The pill that seriously kills your sweet tooth - Francis Lam. Last week, we had a little fun partying with* Miracle Fruit, which tricks your taste buds into thinking that sour things taste sweet.
Tra-la-la! Isn’t life grand, all rose-colored glasses, when you can nibble on a lemon and have it taste like candy? Unicorns and ponies and kitty kitty kats yay! But then — boom! — here comes Miracle Fruit’s evil Bizarro-twin brother, Gymnema Sylvestre. If you’re thinking that doesn’t sound very delicious, well, you’re right. To give this a whirl at home, gather together some foods or drinks that you instinctively think of as being sweet, and ones that have a fair amount of sugar that you don’t really notice.
Get some of your more curious and/or masochistic friends to come around and grab your bottle of bought-on-the-Internet Gymnema Sylvestre, also known in its native India as the Sugar Destroyer. Now, give the items on your bizarre buffet a taste, noting when and how much you notice the sweetness, when you notice other tastes (Salty? Blogs I Like « Baker, Do-er, Jen7714. The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions. Join me in saying F-YOU to my tastebuds.
Steve, Don't Eat It! Vol. 1 Potted Meat Food Product There aren't too many products that feel the need to reassure you that they are, in fact, "food. " Already not a good sign. The list of ingredients is long and horrifying, coming right out of the gate with "MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN. " Other ingredients include BEEF TRIPE, BEEF HEARTS, AND "PARTIALLY DE-FATTED COOKED PORK FATTY TISSUE" How does one de-fat fat? Okay, I'm going to go try it now. I'm back. Okay, here we go-- Pulling back the lid (not recommended) lets loose an odor that punches you in the nose like a stinky fist. Inside is a smooth, oddly pink meat paste. The can shows a serving suggestion of the Potted Meat being served on squares of toast. All I can tell you is, I survived the first installment of "Steve, Don't Eat It. " Click here to follow me on Twitter!
Click here for The Sneeze homepage. Steve, Don't Eat It! Pickled Pork Rinds While perusing the "Good Lord, NOOOO! " EAT YOUR HEART OUT. Official ‘Eat Your Heart Out & The PRETOX Potion’ photography gallery – copyright Nathan Pask 2010.
You are welcome to use these images please just credit Nathan & link to us. Thought we should mention that as we have so many requests! Miss Cakehead & ‘Vagina Dentata’ cake from Holly Clarke Miss Cakehead with vagina dentata cake from Holly Clarke Oliver Bolton, MD Alibi with the PRETOX Potion Jellymongers Bompas & Parr / Cake pop from Molly Bakes Artist Pete Fowler with eyeball cake from Eleanor Stuart George Morton-Clark with heart & maggot cake from Black Cherry Bakery Click here to see behind the scenes at the video shoot Photographer – Nathan Pask Photographers assistant – Simon Pollock Photographers assistant – Andras Bartok Stylist – Siouxsie Stylists assistant – Ksenia Lesnykh Clothing – Prangsta Costumiers Hair – Kim Roy Makeup – Charlotte Cowen Like this: Like Loading...