So, what are you doing this Friday? Going to another party where the girls are in slutty outfits and the dudes dress in stupid costumes? Well, give the Edgar Allen Poes & Hoes trope a rest, gentle reader, and open your mouth. No, that's not a typo, I said "mouth." A new craze is sweeping the NYC and San Francisco areas: flavor tripping, a phenomenon in which guests gather together and pay an entrance fee to a man named Supreme Commander, in order to eat a tiny red berry, also known as miracle fruit. The berry "rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors for an hour or so, rendering lemons as sweet as candy" and makes other foods taste impossibly different.

According to the New York Times:

"The miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, is native to West Africa and has been known to Westerners since the 18th century. The cause of the reaction is a protein called miraculin, which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids, according to a scientist who has studied the fruit, Linda Bartoshuk at the University of Florida’s Center for Smell and Taste. Dr. Bartoshuk said she did not know of any dangers associated with eating miracle fruit."

I don't know about you, but that sounds amazing.  Vinegar tasting like apple juice? Goat cheese tasting like cheesecake?  Tofu tasting like...something? Yes, please!

Interested parties can purchase the berries here and find out about flavor tripping events at Supreme Commander's blog. Who knows, maybe you popping one of these berries before the Eskimos & Eski-hoes party will make the Natty Ice taste like Natty Ice Cream?