“Ice cream headaches” happen when something cold touches nerves in the roof of the mouth, triggering blood vessels in the front of your head to swell. This rapid swelling causes the familiar, jabbing pain of a brain freeze. An easy solution? Try eating ice cream or other cold foods ...
Now, durian fruit has a taste all its own; the pods have a creamy texture like mascarpone cheese and taste very aromatic. An acquired taste, much revered by the SE Asian palate. Made into ice-popsicles though, the taste resembles an onion. Most odd, but I finished off two such lollies!
It doesn’t taste anything like an everything bagel……..How on EARTH did anyone anywhere approve this flavor?………..it actually it taste sort of like margarine. ICK! Disappointed because I wanted this to taste like an everything bagel….Oh Well…..(no onion, no sesame, no garlic, n...
The Blood of a Poet[Le sang d’un poète] (1930)– Early Surrealist work where a poet gets a mouth stuck on his hand, visits a strange hotel, and commits suicide after losing a card game on a snowy Parisian street Blood Tea and Red String(2006)– The Dwellers Under the Oak seek to...
Like many animals, dogs have thevomeronasal organ (VNO)in the roof of the mouth, which detects pheromones. This is one reason dogs may lick things we think are gross, including the urine of other dogs—to get it closer to that organ. Along with their sense of smell, this lets dogs kno...
Like many animals, dogs have thevomeronasal organ (VNO)in the roof of the mouth, which detects pheromones. This is one reason dogs may lick things we think are gross, including the urine of other dogs—to get it closer to that organ. Along with their sense of smell, this lets dogs kno...
This is why airplane food doesn’t taste so great. "That's what I've been telling you!" said every airplane food chef ever. Wikimedia Commons Advertisement 51. Counting Calories A weight-loss craze that was very popular in the late Victorian era was known as the “tapeworm diet,” ...
James Wannerton has synesthesia, a condition which causes his him to involuntarily taste words. Some are delicious, some are awful. In 2013, in an effort to raise awareness for the condition he shares with thousands of other people, Wannerton tasted his way through the London Underground map,...
Aconite (Aconitum napellus) : This flower is one of the most dangerous in the world. As soon as it is picked, it causes dermatitis or intoxication in contact with the mouth or a wound. Ingested, they cause visual, nervous and cardiac disorders and often lead to death. There is no antido...
I cannot stop asking. If I could taste one sip of an answer, I could break out of this prison for drunks. ~Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks I do not utter littlenesses — I speak a skyline or an ant-hill. I speak big things, that measure up to big trees and little grass...