Re: Questions about the taste of fruits in general

Hi jeff,
there are plenty of fruits out there which don't taste fruity and
aren;t cultivated for food. One great example is miracle fruit. It's a
small tropical fruit about the size of an olive. This thing has
abosilutely NO taste....hence it is not cultivated. But, most people
don't know that when this fruit is eaten it coats the mouth in
something that makes other things taste great. Ive eaten whole lemons
after eating mirace fruit and it was great. There are heaps of others,
but...i dont want to write a whole book right now.
But the basic answer to your question is that these fruits arent
cultivated because its hard to sell flavourless fruit to the public,
there's no money involved in these products, and money makes the world
go round :)
Ameera 






Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I'll take the first question.
> The fruits on your fruity list have 2 things going for them. First is a 
> higher sugar content. The 2nd isn't really the flavor; it's the aroma. 
> Those fruity flavors are not really detected in your mouth, but in your 
> nose.
> I might add that some tomato varieties could almost swing either way.
> 
> Steve in the Adirondacks
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Root wrote:
> 
> > What distinguishes fruits which taste fruity from those which
> > do not?  For example, apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries,
> > and grapes usually taste fruity when ripe, while bell peppers,
> > tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, olives, and squash generally do not.
> > (When anyone other than a botanist mentions "fruit", what is
> > meant is almost always a member of the first group, and not
> > the second.)
> >  
> > Could you give me examples of:
> >  
> >   Parts of plants which taste fruity, but are not fruits.
> >   (The only example I can think of is rhubarb.)
> >  
> >   Fruits which taste fruity but are not cultivated for food.
> >   (And maybe some indication of *why* they aren't.)
> >  
> >   Fruits which do not taste fruity and are not cultivated for
> >   food.  (And again some indication of why they aren't.)
> >  
> > Ultimately I'd like to have several widely-familiar examples
> > of each.  I haven't been able to find much info about the taste
> > of parts of plants not normally eaten.  :-)
> >  
> >   -- Jeff, in Minneapolis
> >  
> > Subtract 1 from my e-mail address above for my real address.
> > .