David Farrier

Would you like to hear them, Rob?

My wife, Natalie?

You decide.

That's the game.

Is this your wife?

Okay.

In regards to the coriander gene,

I mentioned the coriander gene a long time ago.

David, I am one of the 10% of folks who has the misfiring aldehyde detection system that makes coriander or cilantro, aka cilantro, taste like soap.

You humorously suggested that we were more evolved than others.

This is where things turn.

I'm not happy about this at all.

I actually felt quite distressed reading this.

You suggested that we were more evolved than others, but sadly, the opposite is true.

Way back in the days of yore, a relative of coriander was poisonous, so early humans had these systems that detected that so we wouldn't eat it.

However, that relative plant died out, leaving us with the edible coriander or cilantro of today.

The detection system in taste and smell has gradually filtered out of humanity due to evolution and is no longer needed.

So the ones that still have it, like you, are technically speaking less evolved.

So it tastes like soap to you?

Yeah, it does to my mom.