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Does artificial cherry flavoring taste like paint thinner to everyone?

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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#21 - 2014-01-14 12:22:39 UTC
CCP Shiny wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:

The worst to me is that fake watermelon flavoring.


Thank you, it is comforting to know I am not alone.




Most people are not alone when they feel they are.....that being said, I lub my fake watermelon flavoring, one of my favorite fake flavors I was to be honest Pirate
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2014-01-15 07:18:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Reaver Glitterstim
I like fake watermelon too. Also, while I can taste things without smelling them, the flavors are richer when I can. Perhaps it is less a difference in my tastebuds and more a difference in my attitude that lends to me saying I can taste without smelling. I have always naturally been very careful to explore all of the details of anything, and I catch so many that others miss. Maybe I could learn to teach others to taste details they are missing out on.

FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Sebastor Cane
The Outlet
#23 - 2014-01-15 11:55:09 UTC
I just realised that Cyanide tastes just like Almonds


Also just realised that i might have An Heroed myself


Fly safe
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#24 - 2014-01-15 13:14:39 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
I like fake watermelon too. Also, while I can taste things without smelling them, the flavors are richer when I can. Perhaps it is less a difference in my tastebuds and more a difference in my attitude that lends to me saying I can taste without smelling. I have always naturally been very careful to explore all of the details of anything, and I catch so many that others miss. Maybe I could learn to teach others to taste details they are missing out on.



To be honest I am 99% of the time a devil's advocate so I will admitt that I also find that I can taste more than the literature says I should be able to.

This is an extreme example, but I had some really potent wasabi last night. There is no way on this planet that I would ever not be able to differintiate between wasabii and some other topping. That being said I would not be able to distinguish the difference between wasabii and horseradish paste.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#25 - 2014-01-15 14:34:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Slade Trillgon wrote:

That being said I would not be able to distinguish the difference between wasabii and horseradish paste.


O yes you could. The regular horseradish is much milder, but has a much stronger odor.

But the big hint is that the Japanese one is green.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2014-01-15 15:42:36 UTC
Wasabi is a variety of horseradish, and tastes very similar to other horseradish, though there are distinct differences as Krixtal pointed out.

FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#27 - 2014-01-15 17:39:01 UTC
I have had horseradish paste just as strong as any wasabi I have had. Granted horseradish loses it zing much much faster than wasabi. I personally have freshly ground both variants and I have had similar nasal throat burn with both. That being said I am no expert.

P.S. If I was to a 'blind taste' test of the two I would not be able to tell the difference based on visuals Blink
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#28 - 2014-01-15 20:19:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Plastic Psycho
Dunno - it's been a long time since the last time I swilled paint thinner.



Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
I heard on SciShow (youtube) that artificial banana flavoring does not taste like Cavendish bananas but that it tastes like Gros Michel bananas which are a cultivar that used to be the primary around the world but is now a rare variety and Cavendish is the primary.

True, and the Cavendish is under attack now.

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I wonder if this applies to several other fruits, and if perhaps those artificial flavorings are really what various older cultivars actually tasted like. If so, I don't think I want to try those cherries.
Doubt it.


I remember the Gros Michel banana. The Cavendish is insipid by comparison.

In the Nav, one of the entertaining experiences I had was being fitted for a safety repirator - Many nasty industrial environments to be found ship-board, and crapped-up lungs inhibit productivity. They used a hood, into which you stick your respirator-clad noggin, to test the seals on the respirators. Banana ester is used to then check the tightness of the seal. If you don't smell banana, the seal is good. Banana ester smells like someone stuffed a pair of over-ripe Gros Michel bananas up your nostrils. X


Expectations can alter your taste experience, too. Used to make snow ice cream as a kid - using flavor extracts. We used to play taste-testing games and tricks on each other - If you add a contradictory color to an otherwise familiar flavor, you can sometimes fool the taster. No one associates "blue" with "citrus," for instance.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#29 - 2014-01-15 20:41:42 UTC
I remember being fitted for respirators in the Marines. The difference was for us they checked the seal with crystalline silica smoke, and they didn't just check the seal. We had to break the seal and get the smoke in the mask, then demonstrate we could fix the seal and clear the mask while breathing the crystalline silica.

Plastic Psycho wrote:
If you add a contradictory color to an otherwise familiar flavor, you can sometimes fool the taster.

I once noticed some candies didn't taste right. I wasn't sure why at first but I didn't put much thought into it. At some point I realized I recognized one of the artificial flavors, and it had the wrong color. After that realization, I determined all of the other flavors quickly, none matching the colors you'd expect. I don't recall what candy it was, but I hope I find it again someday. It was a delightful change from the norm.

Another candy I find rather intriguing is Necco Wafers. They use all natural ingredients for flavorings. I know this because I recognize every single ingredient very clearly. The green, yellow, and orange are lime, lemon, and orange peel in that order. The chocolate brown is cocoa powder. The pink is fake wintergreen which I was told what it really is once but I forgot--it's a real herb. The white is cinnamon. The dark one is anise. And the brick-red one is clove. Then again, I haven't had them in years, so I might have got my memory a bit mixed up there.

FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
Plastic Psycho
Necro-Economics
#30 - 2014-01-15 21:32:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Plastic Psycho
Yeah, I didn't go into the whole process. Breaking the seal is how I know what banana ester smells like. I think your way would've been easier on my appetite.

I like Necco wafers. One my lesser vices. Lol Plus, they make good bio-degradable targets for plinking. Very satisfying to make them burst into fragments. Cool
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