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re: Cilantro....the worst garnish ever. Yes or No
Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:17 pm to GoldenSombrero
Posted on 3/27/13 at 2:17 pm to GoldenSombrero
For some people cilantro just tastes different. I have read that it tastes soapy or metallic.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
Posted on 3/27/13 at 11:57 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Cilantro is good for you and delicious. I eat it almost every day. It's great in eggs in the morning. Benfefits
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:08 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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For some people cilantro just tastes different. I have read that it tastes soapy or metallic.
I think they can't smell or taste the compound that makes cilantro enjoyable to others.
"Flavor chemists have found that cilantro aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are modified fragments of fat molecules called aldehydes. The same or similar aldehydes are also found in soaps and lotions and the bug family of insects.
Soaps are made by fragmenting fat molecules with strongly alkaline lye or its equivalent, and aldehydes are a byproduct of this process, as they are when oxygen in the air attacks the fats and oils in cosmetics. And many bugs make strong-smelling, aldehyde-rich body fluids to attract or repel other creatures.
The published studies of cilantro aroma describe individual aldehydes as having both cilantrolike and soapy qualities. Several flavor chemists told me in e-mail messages that they smell a soapy note in the whole herb as well, but still find its aroma fresh and pleasant.
So the cilantro aldehydes are olfactory Jekyll-and-Hydes. Why is it only the evil, soapy side that shows up for cilantrophobes, and not the charming one?"
From this article at the New York Times
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