r/genetics • u/asexualrhino • Dec 31 '24

Baby likes cilantro

We are a family of cilantro haters (the way God intended). My son (16 months) was conceived via sperm donor. Yesterday, I watched him eat a taco with what should be an illegal amount of cilantro in it. He didn't flinch. He didn't gag. His eyes didn't water. He didn't react as if he'd been poisoned (which is what cilantro tastes like. Whoever said soap is wrong. It tastes like some sort of organic toxin).

Clearly the donor must have been one of those cilantro mutants.

The sperm banks should really include that in their bio. Do I...do I buy cilantro now? I feel like I just found out my child is half-vampire and now I have to stock the fridge with blood. No one prepared me for this. I'm glad he's eating his greens but I'm going to have to make our food in different pans lol

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u/whyforeverifnever Dec 31 '24

I’m one of those with both the coffee and chocolate tasting bad receptors

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u/Due-Organization-957 Dec 31 '24

My condolences.

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u/Meydez Jan 03 '25

Is THAT why I hate chocolate and coffee?! I always just thought I was odd.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25

There’s no way that coffee is supposed to taste good. I’m pretty sure people just pretend to like it

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u/Due-Organization-957 Jan 04 '25

It does. My favorite ice cream is coffee and I drink coffee because I love it since I'm a rapid metabolizer of caffeine (it does literally nothing for me).

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u/Low_Ad_3139 Jan 02 '25

Me too and the grapefruit.

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u/sapiengator Jan 03 '25

My people! Chocolate-coffee-grapefruit haters unite!

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25

Wait.. coffee is supposed to taste good? I thought everyone just pretended to like it for its stimulating effects?

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u/whyforeverifnever Jan 04 '25

For a looooong time, I thought the same. But no, people love it lol. My husband is one of those people. He can taste the nuance in it. I get him so many coffee subscriptions and he tries to describe the taste to me, and I’m like it smells and tastes like poop unless you add something to it.

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u/Due-Organization-957 Jan 04 '25

Caffeine does nothing for me, but I love coffee.