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【旅美記事】女兒Jenny 和她的「神秘果」
2008/11/23 11:20:45瀏覽3535|回應14|推薦130

轉載自《休士頓記事報》網站 ~ November 21, 2008

Meet the Miracle Berry-----and its local impresario,  Jenny Wang


The miracle berry.

I guess you could say Houstonian Jenny Wang is like Johnny Appleseed 2.0. She styles herself the "berry fairy" a reference to the West African fruit Synsepalum dulcificum--the so-called "Miracle Berry" that interferes with your taste receptors so that sour or bitter foods like lemons, vinegar, beer or Brussels sprouts all taste...sweet. "Guinness stout tastes like chocolate milk; is just one of the enticements Wang uses to lure converts to her events.

Recently, Wang has staged two big, sold-out Miracle Berry parties that were open to the public. A third is scheduled for this Sunday at 4:30 pm, at Washington Avenue club The Social. Officially, it's already sold out; but Wang tells me she is likely to secure some additional berries from her supplier, which means more places may open up at the last minute.


Jenny Wang wants you to experience the Miracle Berry.

Here's what you get for your $35 ticket: one miracle berry; a buffet of foodstuffs and beverages upon which to try out the berry's effects; and a selection of boutique beers including Guinness stout, which may or may not end up tasting like chocolate milk to you.

If an evening of flavor-tripping intrigues you, check Wang's Web site or email her through her food blog at imneverfull@gmail.com , to see if she can work you in at the last minute. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until her next berry extravaganza. The parties have drawn a mix of folks who--like Wang herself--are active on the Houston Chowhounds message boards. Some are part of the growing local contingent of food bloggers, and you can check out two very different takes on the Miracle Berry experience at Houstonist and the rather more dyspeptic Tasty Bits. As you will see, the berry affects various palates...variously.

As for me, intellectually I am curious. Perversely, too. But there is a primitive, superstitious part of me that has hung back from messing too much with my palate, upon which my livelihood has depended for decades. It's kinda like my reluctance, back in my wilder days, to drop acid when folks I knew were singing the praises of LSD. I wasn't sure I'd make it back from the trip in one piece.

What if the effects of the Miracle Berry didn't wear off on me after the usual two hours were up? It would be just my luck to end up as a freak of science, or nature. And I'd be out of a job.

So party on, chowhounds. Send a postcard. I'm sitting this one out.

女兒 Jenny 設立的休士頓美食評鑒網站  

http://imneverfull.blogspot.com/

名列休士頓紀事報的 "Blog Watch" 推薦榜

~ since Monday, August 18, 2008

【延伸閱讀】 Miracle Berry 神秘果

神秘果屬於山欖科多年生矮生灌木,原產西非熱帶地區,在中國廣東廣西雲南海南等地都有種植。樹高1至2米,葉片革質常綠,神秘果的花在枝條上著生,小漿果外表光滑,未熟時青裏帶紅,直徑0.6至1cm似咖啡豆,成熟時呈橙紅色,果實尾端有一根較強的小鋼毛,只有一層薄薄的果肉,果肉酸澀,但內有含氮糖苷(一種生物鹼,又叫變味素),所以其遇酸性物質和水解產生糖,吃了神秘果半小時內再吃酸性食品,就會覺得很甜,故名神秘果。其樹形美觀,也可作盆景。

(取材自維基百科)

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七月
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神秘果
2008/12/11 18:31

啊!

原來神秘果長這樣!


姚嘉為
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美食家女兒
2008/11/27 22:40
美食家女兒, 是得到媽媽的薰陶和真傳吧!
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-28 00:00 回覆:

女兒嗜美食, 該是得到爺爺、爸爸及姑姑等的薰陶吧!

老媽對吃不甚講究,與大手筆者差遠了!慚愧!


句子
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神秘果
2008/11/27 08:30
自生自滅自成長耶
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-27 08:49 回覆:
句子有綠手指喲!

句子
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神秘果
2008/11/26 18:28

哇!神秘果耶

我的庭院中也有種

吃了它再吃檸檬,檸檬也變甜!

真的好神奇喔!


Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-27 03:28 回覆:
句子種多久才結果?結果多嗎?女兒郵購一盆幾十美元,卻魂歸離恨天矣!

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Wow! You must be proud of yourt daughter too, not just your son :).
2008/11/25 17:39
I am really curious, but am wondering if the berry has any futher side-effect?
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-26 01:24 回覆:

Any side-effect? I'm curious too!

Further study should be made by scientist.


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神秘果
2008/11/25 09:00

台灣幾年前就很風行

許多地方都在栽種

Reed女兒真是得自家傳

像Reed寫的一篇 "休士頓餐廳龍虎榜"

我看到很多地方都轉載過

Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-26 01:26 回覆:
謝謝您提起,本地華人電台網站曾一連轉載兩篇,不但不註明出處,還冠上自己的英文名字,將別人的智慧財產據為己有,去函揭露,電台負責人不理不睬,僅在網上註明個人投稿、文責自負。

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神秘果
2008/11/25 08:44
去年回台時 在精舍 常住師父也讓我嘗了一粒
是常住師父種的 真的很奇特

Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-26 01:09 回覆:
有時不免奇怪,難道只有神秘果才含這種生物鹼(變味素)嗎?


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女兒Jenny 和她的「神秘果」
2008/11/24 20:39
Sister Reed, is your daughter a gourmet?
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-24 23:37 回覆:
女兒自小在餐館世家成長,畢業後進了PWC八年,長期外派到500大公司去審察電腦會計系統,接受招待吃遍東西兩岸高級餐廳,今年五月開始寫美食介紹的BLOG,不久上了《休士頓紀事報》推薦榜,文章進一步被全美《City Search》網站轉載,並被網羅為該媒體特約記者,雖然收入與在PWC之六位數字相去甚遠,但女兒樂在其中,何況從此品嚐美食有公司埋單矣!

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吃過
2008/11/24 16:31
是對抗糖尿病的好幫手
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-24 22:53 回覆:

對於怕胖或減肥者,也有助益。

好過害人不淺的人工代糖~阿斯巴甜 (Aspartame),商品名稱叫『怡口健康糖』、Equal、Spoonful、NutraSweet、Hermasetas等,有不少科學證據指為致癌、致盲、痙攣、破壞神經系統,做成永久傷害,而典型、最常見反應是頭痛、暈眩、視力模糊,常用於任何『無糖』甜食、Diet Coke類飲食中。


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2008/11/24 11:01
我在martha上看過,也去過她推薦的園藝網站上看過..真的是很奇妙的果子, 她還教一位自願的觀眾上台當場吃下一顆檸檬來證明... 真是有點自虐, 不過哪來唬人倒是好玩..

女兒很可愛!
Reed(chouhwa) 於 2008-11-24 23:56 回覆:

去年底,在台北兩次與神秘果不期而遇,當時也認為..好玩..而已,對於其市場商業價值卻未洞燭機先;反而是在美國的女兒,聽朋友介紹,再看了《紐約時報》的報導,好奇之下在網上訂購,並開Party與朋友分享,沒想到供不應求、造成轟動,經媒體記者採訪,如今已經開了三次Party,每次兩百多張門票預售一空,仍然向隅者眾!

經銷商也由外州搭機來訪,洽談進一步合作方案。

女兒的自述 http://imneverfull.blogspot.com/search/label/miracle%20fruit

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