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Monday, September 17, 2012

Miracle Fruit: Confusing Taste Buds


Oliver shared miracle fruit berry he brought in for snack. This odd fruit has amazing properties. After eating it, sour things taste sweet, and sweet things taste sour. (?) Turned out these lemon slices were tasting sweet. First, Oliver peeled the berry and chewed the pulpy seed, coating his taste buds.  Then he ate the lemon slices as if they were oranges.  


The other day he was eating oranges that after the miracle berry treatment, tasted sour.  We learned from Wikipedia that the fruit is originally from West Africa.  Farmers are growing it in the Miami area.  Some cancer patients find it helpful when taking bad tasting medicines. 

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