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Strange Things As Food & Drink

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And stevia and monk-fruit sweeteners come with an aftertaste that has been described as “bitter,” “unpleasant,” and “disastrous.” When Walters first helped produce stevia 35 years ago, “the taste quality was so awful that we thought no one would buy it,” he said. “But we underestimated how much people would put up with it because it was ‘natural.’”

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...substitutes-brazzein-stevia-aspartame/678192/
 
uair01 said:
And stevia and monk-fruit sweeteners come with an aftertaste that has been described as “bitter,” “unpleasant,” and “disastrous.” When Walters first helped produce stevia 35 years ago, “the taste quality was so awful that we thought no one would buy it,” he said. “But we underestimated how much people would put up with it because it was ‘natural.’”

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/...substitutes-brazzein-stevia-aspartame/678192/
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One of the big sugar companies produced a stevia/sugar mix which I thought was pretty good, but they removed it from the market. I think it was a commercial experiment that may have not caught on as fast as they wanted.
 
Saw this on my Facebook. Funny story. Then I read Wikipedia, fascinating!

Justin Vanparys - An American wine connoisseur made the mistake of reviewing buckfast… Here’s their tasting notes:
Screw cap, took it off about 30 minutes before to bring in some air. Apparently made by monks in England. Decided to try while cooking dinner. Poured into a glass, first glance has a very inky almost brownish color that you see in older wines. Very syrupy, liquid clings to the side of the glass when swirled. Almost 15% ABV.
Stuck my nose in and was hit with something I’ve never experienced before. Barnyardy funk (in a bad way) almost like a dead animal in a bird’s nest. A mix of flat Coca Cola and caramel with a whiff of gun metal. [...]
Managed to make it through a couple small glasses but not much more. Has absolutely ruined the evening drinking-wise for me as I tried to drink a nice Bordeaux after but the iron-like metallic sweet aftertaste I just couldn’t get out of my mouth even after a few glasses of water. I don’t drink a lot of coffee regularly so I also have mild heart palpitations from the caffeine after just drinking a bit of this and feel a slight migraine.
An ungodly concoction made by seemingly godly men. I believe the Vatican needs to send an exorcist over to Buckfast Abbey as the devil’s works are cleary present there. [...]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine

The monks of Buckfast Abbey and their distribution partner, J. Chandler & Company, deny that their product is harmful, saying that it is responsibly and legally enjoyed by the great majority of purchasers. They point out that the areas identified with its acute misuse have been economically deprived for decades and Buckfast represents less than one per cent of the total alcohol sales across Scotland.[33] Abbot of Buckfast Abbey, David Charlesworth, has said that the tonic wine his monastery produces "is not made to be abused".[34]
 
I've never tried anything flavoured with lavender. It just seems wrong.
 
The octuple bypass burger is 20,000 calories and is in the Guinness Book of Records. Customers are given hospital gowns, staff wear medical uniforms. If you don't finish all of your meal, you're spanked three times.

 
Swifty said:
The octuple bypass burger is 20,000 calories and is in the Guinness Book of Records. Customers are given hospital gowns, staff wear medical uniforms. If you don't finish all of your meal, you're spanked three times.

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That's the place where the staff are encouraged to be rude, I seem to recall.
 
Mythopoeika said:
That's the place where the staff are encouraged to be rude, I seem to recall.
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Nope, that's 'Karen's' you're thinking of although they don't physically spank you at Karen's unlike this place.
 
uair01 said:
Saw this on my Facebook. Funny story. Then I read Wikipedia, fascinating!

Justin Vanparys - An American wine connoisseur made the mistake of reviewing Buckfast… Here’s their tasting notes:
Screw cap, took it off about 30 minutes before to bring in some air. Apparently made by monks in England. Decided to try while cooking dinner.
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He's doing it wrong. You're supposed to drink it at 10.00 am in the back of the bus.
 
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