Anyone ever food tripped before?

[Irving]

A trusted friend at work was telling me about food tripping. He said you just buy these pills off Amazon and throw a food trip party.

Here is an example: http://www.amazon.com/mberry-Miracle-Fruit-Tablets-10-Count/dp/B002JANPDI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1422172281&sr=8-2&keywords=food+tripping

Basically, the pill alters the way you perceive sweet and sour and switches them so eating a whole lemon/lime and taking a shot of vinegar is very easy. He said he actually ordered them and tried them and had the party etc. He did say that one friend ate a bunch of lemons and had at least three shots of vinegar, then started to not feel so well.

I want to try them out.


Miracle berry or Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant native to West Africa. It is an evergreen plant that produces small red berries which are produced for many months in a year. The seeds are about the size of coffee beans. The berry is sweet, and contains an active glycoprotein molecule called miraculin along with some carbohydrate chains. Miracle Fruit contains a glycoprotein called miraculin, which binds to the tongue's taste buds when the fruit is consumed. Miraculin acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids, causing sour foods to taste sweet, temporarily. This effect usually lasts between 30 minutes and 2 hours.

[Great-Kazoo]

I've experienced numerous food sweats, after chowing down. Especially at weddings, family get togethers and 50th + bday parties.

[Great-Kazoo]

A trusted friend at work was telling me about food tripping. He said you just buy these pills off Amazon and throw a food trip party.

Here is an example: http://www.amazon.com/mberry-Miracle-Fruit-Tablets-10-Count/dp/B002JANPDI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1422172281&sr=8-2&keywords=food+tripping

Basically, the pill alters the way you perceive sweet and sour and switches them so eating a whole lemon/lime and taking a shot of vinegar is very easy. He said he actually ordered them and tried them and had the party etc. He did say that one friend ate a bunch of lemons and had at least three shots of vinegar, then started to not feel so well.

I want to try them out.

He also tell you when he took a shit it smelled so good he wanted to savor the flava. BUT couldn't due to the toilet seat tasting like Reeses peanut butter cups?

[thvigil11]

Given birth to a few "Food Babies". That count?

[lead_magnet]

I've done it, if you're referring to the M Berry product. The craziest thing I tried was vinegar , it makes it taste like Kool-Aid.

[Ah Pook]

Heard of them. Some high end chefs use them.


Let us know if sewer rat tastes like pumpkin pie.

[GilpinGuy]

Interesting, but why?

[Guylee]

Only food I've ever tripped from were some weird looking mushrooms my buddy slipped into my sandwich.

[Irving]

Interesting, but why?

For science.


because, when shtf is over and all you have left over is 15 cans of sardines, a bottle of vinegar, and 4 lemons, you don't want them going to waste.

I had that thought as well.

[HoneyBadger]

He said he actually ordered them and tried them and had the party etc. He did say that one friend ate a bunch of lemons and had at least three shots of vinegar, then started to not feel so well.


Yeah, I wonder why... that's a lot of acid in your stomach.... definitely not good for you!

[Ranger353]

My concern is WTF are those pills doing to your body? Anything that alters your senses must have some effect on your metabolism and the chemicals in your brain. Why would you mess with them just for fun?

[Irving]

Everybody's doing it!

[jhood001]

When they make a pill that makes veggies taste like beef, I'll get interested.

[Brian]

Yep, I read about these and thought it would be fun to try them out a while back. Had the wife and kids try it out, and they had so much fun that when we had a bunch of people over the following weekend, we did it again with the larger group. It wasn't a "Miracle Berry Party" though - and I don't know that I would go so far as to do that. But it was a fun thing to do with a bunch of friends around if you're having people over.

Lemons and limes became candy, vinegar was weird because it still smelled like vinegar, but tasted sweet. We had a whole bunch of stuff we tried it with. I think I still have a pack of them in the drawer somewhere.

Interestingly, there were 1-2 people who didn't seem as affected by the pills as the others. I'm not sure if that meant it was something genetic or they just didn't dissolve the pill right, or whatever.

It's fun and they're not too expensive/doesn't hurt you, so I'd say it's worth trying once or twice.

[Irving]

Yeah based on the Amazon reviews it seems like some people are not effected by the pills, and are also dumb.

[mcjhr]

I was reading a guys review of froglube the other day and he said it didn't work for him.
Poppycock and fiddlesticks! Bunch of Tom foolery I tell you!

I just use spit....

Eta: sounds like some weird stuff.... Ill pass.

[GilpinGuy]

Man, the "this could be used for SHTF situations" seems a bit out there. For fun? Ok. I did way dumber things for fun back in the day.

But if I want to taste peaches, I'll buy some. If I want to taste sardines, I'll buy some. I will not buy sardines, then buy some pill or whatever to make them taste like peaches.

To each his own though.

[Justin]

I've always wanted to try this. Seems like it would definitely be fun.

[lead_magnet]

Just an FYI, its not really a "pill" you don't swallow it, you let it dissolve on your tongue. Its a perfectly natural product of a plant (the miricale fruit) that if you eat will produce the same results. It isn't messing with your brain, it just interferes with the receptors on your tongue.

Why do it? For funzies.

[Brian]

Just an FYI, its not really a "pill" you don't swallow it, you let it dissolve on your tongue. Its a perfectly natural product of a plant (the miricale fruit) that if you eat will produce the same results. It isn't messing with your brain, it just interferes with the receptors on your tongue.

Why do it? For funzies.

Man I must have done something wrong then. I ground mine up and rolled it in with my backyard weed. Made my pot taste like strawberries.

(you know someone somewhere is reading that and thinking "wow, I need to try that")