With miracle fruit, sour tastes seem sweet

A protein in the Florida-grown fruit tricks the tongue's sweet receptors into being stimulated by acids. Over the last few weeks, several people have asked me about so-called miracle fruit and its unusual properties. For about an hour or so after munching on its pulp, people find that any sour foods they eat taste remarkably sweet. Reportedly, the berry is even being featured at "flavor parties" -- where guests are handed a miracle fruit at the door and then turned loose at a buffet laden with tart fare.

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