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Be careful having a durian in your exhibit! You might find people running
out of the room retching with their hands clasped over their face. Or you
may find that you're doing a lot of floor cleaning. It has such a powerful
smell that it can induce vomiting (speaking from personal experience here).
It is prohibited on public transportation in Singapore (seriously).
Alexis Abramo
Education Program Manager
Sciencenter
601 First St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
www.sciencenter.org
607-272-0600 ext. 20
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There is a drink called Sekanjabin that fits that bill. It's an ancient
recipe that uses a vinegar base (awful smell) and either mint, honey, or
ginger to flavor (tastes great).
http://www.superluminal.com/cookbook/beverages_sekanjabin.html gives a
basic description. The reasoning behind the vinegar base is that if you
store it undiluted the vinegar will allow it to last for years - you
dilute it with water to drink. Great for camping!
I think in the end *if* the taste (minus the smell) is worth it, folks
will ignore the smell (or only partake when they have a cold).
Deirdre
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Deirdre McGaffey Schwein
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The Tech Museum of Innovation
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Hey all.
Here's an earth-shatteringly not-of-great-importance but still
interesting question:
We were planning out some activities for our Sense of Smell Day next
month, and one of my coworkers suggested we have durian fruit avaiable.
I'm not familiar with it, but apparently it smells awful (like pig s**t,
according to one well known description) but it tastes great. It got me
wondering about other foods like that (some cheeses come to mind).
If smell contributes something like 75% of the flavor experience when
you eat something, how can something that smells so awful still manage
to be tasty? Thoughts?
bringing you the Big Questions, as always, AD aka SLOB (the Smell Lady
of Boston--thanks, Jonah!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alissa Daniels,
Science Program Manager Boston Children's Museum 617-426-6500 x342
www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new
discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."
--Isaac Asimov
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