Many people describe cilantro as tasting like soap so slipping 
a bit of the herb into a dish is seen as a culinary crime.
23andMe researchers have identified two genetic variants associated with aversion to cilantro in people of European ancestry.
These two variants are near genes that control the olfactory receptors that determine a person’s sense of smell.
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