http://www.metafilter.com/tags/miraculin Posts tagged with 'miraculin' at MetaFilter. Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:56:43 -0800 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:56:43 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/79995/Of%2Dmans%2Dfirst%2Ddisobedience <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/also-known-as-the-butt-nut">Butt nuts</a>. <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/they-led-me-to-a-tree-whose-branches-appeared-to-be-sprouting-bran-muffins">Muffin fruits</a>. <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/cashews">Cashew apples</a>. <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/a-handful-of-jaitts-glassy-purple-jaboticabas">Jaboitcabas</a>. <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/in-bali-my-guide-rico-and-i-jumped-for-joy-when-we-found-the-elusive-pink-fleshed-kinbaran">Kinbaran</a>. <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/at-one-point-love-had-me-taste-an-oblong-berry-the-size-of-a-pinkie-tip">Miracle fruit</a> (whose extract, <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/12/72251">miraculin</a>, has been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHHyoQGvDvo&e">banned</a> as a food additive by the FDA.) <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/i-ate-bignays-gourkas-sapotes-mombins-langsats-and-jaboticabas-of-all-shapes-sizes-and-colors">Bignays, gourkas, sapotes, mombins, langsats, and jaboticabas</a>. <a href="http://cardhouse.com/2008/sep27.htm"> The semi-ferocious rat-tailed papaya</a> <small>(parody.)</small> "There are thousands upon thousands of fruits that we never imagined – and that few of us will ever taste, unless we embark on <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/fruithunters/">fruit-hunting expeditions</a>." <a href="http://www.adamgollner.com/about/">Adam Gollner</a> shares photos of the experiences that led to his <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=35568">well</a>-<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/books/review/Roach-t.html?_r=1">received</a> first book, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DcTjeqzaZPUC">The Fruit Hunters</a>. <small>Via <a href="http://cardhouse.com/2008/nov18.htm">Cardhouse</a>. Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72205/Death-of-a-Banana#2133453">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/58408/Make-lemons-into-lemonade">2</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72089/Magic-Fruit-Turns-Sour-to-Sweet">3</a></small>.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.79995 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:56:43 -0800 adamgollner bookfilter books food fruit fruithunters ladyfruit miraclefruit miraculin peggynature http://www.metafilter.com/58408/Make%2Dlemons%2Dinto%2Dlemonade An exotic West African berry, known as <a href="http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/632.html">miracle fruit</a>, has gained a <a href="http://blog.khymos.org/2006/12/21/miraculin-for-christmas/">cult </a>following by radically changing the way things taste: it <a href="http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2007/01/25/covert_dining_m.php">eliminates sourness</a>, making <a href="http://www.eatfoo.com/archives/2007/02/postrapture_miracle_fruit_reca.php">lemons taste like lemonade and limes like candy</a>. Despite <a href="http://www.quisqualis.com/mirfrtdmc1a.html">a long history of cultivation, the FDA has not approved</a> the fruit or miraculin, the protein that causes its odd effects. In Japan, where it has <a href="http://calorielab.com/news/2005/12/02/african-berry-turns-sour-to-sweet-for-japanese-on-a-diet/">been intensely studied</a>, the fruit is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1650338,00.html">served at cafes to help dieters</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58408 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:14:00 -0800 diets food miraclefruit miraculin senses tastebuds tastes blahblahblah