奇葩的香菜盖饭走红：你是喜欢还是讨厌吃香菜？
<p><span word="There">There</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="cilantro">cilantro</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="polarizing">polarizing</span> <span word="herb">herb</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="heap">heap</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="salsas">salsas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="soups">soups</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gusto">gusto</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="cilantro">cilantro</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="smells">smells</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="soap">soap</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tastes">tastes</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="bugs">bugs</span>.</p><p>毋庸置疑，香菜受到了两种最为极端的对待：喜欢它的人会把成堆的香菜放到沙拉和汤里，而讨厌它的人却觉得香菜闻着像肥皂，尝起来像是在嚼臭虫。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="chunk">chunk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="population">population</span>—<span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="likes">likes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="culinary">culinary</span> <span word="goddess">goddess</span> <span word="Julia">Julia</span> <span word="Child">Child</span>—<span word="have">have</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="tastes">tastes</span> <span word="offensive">offensive</span>. <span word="Kinda">Kinda</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="soap">soap</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="spreads">spreads</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="shores">shores</span>, <span word="too">too</span>: <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> 21 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="east">east</span> <span word="Asians">Asians</span>, 17 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europeans">Europeans</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 14 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="descent">descent</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="repulsed">repulsed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span>.</p><p>包括著名厨师朱莉娅·查尔德在内的许多美国人都不喜爱香菜散发出的肥皂一样的味道。但实际上并非只有美国人这样认为，最近一项调查显示，21%的东亚人、17%的欧洲人和14%的非洲人都说他们讨厌这种蔬菜。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="separates">separates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cilantro">cilantro</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="haters">haters</span>? <span word="Is">Is</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="hard">hard</span>-<span word="wired">wired</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="genes">genes</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Harold">Harold</span> <span word="McGee">McGee</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Times">Times</span>? <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="simple">simple</span>.</p><p>但为什么有人对香菜爱得要死，有人却避之不及呢？是像食物专家哈洛德·麦基几年前在《纽约时报》上撰文说的那样，我们体内的基因决定对香菜的喜好吗？也许答案并没有那么简单。</p>
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