A Little Trippy

It was kind of a Willy Wonka moment last night. The vinegar tasted like corn syrup. The limes were sugary sweet, but not as sweet as the grapefruits. No, I wasn't on drugs--I was just doing a little flavor tripping.

My husband read a story in the Times this summer about these flavor tripping parties in New York where people eat these African berries called miracle fruit that temporarily rewire your taste buds and make everything taste incredibly sweet, even vinegar and tabasco sauce. So last night, we went to this little bar called B-Sides (which is just below the Grog Shop, where a ton of great bands often play) where they were having one of these flavor tripping parties. We hung out for a little bit while waitresses passed out food that definitely wasn't for the faint of heart (I passed on the lamb tongue topped with bone marrow foam) before they passed out the berries--which were compressed into little tablets that dissolved on your tongue.

It was a lot of fun at the time, but this morning my stomach felt the effects of taking vinegar shots and sucking on grapefruits and limes... Not so sweet.