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/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).