Will flavor tripping parties catch on at NU?
By sucking on the juice of just one of these berries, your taste buds will be transformed for about an hour. The result is that normally mild or sour-tasting foods will taste sweet. Eating a lemon tastes like eating a piece of candy. Drinking a Guinness tastes like sucking down a chocolate shake.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the fruit works its magic “by binding to taste buds and altering the tongue’s so-called sweet receptors to activate when sour foods are eaten.”
A recent New York Times article suggests “flavor tripping parties” are beginning to catch on. Guests are given a piece of this “miracle fruit” and then invited to taste everything from grapefruit to radishes. What happens if you drip some hot sauce in your mouth? Well, it apparently tastes like doughnut glaze according to one party-goer.
The downside? The berries cost about $2 each. Not that expensive if you want just one, but pretty pricey for the college student in large quantities. While the berry is not FDA-approved, it’s still legal to grow and sell in the States because it’s a fresh fruit. It doesn’t appear to have any side effects, either. I really want to try one now. But at the same time, it would make taking shots a lot easier. Probably not a good thing on this campus.
Check out the NYTimes video here.
Oh, and this is my last post of the year. See you in the fall!
[Photo via Flickr]
No more updates? AHHHHHH! I thought they were candy berries, not real berries.. I wonder what THEY taste like..
Andrew
May 30, 2008 at 10:03 am
Eh… I hope Supreme (BUM) Commander washes his hands, “You have to trust me.” Wow.. yeah. Watch the video and you’ll understand.
Andrew
May 30, 2008 at 10:05 am
They dont particualrly taste like anything. You can grow the bushes back home and then chow down on key limes. chicago is sadly devoid of weird fruit :-/
floridian
June 2, 2008 at 2:34 pm
is it possible to try a berry in chicago?
Tzvi Siegal
August 5, 2008 at 11:11 pm