• Question: Have you ever heard of a food that you really wanted to try? Did you ever get to try it?Why did you want to try it and did it taste like you thought it would?

    Asked by unicorn9 to Duncan, Grant, Julie, Nik, Rachel on 14 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by dom1234.
    • Photo: Rachel Edwards-Stuart

      Rachel Edwards-Stuart answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      A few years ago I heard about the miracle fruit. Apparently, if you eat it, it converts your perception of acidity to one of sweetness, so a lime or lemon won’t taste at all sour, just amazingly sweet! I managed to get hold of some and it is amazing. The first time I tried it I ate 5 limes in one go, without even wincing! They were so lovely and sweet and delicious. So while the miracle fruit itself doesn’t taste of much, it changes the taste of everything else!

    • Photo: Grant Campbell

      Grant Campbell answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      Pumpkin Pie! Not as interesting as Rachel’s, I’ll admit, but it’s one of those things you hear of as you’re growing up and think it sounds disgusting, but it’s actually gorgeous.
      (And you can make a joke about it.)

    • Photo: Duncan Gaskin

      Duncan Gaskin answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      I’ve heard of one I didn’t want to try, called durian fruit found in south east Asia. It smells so bad that it is banned from many hotels, buses and trains. When I went to Malaysia got me to try Durian flavoured ice cream which was OK but the fruit does smell absolutely rank!

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