Maybe so @BenCotto but they still taste sulphuric to me.
I love ground coriander seed but not always fresh coriander leaves. Just as well as they're rare here so I often substitute flat leaved parsley. Have tried growing it here but it doesn't do well and bolts at the drop of a hat.
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I can't stand parsnips but I don't mind brussels sprouts. I don't specifically dislike Marmite but I wouldn't choose to eat it because there are other things I like better on my toast. Coriander seed (ground) tastes OK, faintly orange-y to me but the leaves taste like soap.
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Regarding dropping hats, and I know I have posted this before, I remember one line, and one line only, from a play I saw many years ago: a mad German professor is impressing upon his students the need for their total attention
”I want you to be as quiet as pins. I want to hear a mouse dropping.”
Thank you @BenCotto. That was interesting. I would say that I can detect slight soapiness but only when the corriander is past its best. Curry isn't the same without it for me.
I think I probably have one sprout gene because they do taste bitter to me, but when they are very fresh, cooked with bacon and/or chestnuts, I eat them happily. I grow them so I can eat them really really fresh. I love roasted parsnips. Not a fan of parsnip soup (or carrot soup, actually) Marmite - meh. Bit salty but I'll eat twiglets if the crisps have run out. Leaf coriander. Boke.
I think it's a combination of nature and nurture. I'm sure Pansyface is right that a lot of the dislikes people have are about the idea of something, which has been taught to them accidentally or not, by their parents' attitudes. In many cases they just haven't tried it. Parents can teach children to have an attitude of curiosity or an attitude of fear of new things. Some of it is more about texture than taste. Some is genetic difference in taste/smell receptors. And some is mild food intolerance - I don't like bananas, for example, or eggs. Having decided that not liking such common foods was silly, I have in adulthood eaten both and found in both cases I got a bad bellyache as a result. Probably I had eaten these as a child with the same result but was too young to remember so had just put it down to 'not liking' them.
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What about asparagus, and its tendency in some people to produce ‘funny’ smelling wee? That’s a genetic thing, I believe, like whether you taste sprouts as bitter or not.
I like sprouts, but never buy them. I love parsnips but never buy them. Love asparagus but rarely buy it. No one else in the house likes them so it's just a waste of space that can be used for something else we all like. Older daughter loved sprouts as a child, but loathes them now. Love rocket. I also love tomatoes but hate tomato sauce. I can't bear the smell of it.
My sense of smell has changed over time though.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I love ground coriander seed but not always fresh coriander leaves. Just as well as they're rare here so I often substitute flat leaved parsley. Have tried growing it here but it doesn't do well and bolts at the drop of a hat.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2012.11398
Regarding dropping hats, and I know I have posted this before, I remember one line, and one line only, from a play I saw many years ago: a mad German professor is impressing upon his students the need for their total attention
”I want you to be as quiet as pins. I want to hear a mouse dropping.”
I love roasted parsnips. Not a fan of parsnip soup (or carrot soup, actually)
Marmite - meh. Bit salty but I'll eat twiglets if the crisps have run out.
Leaf coriander. Boke.
I think it's a combination of nature and nurture. I'm sure Pansyface is right that a lot of the dislikes people have are about the idea of something, which has been taught to them accidentally or not, by their parents' attitudes. In many cases they just haven't tried it. Parents can teach children to have an attitude of curiosity or an attitude of fear of new things. Some of it is more about texture than taste. Some is genetic difference in taste/smell receptors. And some is mild food intolerance - I don't like bananas, for example, or eggs. Having decided that not liking such common foods was silly, I have in adulthood eaten both and found in both cases I got a bad bellyache as a result. Probably I had eaten these as a child with the same result but was too young to remember so had just put it down to 'not liking' them.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Love rocket.
I also love tomatoes but hate tomato sauce. I can't bear the smell of it.
My sense of smell has changed over time though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...