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[standardman]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but I just saw this on firebox.com (uk site that sells random crap).

Miracle Fruit Tablets
Bittersweet symphony

Miracle Fruit Tablets
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Sucking a lemon and washing it down with a glass of vinegar makes about as much sense as ordering a tripe milkshake with your tuna doughnut. But what if you could make wincingly sour flavours taste deliciously sweet? It's easy with Miracle Fruit Tablets.

Miracle Fruit Tablets

The Miracle Berry
Made from natural berries native to West Africa, these taste-twisting pills contain a rogue glycoprotein molecule (whatever that is) that binds to the tastebuds causing sour things to taste sweet. Simply pop one on your unsuspecting tongue, wait for the freeze-dried jungle juice to work its magic and prepare to be astounded. Lemons taste toffee-ish, vinegar tastes treacly and Guinness tastes like a stouty, chocolately shake. Even sprouts seem fruity. Eat something sweet and it's like a sugar volcano erupting in your gob. Incredible!

Each pill rewires the way your palate perceives flavours for up to two hours, so you've plenty of time to try tons of previously unpalatable things, from raw radishes to neat Tabasco. The possibilities are endless, the sensations amazing. Even foodie sceptics are going gaga over these taste-distorting tablets.

Miracle Fruit Tablets

Taste-twisting Tablets
Ideal at dinner do's, Miracle Fruit Tablets are causing a major stir across the pond. 'Flavour tripping parties' - where daring epicures gather to pop pills and nosh on unlikely food - are all the rage in New York. The whole thing really is berry bizarre.

Apart from their 'look what I'm eating without wincing, putting my hands on my head and crossing my legs like Benny Hill used to' comedic value, Miracle Fruit Tablets can help satisfy sugar cravings without any calorific consequences.

Indeed conspiracy theorists reckon the sugar industry tried to sabotage research into miracle berries back in the 70s. But they also reckon Elvis stacks shelves in the Co-Op in Luton, so we'll keep an open mind. Crazy theories aside, we really can't overstate how mind-blowing these strange little pills are. But, as you can imagine, demand is nuts and stocks are limited. So get ordering. Sweet.

http://www.firebox.com/product/2167/...nwt&src_id=199

£9.95 for a pack of 10

[Sean Othan]

Holy Fucking Shit Standardman!! Only 9.95 for the tablets then 25.00 to ship them to Canada! With the exchange, that's .. holy fuck... 50 bucks. And we're on par with the U.S. right now too.. yeesh. I've paid 6 pounds Royal Mail for an LP from the UK.. how much packaging does it take for a pack of pills?
Not saying the info wasn't appreciated. I'll put out a bulletin to my friends and see who's willing to pitch in for a flavour tripping party. Info is actually VERY appreciated. Sweet! No pun!

[standardman]

Originally Posted by Sean Othan

Holy Fucking Shit Standardman!! Only 9.95 for the tablets then 25.00 to ship them to Canada! With the exchange, that's .. holy fuck... 50 bucks. And we're on par with the U.S. right now too.. yeesh. I've paid 6 pounds Royal Mail for an LP from the UK.. how much packaging does it take for a pack of pills?
Not saying the info wasn't appreciated. I'll put out a bulletin to my friends and see who's willing to pitch in for a flavour tripping party. Info is actually VERY appreciated. Sweet! No pun!

Turns out some people live in the UK.

[Sean Othan]

Originally Posted by standardman

Turns out some people live in the UK.

Thanks again for the info on the berries, as well as population density in accordance with geographic location.