Meh tries the Miracle Berry (Periscope)
6@Trillian gave us some "Miracle Frooties" and a list of things to try with them. Give us a few minutes to finish eating lunch, then join us on Periscope (link will be posted below) and we'll try them out. Live. For your entertainment.
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oh aside from taking it easy on all the acids you consume, also try using only half a tablet first or things might be cloying. dunno if that advice was offered or not.
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We actually had some of these (different brand) but haven't tried them yet. You can buy them from Amazon.
Miracle Berry
It was totally worth sticking around for the end of that!
@jaremelz I didn't expect the end like that.
@galmaegi The faces, the near blowing of chunks.....it was beautiful.
Damn. Missed it, replay unavailable.
I have yet to have a decent experience with periscope.
@KDemo That's weird, the replay works in my browser...
@KDemo I just watched the replay.
@KDemo I just watched it on my iphone. Haven't tried watching it on the computer--but no issue using the phone app.
So it did work eventually, at least most of it, but I'm not finished pouting about periscope.
Is it possible to fast forward this replay?
@MrMark Periscope doesn't really allow any user control beyond "watch" and "stop watching," although occasionally the pause works.
Chicago has an entire restaurant devoted to the berry. The recipes minimize sugar and use the berry as an ingredient to make the minimally sweet stuff taste, well, sweeter. Haven't been, but the late chef's other restaurant, the postmodern venue Moto, provided one of the best meals I've ever eaten.
wtf how does @jaremelz not like pickles what is wrong with you you horrible goat
@Lotsofgoats Pickles are disgusting
@jaremelz I used to think that. Hopefully, you'll come around too.
@jaremelz PICKLES ARE DELICIOUS AND PICKLING HAS BEEN A USEFUL WAY TO PRESERVE FOODS FOR MILLENNIA, YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
@editorkid Not going to happen. They are revolting.
@Lotsofgoats l actually like some pickled foods. Pickles themselves, well you can have my share.
@jaremelz ok deal
@jaremelz C'mon, they're great. Look, I've got a pickle in my pocket. Wanna try it?
@editorkid
@jaremelz hi please send all pickle deliveries my way thx
poor @hollboll with her malort face :[
That was so much fun to watch! I had never heard of these miracle fruit tablets before today. Didn't know it was a thing to do. Now, I want to do this too. Has anyone else done this before? Same results? Anyone else buying them to try it?
@Prissy same results, sans malort. it's pretty cool.
I learned that we should send mediocre a TON of malort.
yay.
Don't eat a whole lemon 'cause your throat is gonna have a bad time.
Tried this 5-7 years ago. Will buy again because it was a good time.
I like sour things, though. I was eating limes straight up until I realized they were hard on my teeth.
I got some of these tablets a couple years ago. I was told one of the best things to consume are different beers. The darker the better.
"My Malort is produced for that unique group of drinkers who disdain light flavor or neutral spirits." - Carl Jeppson
The John hodgman quotes are pretty good...
I find y'all's lack of respect for Chicago dogs disturbing. Fie on thee!
Also. And. Squee at the Mahlort taste test! Bwahahaha, your reactions! I am cackling. Caaaaaackling.
@goldenthorn even though my only experience with Chicago dogs is from Sonic, I'm a fan.
I mean, look, I love you peoples. I DID copypasta a whole bunch of horrific tasting notes in the comments as warning, hmm? You totally knew what was coming. Rat poison for the rats, you see? It's not hate, it's just affectionate tongue murder.
It's A Thing here amongst The Young to buy out-of-town friends a shot of Malort for a laugh. I find it hilarious. I have bought many shots. I have never yet tried it myself. I am a monster.
My only experience with wormwood was this one time ten years ago where I got blackout drunk on absinthe (maybe opium was involved to make it properly toulouse-lautrec-ish? NONCHALANT SHRUG) in the White Desert somewhere near the Egyptian-Libyan border and proceeded to nude moonbathe and obnoxiously frolic across the rock forest, but I am certain the plain absinthe tasted quite better than your reactions. I did vomit copiously all over the sleeping rugs at dawn, though, so there is that.
@goldenthorn I've had one experience with absinthe. It was amazing and delicious and wonderful and I had to rely on photos to tell the story of what happened.
@jaremelz Hah, emphatically agreed! The sole memories I have of that fore-'scribed weekend are the photos I took and the stories I was told. And thank gods the photos and the stories match up.
@goldenthorn I had the stories from approximately 100 coworkers and my bosses. Whoops. Although, my bosses were the ones who gave it to me!
I finally got a chance to watch this, and it was so much better than I anticipated. I am still laughing at poor @Moose. Please, please find a way to preserve the video of the Malort tasting for future generations.
I watched it and learned that 3 out of 4 Meh employees eat Pringles wrong...wth guys?
@tightwad I didn't see any of them putting two back-to-back and pretending they were duck bills, so 4/4.
@brhfl They were inserting them upside down. @Hollboll got better at it as the time went on.
@tightwad TWSS
@tightwad But the correct (duck-bill) method is symmetrical, there is no upside down. :)
@brhfl I did not object to the duckbill method, that was you. I DO however object to it as it is also the wrong way to eat a Pringles. Proper method places the single chip in a downward curving orientation and the entire chip is inserted into the mouth and eaten. There is no biting of the chip or otherwise consuming it in a less than complete manner without violating basic Pringles Consumption rules. Other violations include consuming more than 1 chip at a time.
@brhfl You quack me up.
@tightwad More than one chip at a time, a violation? Au contraire – since it requires exactly two chips to make a duckbill, the idea of eating one chip at a time is preposterous! Next you'll be telling me that you think Pringles should be eaten without a Bugle on the tip of every finger, à la eagle talons!
@tightwad this is absurd and totally wrong.
also pringles suck anyway, they're the recycled bodies of actual potato chips that died ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@brhfl Yes, as with selfies the duckbill is an abomination and should never be done (at least not with consuming of the chip). Bugles on the fingers is a bonus and never a conflict although eating them in the same bite as Pringles would be against base Pringles code. @Lotsofgoats your bias against the Pringle disqualifies your opinion in this matter. Only true believers are entitled to opinions regarding Pringles consumption habits and the rules surrounding the correct methods whereby one may enjoy them.
I watched this, knowing that I'd get to see 4 people drink Malort at the same time. Lived up to my expectations.
Now that I know there's another Mehtizen in Chicago, I'm going to have to practice the octogreeting. And I know I'm going to get it wrong and some gang will beat me down because I was on the wrong El platform when I did it. #chiraq