{"id":1258,"date":"2010-05-19T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T01:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2011-03-17T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T19:23:54","slug":"miracle-fruit-%e2%80%93-the-ultimate-taste-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/miracle-fruit-%e2%80%93-the-ultimate-taste-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle Fruit- The Ultimate Taste Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMost people still have never even heard of the miracle fruit.\u00a0 Also known as miracle berry, they are slowly getting discovered in the western world.\u00a0 So what is the \u201cmiracle\u201d that they possess?\u00a0 In short, they make sour fruits taste sweet.\u00a0 Like most people, I didn\u2019t believe it at first, but once I tried it, it was truly amazing.
\n\"miracleWhat happens is that a naturally occurring substance in them binds to the taste buds on your tongue to make things you eat afterward sweeter.\u00a0 The fruit itself is a tiny little red berry about the size of a cranberry, and it grows on a very slow-growing shrub that is native to Western Africa.\u00a0 In fact, the story goes that the locals who live where it grows in the wild figured out that their food tastes a lot better after eating one of the berries.<\/p>\n

After hearing about them from a friend, I couldn\u2019t find any actual berries to eat so I did the next best thing \u2013 I went to a plant nursery and bought a young miracle fruit shrub.\u00a0 Now, depending on where you live you probably won\u2019t have much luck finding one at your local garden shop.\u00a0 I happen to live in Hawaii though, and fortunately they had a few for sale.\u00a0 Although the plant itself was only about 6 inches tall, it already was full of flower buds, and had a couple little berries forming on it already while it was still in a pot.\u00a0 All I had to do was put it in the ground outside, wait a couple of weeks, and voila \u2013 2 miracle fruits ready to eat.
\nEager to see if it worked, I sucked on a berry for a while.\u00a0 After that, I proceeded to go on a fruit sampling bonanza, and it was really amazing.\u00a0 The first thing I did was slice open a lemon, put it to my lips ready to cringe, and then WOW!\u00a0 It was like I was sucking sweet lemonade straight out of the lemon!\u00a0 After finishing off the lemon, I pulled a tangerine off the tree and tried that.\u00a0 Same thing \u2013 it turned a so-so tangerine into something out of the Garden of Eden.\u00a0\u00a0 After trying a few more things like sour Suriname cherries and grapefruit, I was hooked.\u00a0 I go out and check on my little miracle shrub every day now, hoping to see more berries on it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it grows incredibly slow and only seems to produce about a dozen berries a year right now.<\/p>\n

The great thing is that you can actually get these miracle berries online now, and they will be sent straight to your home.\u00a0 There are a couple of ways that you can order them.\u00a0 If you want to get them fresh-picked, there is a place that grows them in Florida and will send them to you.\"\" Keep in mind that once you get them, you have to eat them within a few days or they start to turn brown and lose their magic effect.\u00a0 Buying fresh berries is quite expensive as well.
\nAlternatively, other companies are actually picking the miracle berries and then freeze drying them and pressing them into tablets, which of course can last much longer since they are sealed in blister packs.\u00a0 You can find some of them here.<\/a>\"\" Of course, you can try to grow your own miracle fruit bush if you want, but it might need to be in a hot climate to work.\u00a0 But then again, I saw someone successfully grow coffee in Edmonton, which is pretty outrageous.\u00a0 You can order miracle berry seeds on the internet too, but my thinking is why not just order the fresh berries, eat them, and then plant the seeds that are left?\u00a0 Seems like a much better option than just buying a few seeds.\u00a0 Besides, the seeds cost more than the fruit does!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most people still have never even heard of the miracle fruit.\u00a0 Also known as miracle berry, they are slowly getting discovered in the western world.\u00a0 So what is the \u201cmiracle\u201d that they possess?\u00a0 In short, they make sour fruits taste sweet.\u00a0 Like most people, I didn\u2019t believe it at first, but once I tried it, it was truly amazing. What happens is that a naturally occurring substance in them binds to the taste buds on your tongue to make things you eat afterward sweeter.\u00a0 The fruit itself is a tiny little red berry about the size of a cranberry, and it grows on a very slow-growing shrub that is native to Western Africa.\u00a0 In fact, the story goes that the locals who live where it grows in the wild figured out that their food tastes a lot better after eating one of the berries. 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