Club Events 2012 : 2012-02-23 : ECC - Miracle Fruit Potluck

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Miracle Fruit is an interesting fruit from Africa which, after eating it, makes sour foods taste sweet. Effects last for about one hour and vary by individual.

Join us to experience the phenomenon for yourself. Unfortunately, we're not able to get fresh Miracle Fruit (it has an extremely short shelf life), but your coordinator has purchased some "Miracle Fruities" tablets which are made from dried miracle fruit and have the same effect. Place one tablet in your mouth and gently swirl it around with your tongue until dissolved. Once you have consumed your Miracle Fruit, the tasting can begin!

From Taste Trippin' with Miracle Berries, "Miracle Berries are a West African fruit with the unusual property of making sour and bitter foods taste sweet. It’s unknown exactly how the process works, but an active glycoprotein binds to bitter and sour taste receptors on your tongue, temporarily disabling them. This allows you to taste food in a completely different way. Lemons taste like lemonaid, blackberries taste like candy, and Guinness tastes like chocolate milk."

Reference:
- Miracle Fruit
- Miracle Fruit on Wikipedia
- Miracle Fruit's Trippy Effects Explained - Discovery News
This was our first-ever time trying Miracle Fruit, and it was a lot of fun! "Miracle Fruit is an interesting fruit from Africa which, after eating it, makes sour foods taste sweet. Effects last for about one hour and vary by individual."

Seven adventurous folk gathered at our place this evening, bringing an amazing assortment of goodies. We sampled many of the goodies as a "before" tasting, then we ate our Miracle Fruit tablets, then we sampled everything again, with very interesting results.

Item Comments
 
Feta Cheese No change from before (Rhonda, Shannon, Nadine, Marlene, Brent)
 
Greek Yogurt Like a sweet pudding (Nadine)
Like cream, yum! (Amanda)
More like Devonshire Cream (Brent)
 
Olives No change (Nadine, Rhonda, Brent)
Not quite as good (Marlene)
 
Pickled Artichoke Milder (Shannon)
More bland (Marlene)
A bit of a sweet after taste. Less sour (Amanda)
Nice. Better with Miracle Fruit (Brent)
 
Sauerkraut Sweet and crunchy (Nadine)
Milder and slightly sweeter (Shannon)
Vinegar taste gone (Marlene)
Loses its zip, but remains edible (Brent)
 
Vinegar Smells like vinegar; tastes like vinegar with sugar (Rhonda)
 
Radish No bite left! BOO! (Rhonda)
Not so sharp (Marlene)
No peppery bite (Amanda)
Slightly milder, still some bite (Brent)
 
Garlic No change (Rhonda)
Stronger! (Nadine)
 
Ginger Neutralizes the vinegar taste (Marlene)
A "side" sweet taste (Nadine)
No change (Rhonda)
Just a tiny bit sweeter. Still tastes like ginger (Brent)
 
Tamarind Paste Almost no change. Still gross! (Rhonda)
I can eat it now! (Nadine)
A bit sweeter - more like tangy molasses (Amanda)
Still sour but not as much impact. Lingering "chemical" taste (Brent)
 
Craisins Almost no change (Rhonda)
Very sweet (Brent)
 
Blackberry Not as much bite (Shannon)
Like a different fruit (Nadine)
Now like a candy (Catherine)
Nice! (Rhonda)
Sweeter. Not so bland (Marlene)
Very sweet. Not tart (Amanda)
Very pleasant. No tartness (Brent)
 
Strawberry Sooooo good! Like sweet strawberry candy (Amanda)
Holy mega-sweet! (Rhonda)
Very sweet (Brent)
 
Pineapple Sweeter. Still very pineappley tasting (Rhonda) Almost too sweet! (Catherine)
 
Kumquat Sweeter (Shannon, Marlene)
Nicer (Nadine)
Milder but still unique (Catherine)
Slightly sweeter. Nice (Rhonda)
Very sweet (Amanda)
Nicer; sourness gone but not noticeably sweeter (Brent)
 
Lemon Lemonade in a rind - very sweet (Catherine)
Very sweet! Cool! (Rhonda)
Like very sweet lemonade (Brent)
Much sweeter. It cut the tartness(Marlene)
 
Lime Super sour before - almost intolerable! After, like it's coated in sugar (Catherine)
Way sweeter - like candy (Rhonda)
Much better - yum key lime pie (Shannon)
No longer tart. Like candy (Marlene)
Lime-a-licious! Sweeter (Amanda)
Great! Like lime candies. I could eat a lot of this (Brent)
 
Grapefruit Milder (Shannon)
Sweet but still with a citrus zip (Catherine) Almost like over sweetened grapefruit cocktail (Brent)
 
Cantaloupe Bland. Disappointing compared to normal (Rhonda)
 
Sour Candies Much better (Shannon)
Sweeter but still zippy. Prefer original (Rhonda)
Sill sour but not as harsh (Brent)
 
Dark Chocolate Same as before (Nadine)
Like milk chocolate (Amanda)
Milder. I like it! (Rhonda)
Milder, but wonderful - hey, it's chocolate(Brent)
 
White Wine It was citrus tasting before. It took the taste away. Didn't like it after (Marlene)
Strange, strong, "separated" taste (Rhonda)
 
Beer Yuk!!! Beer with sugar in it (Rhonda)
Bletch! Sugary beer (Brent)
 
Black (Decaf) Coffee Very smooth, but otherwise tastes like coffee! (Rhonda)


Thanks to all who came out. It was a lot of fun, and we will do it again! (I have four more boxes of Miracle Fruit tablets...).

-- Rhonda


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