Tongue Tripping
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bluegargantuaHi,
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
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
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Date: 2009-08-03 05:14 pm (UTC)Man it would be fun if they switched though. That would really be trippy.