05-28-2008, 04:30 AM
Carrie-I'm glad you've given them a new home. I'll let you know when I have some berries to share. The seeds can be planted but they should be done so right away. Only about 1 in 4 will germinate and the slugs love the seedlings.
Mella-Here is a link for the Miracle Berry or Miracle Fruit.It cannot be used as a sweetener because it has to be eaten first to "coat" your taste buds and then it will "sweeten" things consumed right after. The former owner of the nursery I now own used to say that it would make Budweiser taste like Heineken-not true though. It's a good conversation piece though. On hot days I would eat a berry then squeeze some lemon or lime with some water and without adding any sugar, have lemonade or limeade. It works especially well with citrus fruits. Limes often taste very sweet and many say that it tastes like it also has some li hing powder on it. People think that we have the sweetest tangerines in the world, and after eating a Miracle Berry they really do taste that way. Some people even say it's too sweet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
dean
Mella-Here is a link for the Miracle Berry or Miracle Fruit.It cannot be used as a sweetener because it has to be eaten first to "coat" your taste buds and then it will "sweeten" things consumed right after. The former owner of the nursery I now own used to say that it would make Budweiser taste like Heineken-not true though. It's a good conversation piece though. On hot days I would eat a berry then squeeze some lemon or lime with some water and without adding any sugar, have lemonade or limeade. It works especially well with citrus fruits. Limes often taste very sweet and many say that it tastes like it also has some li hing powder on it. People think that we have the sweetest tangerines in the world, and after eating a Miracle Berry they really do taste that way. Some people even say it's too sweet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit
dean