Miracle Fruit Makes Everything Taste Sweet

The NYT has a piece on Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum Dulcificum) and the resulting “Flavor Tripping” parties.  Never heard of Miracle Fruit? Me either, but I want some. It sounds like something out of Harry Potter.

From Franz Aliquo’s blog (the guy who hosts the Flavor-Tripping Parties):

…miracle fruit (Sideroxylon dulcificum if you want to get all scientific about it), a cranberry-sized West African berry that that numbs your sour and bitter tastebuds for a couple of hours after eating it. That means that everything that used to taste sour now tastes sweet….after eating one stout beers taste like chocolate milkshakes, grapefruits taste like pixie sticks, cheeses taste like frosting, it will make even the crappiest tequila taste like lemonade (and strangely enough, it will make all wine taste like Manischewitz).

Anyone else see the massive potential this has? (Aside from being sold in Amsterdam coffee shops.)  For example, I recently had wasabi ice cream at the Nana bar. The ice cream was essentially a flavor delivery system for the wasabi. How would it taste after Miracle Fruit—like regular ice cream? I’m imagining entire meals that are eaten twice. Once without the fruit, and once with. Two totally different flavors, but the food wouldn’t change, you would.

If anyone’s tried Mircale Fruit, please sound off in the comments. In the mean time, I’m ordering some.

Update: Here are a couple first hand experiences from around the net.

Flavors From Afar says: “EVOO for all in McKinney”

Hey, you. Yeah, you foodies up in McKinney. Is the high cost of unleaded keeping you from purchasing some cold-pressed olive oil and that lovely lemon-artichoke tapenade you crave? Flavors From Afar in Snider Plaza feels your pain. The Park Cities gourmet boutique announces a new drop-off service in McKinney. Place your order in advance and you can pick it up each Wednesday (pickup location is specified when the order is placed). What, Plano? Not feeling the love? Not to worry. Any neighborhood or office pool located in Dallas or Collin County can receive free delivery as well as long as the order placed totals more than $100. Plus, the person coordinating the order receives a $25 gift card.

Admit It: You Want a Cosmo

I’ve been struggling with it too, what with all the Sex and the City: The Movie hype. Let’s all give in together. Here’s an easy way, cuz I can’t figure out what’s in those darn things anyway: Head to Central Market and pick up some Modmix. It’s organic, it’s pink, and it looks great in a martini glass. Probably good to have some on hand after I see the movie this weekend.

Big D’s Dogs Closes

A SideDishian points out that Big D’s Dogs, which I wrote about a little less than a month ago, closed over the weekend. Not all is lost, as you can still get your frankfurter fix in the catering form. Hot dog catering you ask? I think it makes sense.

Also look for the Big D’s stand on lower Greenville. Let’s just hope he parks it outside the Libertine… Catering info after the jump.

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