Frogleg wrote:

Indeed, I was wondering if cilantro was one of those tastes (if there
is more than one). I remember my 9th grade science teacher passing out
little slips of paper to taste. As I receall, he was delighted because
the students who could taste nothing (I was among them) vs. those who
tsted something very strong and unpleasant agreed quite well with
ratios in the general population.

Yes, it's like some people can't curl their tongue. It's genetic, not
a matter of it being unfamiliar. Geez, if I rejected anything that
was not familiar to me growing up, I'd still be eating only fried rice
and tomato soup with tuna sandwiches. Okay, so I'm exaggerating, but
not by a whole lot. And I would love turnips and (shudder) curried
beef.

nancy (why did I just remind myself of the curried beef over rice?)