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minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt sucks. I love Mexican (texmex here mostly) food and almost all of it is shoved full of cilantro and then I’m just sad. Delicious food, ruined by soap.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR6A2 It’s likely linked to OR6A2. I had a coworker who had this gene and TAS2R38, the one that makes people taste bitter stronger. We ended up on several multi-country business trips together every year. So we were eating all sorts of local cuisine. I always tried to sit where I could see her face during any meal. It was comedy gold at times.
It sucks. I love Mexican (texmex here mostly) food and almost all of it is shoved full of cilantro and then I’m just sad. Delicious food, ruined by soap.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OR6A2
It’s likely linked to OR6A2.
I had a coworker who had this gene and TAS2R38, the one that makes people taste bitter stronger.
We ended up on several multi-country business trips together every year. So we were eating all sorts of local cuisine.
I always tried to sit where I could see her face during any meal. It was comedy gold at times.