when i was a kid the dentist would clean your teeth, politely yell at you to brush/floss more, then have you sit for some kind of fluoride-y treatment, like 10 minutes each top and bottom teeth. the treatment came in artificial flavors, and the banana was so awful that it haunts me decades later
― mookieproof, Monday, January 9, 2017 11:38 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh god the dentist fluoride treatment flavors were the absolute worst, otm
― mh 😏, Monday, January 9, 2017 11:44 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I am outing myself as someone without the resources to regularly visit a dentist (it's been, err, years), but do they still do this?
― Wimmels, Monday, 9 January 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link
They still do it but the modern flavors are much less noxious. The old flavors used to give me migraines. Nowadays you have options like "piña colada"
― Josefa, Monday, 9 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
tangerine
― MarkoP, Monday, 9 January 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
piña colada is always disappointing because there is no actual rum in it
― ¶ (DJP), Monday, 9 January 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
you're going to the wrong dentist
also I don't think my dentist has given me a fluoride treatment as an adult so idk
― mh 😏, Monday, 9 January 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, banana fluoride is the worst, other than barium perhaps. The key is to get the no flavor fluoride.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Monday, 9 January 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
I am outing myself as somebody who liked the way the fluoride treatments tasted
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 January 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link
What fruit is Juicy Fruit?
Pear!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:01 (seven years ago) link
no way
― Number None, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
It is likely that the chemical used for flavoring is isoamyl acetate (sometimes known as banana oil), a carboxylic ester.[5]
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 January 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
whoa
― k3vin k., Monday, 9 January 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
the artificiality of it was a selling point in its heyday fwiw
http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/juicy-fruit.png
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 9 January 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
i reluctantly retract my banana bashing
― k3vin k., Monday, 9 January 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link
That said, with a little digging, you’ll find that, in the past, Wrigley has explicitly said that Juicy Fruit contains notes of “lemon, orange, pineapple and banana” in response to emails from curious customers asking for more specific information about Juicy Fruit’s flavour
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/03/fruit-juicy-fruit/
is Jackfruit good? It sounds good
― Number None, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
it's tacos
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
disgusting savages itt
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
best to quietly withdraw one's vote and exit the thread after such an admission
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:33 (seven years ago) link
maybe issue an apology through ilx publicist Hungry4Ass an hour before poll close
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 9 January 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
What?! No Sharkleberry?!
https://i.sli.mg/B2xUqD.png
I see the challopsy fav. Durian isn't on the list either!what a joke! (Voted Blue Raspberry)
― Frobisher, Monday, 9 January 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
"sharkleberry fin" sounds like the worst hanna-barbera character ever
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 9 January 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
I can already imagine the Snorks crossover episode.
― Frobisher, Monday, 9 January 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
― Number None, Monday, January 9, 2017 4:12 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, January 9, 2017 4:13 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol that was exactly what i immediately thought
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 9 January 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Many years ago in college organic chemistry lab we had to synthesize isopentyl acetate (fake banana oil) and it ruined me on banana flavor, including that of actual bananas, for years. I still hate artificial banana flavored stuff and will only grudgingly eat an actual banana.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 9 January 2017 23:56 (seven years ago) link
sharkleberry fin is no ecto cooler
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 00:01 (seven years ago) link
the floor of the Well of Souls is teeming with banana runts
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
I wonder what my banana-allergic friend thinks of fake banana flavor
now that i've mentioning him I remembered the last time he accidentally had a smoothie with banana in it. vomited so hard he blew up a vein in his eye and it had a big red blotch.
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 00:26 (seven years ago) link
blewberry
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
pretty sure 'actual banana' taste has changed over the 40 years of my awareness
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 03:09 (seven years ago) link
I see the challopsy fav. Durian isn't on the list either!what a joke!
― Frobisher
^^ (artificial durian flavour gets around the "no durian allowed on board this train/in this mall" hassles actual durian engenders)
artifical feijoa is the best but probably not found outside of nz.
had no idea blackcurrant was prohibited in the US for a century or so due to fear of spreading blight. huh.
― etc, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 04:13 (seven years ago) link
Is that like feijoada
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
artificial feydrautha
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 05:20 (seven years ago) link
https://needleandi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/feijoa_2.jpghttps://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0225/5397/products/sour_feijoa_3591947239150236501_large.jpg?v=1456350510
― etc, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 08:23 (seven years ago) link
the fact you can no longer get Jolly Ranchers in every shop in the UK like you could ten years ago is a fucking disgrace.
I could vote for any of these depending on the type of food being flavoured. Lemon and watermelon ice-cream is the food of gods. I've spent my whole life trying to find a sweet that I don't like and it's still to happen.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 08:59 (seven years ago) link
voted apple but really like faux pear
― nxd, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 10:42 (seven years ago) link
can I take this thread to complain that I cannot tell the difference between Grape and Black Licorice Jelly Bellies, and that Black Licorice to me tastes fucking awful, while the Graphs are delicious. ditto for Cherry and Cinnamon but I can stand the Cinnamon ones. someone ought to do something about this.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
You don't like cinnamon or black licorice? Those are pretty much my two favorite flavors in the whole world. Also, almond.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
jackfruit is pretty good, i don't remember juicyfruit gum tasting like it though but i haven't had it since i was a kid
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:21 (seven years ago) link
I have a Clockwork Orange type reaction to black licorice. Everyone I know likes it fine, for some reason it activates the puke center of my brain on first contact
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
Cinnamon is fine. But the thing with Jelly Bellies is, you want to combine the fruit flavors, cuz they're tiny. One cinnamon just ruins everything.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
black licorice and olives are two things that ILX has convinced me to try that I really like now
― wrinkled sweater guy (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
Voted "lemon" on a "most tolerable" basis.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 03:11 (seven years ago) link
I voted for blueberry, which are almost always disappointing when I eat the real thing. I don't eat candy much anymore, so it's the baked goods I'm looking to. I did love Jolly Rancher grape and watermelon as a kid.
― nickn, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:22 (seven years ago) link
pineapple soda is god
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:53 (seven years ago) link
fake lemon is the best of these
fake banana is the worst, can't stand basically anything banana flavored. Love real bananas though, eat one pretty much every day.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 15:43 (seven years ago) link
what about fake cheese, like they put in doritos and other stuff? That's another common junk food flavor I have a hard time with.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
I guess cheese isn't a fruit, so off topic I suppose
― silverfish, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
blueberry, which are almost always disappointing when I eat the real thing.
lifetime ban
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
raspberries > blackberries > blueberries
― (The caption: “fine dining.”) (DJP), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
I'd put blackberries ahead of raspberries.
I should point out that I'm in SoCal, so maybe I don't get good blueberries out here.
― nickn, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
I have no idea where blueberries are more of a thing, but I grew up with them as mostly something you saw in muffins or whatever, whereas sitting around and eating raspberries is more normal? And strawberries are omnipresent for part of the year
― mh 😏, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 22:45 (seven years ago) link