20olfactory%20receptor%20(OR)%20gene%20responsible%20for%20this%20genetically%2Ddetermined%20perceptual%20difference%20has%20now%20been%20uncovered%2C%20with%20the%20incidence%20of%20the%20soapy%20response%20estimated%20at%20between%203%20and%2021%25%2C%20depending%20on%20the%20ethno%2Dcultural%20group%20tested.https://flavourjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2044-7248-1-22https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/9088230/type/dlg/sid/livescience-us-7663945768829821000/https://blog.23andme.com/articles/cilantro-love-hate-genetic-trait#:~:text=a%20receptor%20called%20OR6A2%2C%20which%20is%20known%20to%20detect%20aldehydes%20such%20as%20those%20found%20in%20cilantro.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342276/#:~:text=Consistent%20with%20previous,the%20WM%20variant.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878450X2300121Xhttps://foodscience.psu.edu/directory/jeh40https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/9088230/type/dlg/sid/livescience-us-1140308490687560600/https://blog.23andme.com/articles/cilantro-love-hate-genetic-trait#:~:text=Ashkenazi%20Jewish,3.9%25https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/charles-spence
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