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brucehoult:
Except of course with the poor souls who think coriander tastes like washing their mouth with soap (apparently).

5U4GB:

--- Quote from: brucehoult on May 02, 2023, 10:45:07 am ---Except of course with the poor souls who think coriander tastes like washing their mouth with soap (apparently).

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It's real, about 15%-20% of the population have a gene, probably OR6A2, that makes coriander taste like soap to them, and not just a small amount but an overpowering taste since they're particularly sensitive to the aldehydes in coriander.  If you ever encounter someone with this and feed them your dip, you'll know about it.

woody:

--- Quote from: 5U4GB on May 02, 2023, 11:01:25 am ---
--- Quote from: brucehoult on May 02, 2023, 10:45:07 am ---Except of course with the poor souls who think coriander tastes like washing their mouth with soap (apparently).

--- End quote ---

It's real, about 15%-20% of the population have a gene, probably OR6A2, that makes coriander taste like soap to them, and not just a small amount but an overpowering taste since they're particularly sensitive to the aldehydes in coriander.  If you ever encounter someone with this and feed them your dip, you'll know about it.

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Yeah, I know about that. I suspect I have another deficiency; I really, REALLY like coriander. I eat it like it were veggies  ;D

coppercone2:
I am wondering what happens if you put dried cheese crumbles into sour cream to make a chip dip with out 'fresh' cheese.

i.e. the 100% cheddar puffs. I don't like them too much in a salad or soup as they are intended for because the flavor is strong (their ok to put like 2-3 of the little pucks into a bowl of soup but use it sparingly). IDK how they make it, its like a foam cheddar cheese. I don't mean cheese puffs like cheetos.

So I crumbled up a handful of cheese puffs using a wooden spoon into a 1/4 cup of sour cream with a bit of tobasco sauce. Its OK. Kind of sour. It says that its baked cheddar cheese with yellow anatto color. IMO the taste is OK.

It might be better to powder it totally. I thought it might be a bit like the french onion soup mixes, but the sour cream is over powering the flavor of the cheese, even when gravelous. I wonder how to improve this dish. I think it needs some sweet but sweet dips are hard (only like the addition of sweet corn but that does not seem right in sour cream).

I think the solution might be onion powder. The next batch i will dry mix dried onion, onion powder, and cheddar cheese baked puffs and then mix that with sour cream. When just mixed it poorly in a bowl it improved the flavor. I guess it would be considered cheesey french onion soup kind of. I think its good when you don't want the actual cheese (a 'clean' food without molten cheese).

What I am thinking too is I need to get my hands on freeze dried caramalized onion (french fried).

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