Liking the taste of black licorice, being able to smell formic acid (ants use it to produce their venom), and the taste of cilantro are all genetic. Not everyone can smell ants. Some people get a soap taste instead of the peppery citrus taste when eating cilantro. People describe the taste of licorice differently due to the sugar.
Bed bugs are real, they enjoy heat with clutter, and they carry no diseases. They can, however, cause allergic reactions, making victims break out in hives and itch. This too is genetic–some people won’t notice bites at all. A couple who share a bed can often have one partner break out while the other is fine. This often causes confusion because people think only one person has a condition, rather than both people are being feasted upon each night.
Some people get a soap taste instead of the peppery citrus taste when eating cilantro.
Is it a categorically different taste, or is it that some people perceive a bitter taste to it that then makes the citrus notes seem like the citrus scent that’s used in a lot of soaps?
Liking the taste of black licorice, being able to smell formic acid (ants use it to produce their venom), and the taste of cilantro are all genetic. Not everyone can smell ants. Some people get a soap taste instead of the peppery citrus taste when eating cilantro. People describe the taste of licorice differently due to the sugar.
Bed bugs are real, they enjoy heat with clutter, and they carry no diseases. They can, however, cause allergic reactions, making victims break out in hives and itch. This too is genetic–some people won’t notice bites at all. A couple who share a bed can often have one partner break out while the other is fine. This often causes confusion because people think only one person has a condition, rather than both people are being feasted upon each night.
I literally looked at it in your post and was like, hormiga, formica… there’s no way.
And yup. Way.
Me and my mom were the only people that liked black liccorice. Must be extra freakin’ recessive or somehow linked to my bad joints.
People can smell ants???
Is it a categorically different taste, or is it that some people perceive a bitter taste to it that then makes the citrus notes seem like the citrus scent that’s used in a lot of soaps?
I beleive they have a genetic quirk that makes them capable of tasting a certain chemical compound in it that most people cant perceive.