They do! But I will read your link in case it might convince me. I will give it a fairish go. I am without the PCT gene. The link proves my point that there's nothing you can do to make sprouts palatable to the unfortunate. Has anyone studied the parsnip gene? I feel bilious just typing the word.
Ought I to be offended? I've decided not. Not all genes are good. I have been fortunate that my genes have allowed me to enjoy the delights of a crunchy sprout.
I loved sprouts since I was a toddler, my dad hated them so I always ended up with two servings 😁
Love parsnips and marmite too....and now I'm wondering what roasted parsnip with a marmite glaze would taste like. Could someone try it and let me know? I've only got a few parsnips growing in the garden and I don't want to waste them if it's a dodgy experiment!
Dunno! OH dislikes a lot of foods that his mother didn’t like, and although he says he hates them ( eg avocado ) I’m pretty sure he’s never tried them. He likes sprouts but not parsnips, and won’t touch Marmite. I told my sister how much I love those red wrapped Lindor, which I could eat by the handful. She said they made her sick, too slimy!
When it comes to coriander there is definitely a genetic mutation which renders it unpalatable to some. How many varies by ethnicity ranging from 3% detestation among people from the Middle East, to 21% for East Asians.
Interesting question Taste is really more about smell really, as many of us will recall holding our noses as kids when there was nasty tasting medicine to be swallowed. The tongue senses salt/sweet/acid/umami (marmite!) and whatever else it is, but it's really the smell of foods that you're tasting. I suppose in a way it comes down to what you like the smell of and what you don't. Like many things I suspect it's a combination of nature & nurture
As a kid I'd always swerve the sprouts, but by my 20's I loved them and still do. Loved parsnips as a kid, not as keen now Coriander is just plain weird stuff. I like a hint of it, but any more and I'm put right off - same with rocket. Marmite - I quite like it - just to be awkward
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I am without the PCT gene. The link proves my point that there's nothing you can do to make sprouts palatable to the unfortunate.
Has anyone studied the parsnip gene? I feel bilious just typing the word.
Love parsnips and marmite too....and now I'm wondering what roasted parsnip with a marmite glaze would taste like. Could someone try it and let me know? I've only got a few parsnips growing in the garden and I don't want to waste them if it's a dodgy experiment!
He likes sprouts but not parsnips, and won’t touch Marmite.
I told my sister how much I love those red wrapped Lindor, which I could eat by the handful. She said they made her sick, too slimy!
https://www.myrecipes.com/ingredients/why-brussels-sprouts-are-less-bitter
When it comes to coriander there is definitely a genetic mutation which renders it unpalatable to some. How many varies by ethnicity ranging from 3% detestation among people from the Middle East, to 21% for East Asians.
Taste is really more about smell really, as many of us will recall holding our noses as kids when there was nasty tasting medicine to be swallowed.
The tongue senses salt/sweet/acid/umami (marmite!) and whatever else it is, but it's really the smell of foods that you're tasting.
I suppose in a way it comes down to what you like the smell of and what you don't.
Like many things I suspect it's a combination of nature & nurture
As a kid I'd always swerve the sprouts, but by my 20's I loved them and still do.
Loved parsnips as a kid, not as keen now
Coriander is just plain weird stuff. I like a hint of it, but any more and I'm put right off - same with rocket.
Marmite - I quite like it - just to be awkward
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.