As soon as we heard about Miracle Fruit, we wanted to try it. It's an African berry that makes sour taste sweet! We googled it, read enough blog entries to convince us that it worked, and ordered a package of tablets. (You can order the actual berries instead, but they're more expensive and, again from the blogs, it sounds like they both work.) They aren't cheap -- $1.50 per tablet -- but worth a shot.
Then we had a tasting party!
PROCEDURE
1) Preparation. We tasted sweets, tarts, sours, and bitters. Sweet: cherry tomatoes; tart: granny smith apples; sours: lemon, grapefruit, vinegar, mustard, olives, pickles; bitters: coffee, beer, 90% cocoa chocolate.
2) Let the tablet melt on your tongue, allowing it to cover all your taste buds (especially the sides). The tablet tastes alright; very slightly bitter. It melts in a minute or two. It didn't seem like anything had changed and we were starting to doubt that it would work.
3) Taste away!
RESULTS: AHmazing. Lemons are delicious, something like lemonade but less artificial. Grapefruit really just the best: infused with a nice, light, sugary sweetness. So fresh! The vinegar foods were surprising, too. Straight vinegar tasted like ice cream topping! For us, the results started to wear off after about 30 minutes, but I hear it can last up to 2 hours.
CONCLUSION: You have to try this. What fun! More fun and less expensive than a movie!
I wonder how it works. It's so quick that I think the chemical must work topically, not through your bloodstream and that tricky blood-brain barrier. Also, sour is CHANGED to sweet, not just blocked. I bet the molecular shape of sweet and sour things are similar ...
In other news, today Ellen and Ben flew back to Texas. We'll miss you both!
Ellen & Scott in matching pants (sewn by Ellen)
Happy cats in Chinatown
1 comment:
hi there, just a hint, try the tabs in the yellow package next time (I think they were called Miracle Frooties), better value for your money... Great stuff though in any case :)
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