magical fruit?

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 3:45pm by Katie
Tags fruit

As I sat in the Newark airport today, I came across a NY Times article in the Food Section about some sort of rare, exotic fruit that actually has the ability to make other foods take on completely different flavors.  For example:  lemons would taste sweet, beer would taste like chocolate, etc.  They were small, looked a bit like cherries.  

Anyone out there experienced one of these fruits?  Apparently Magic Fruit Parties are becoming popular.  People just go, eat a fruit, hold it in their mouths for about 5 minutes before swallowing, and then get to experience an hour or so of exotic new taste.

It's like Willy Wonka meets Timothy Leary...

 

 

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