I have recently had the pleasure of experiencing the magic berry.
I suppose the proper name would be “Synsepalum dulcificum.” These berries contain a protein that binds to the taste buds, temporarily causing sour and bitter foods to seem sweeter, thereby allowing you to easily eat foods otherwise inedible…
So that’s what we did. My friend David bought a ten-pack of these berries, in freeze-dried tablet form, and decided to make a night out of it.
Our dinner:
- Tomatoes.
- Carrots.
- Radishes.
- Mustard.
- Sour cream.
- Grapefruit.
- Limes.
- Lemons.
- Whiskey sours.
…about as normal as a dinner can get.
The grapefruit, limes, lemons, and whiskey sours all tasted like candy. We plowed through three bowls of citrus in 20 minutes. The tomatoes tasted like… sugary tomatoes. The radishes tasted like nothing. The mustard tasted like raspberry jam. The sour cream tasted like icing. Sour cream + carrots = carrot cake.
It was quite a meal, and we were pleased. However, despite our tongue processing the food differently, our stomachs interpreted the meal exactly how it would have otherwise – eating three bowls of extremely acidic citrus, a jar of mustard and a tub of sour cream. Needless to say, we didn’t feel too great post-meal.
I would totally do this again. Apparently, according to my friend Zack, ham sandwiches are supposed to taste like cake. You can order the berries at www.miraclefruit.co.uk…. just make sure you have a ham sandwich on hand come ingestion time.