The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds

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Posted by charon on May-31-2008 02:22:

The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/d...i=5070&emc=eta1

This is preeeeetty cool, never heard of this before. Does anyone want to mail me a couple?

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They were among 40 or so people who were tasting under the influence of a small red berry called miracle fruit at a rooftop party in Long Island City, Queens, last Friday night. The berry rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy.

The host was Franz Aliquo, 32, a lawyer who styles himself Supreme Commander (Supreme for short) when he�s presiding over what he calls �flavor tripping parties.� Mr. Aliquo greeted new arrivals and took their $15 entrance fees. In return, he handed each one a single berry from his jacket pocket.

�You pop it in your mouth and scrape the pulp off the seed, swirl it around and hold it in your mouth for about a minute,� he said. �Then you�re ready to go.� He ushered his guests to a table piled with citrus wedges, cheeses, Brussels sprouts, mustard, vinegars, pickles, dark beers, strawberries and cheap tequila, which Mr. Aliquo promised would now taste like top-shelf Patr�n.

Posted by Sushipunk on May-31-2008 02:26:

Posted by Project-K on May-31-2008 02:26:

Posted by SuspicionVandit on May-31-2008 02:30:

His name is Supreme Commander
Her name is Moose
My name is Watergate

what is your rave name?

Posted by charon on May-31-2008 02:32:

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Originally posted by Sushipunk
R

quote:
Originally posted by Project-K
A

RAPE ??

Posted by Project-K on May-31-2008 02:33:

quote:
Originally posted by charon
RAPE ??

I was going for 'raisin'

Posted by Yan on May-31-2008 03:24:

Re: The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds

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Originally posted by charon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/d...i=5070&emc=eta1

This is preeeeetty cool, never heard of this before. Does anyone want to mail me a couple?

Excerpt:

Use the search function, ya oldwhore.

Posted by elFreak on May-31-2008 03:48:

richard simmons is a miracle fruit

Posted by DJ Shibby on May-31-2008 08:42:

umami????

Posted by ZeJayMan on May-31-2008 08:47:

i've actually had this before. It's amazing.

Posted by PHALPAX on May-31-2008 09:11:

quote:
Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
His name is Supreme Commander
Her name is Moose
My name is Watergate

what is your rave name?

Arch Duke Jamelli

Posted by Ian on May-31-2008 09:32:

quote:
Originally posted by elFreak
richard simmons is a miracle fruitcake

after seeing this weird psychic show with him being analyzed on it, i'd tend to say that the addition of the -cake suffix is true here

Posted by Darkarbiter on May-31-2008 14:22:

How long till this is illegal?

Posted by elFreak on May-31-2008 15:48:

who cares..oxy is better than berries.

Posted by tubularbills on May-31-2008 18:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Project-K
I was going for 'raisin'

suuuuuuuure