Tongue Tripping

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So this weekend, I had a chance to try Miracle Fruit. This is the African berry that alters your taste receptors so that sour things taste sweet.

In this case, we didn't eat any berries, we just let some tablets melt on our tongues and then hit the sour. First thing I tried? A lime.

It was...well, sweet. But that just doesn't convey the "OH MY GOD!" sensation of just cold biting into citrus and having it taste like candy. The only comparable experience was when I tried Crystal Pepsi that one time. My eyes, brain, stomach and mouth (and nose in this case, I could smell the lime) all had this "WHY DON'T OUR EXPECTATIONS SYNC UP!?!?" moment. Lots of fun.

You know what else is fantastic when you're on miracle fruit? Tomatoes. Those little grape/cherry tomatoes in a variety of colors and...amazing flavors.

I realize only now that what would've been interesting would've been eating some dark chocolate. The stuff that's like 90% cacao and sucks the moisture out of your body with the bitter. I bet that'd be pretty awesome with some miracle fruit mixed in.

Anyway, that's the wacky thing I did this weekend...
Tom

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about giving this a try sometime soon! I bet Pixy Stix would make your brain EXPLODE with miracle fruit.

[foxtown.livejournal.com]

OK so it makes the Sour into the Sweet, but what does it do to the Sweet? Does it make it into the Sour?

[bluegargantua]

Sweet stays sweet.

later
Tom

[bluegargantua]

ETA -- but sweet things retain their normal level of sweetness. They don't become SUPER SWEET.

later
Tom

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Except that sweet things with tartness will come across as extra sweet as the tart turns to ++sweet.

[foxtown.livejournal.com]

So sweet is unaffected?

Man it would be fun if they switched though. That would really be trippy.

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

hot sauce is also exciting because you also lose the sensation of mouth burning due to spiciness. HOWEVER your throat retains that feeling, so things that don't burn going in do burn hitting the top of your throat. Now that is a bizarre feeling.

[sectionchild.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who wants to try this with me... she won't try the fruit without me... glad to know your experience was good :)

[agthorr.livejournal.com]

The stuff that's like 90% cacao and sucks the moisture out of your body with the bitter. I bet that'd be pretty awesome with some miracle fruit mixed in.


It doesn't turn bitter into sweet, only sour.