It is a genetic thing, but it's more than just sensitivity - there are bitter alkaloids in cilantro that some people can taste and some people can't. I'm in the 25% who can. It doesn't just taste *strong* to me - it tastes like *poison*. And to me, bell pepper smell and taste like the odor a person has when they are very sick. I used to leave the house when mom was cooking them.
I'm not much for salad, either. I don't dislike it, per se, but it's not something I enjoy eating. I've never thought "wow, what a delicious salad!" I'm also not huge on soup. If I eat soup, it's almost always the pureed kind, with no chunks of anything in it.
See where the problems come in? Again, it isn't that I don't like vegetables, because I do. I just don't like a lot of the most common ones, and I don't care for some of the most common or easiest preparations. Luckily, I like cooking, so...
Pasta salad (mostly vegetables, some whole wheat pasta, already made up) and roasted radishes for supper tonight, I think, unless I get really caught up in writing and end up not taking the time to roast and just eat something else instead.
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I'm not much for salad, either. I don't dislike it, per se, but it's not something I enjoy eating. I've never thought "wow, what a delicious salad!" I'm also not huge on soup. If I eat soup, it's almost always the pureed kind, with no chunks of anything in it.
See where the problems come in? Again, it isn't that I don't like vegetables, because I do. I just don't like a lot of the most common ones, and I don't care for some of the most common or easiest preparations. Luckily, I like cooking, so...
Pasta salad (mostly vegetables, some whole wheat pasta, already made up) and roasted radishes for supper tonight, I think, unless I get really caught up in writing and end up not taking the time to roast and just eat something else instead.