Tuesday, May 5, 2009

And just a hint of mint

The Milky Way doesn’t taste like nougat. Scientists (you know, generic science guys in white lab coats or something) have discovered that the Milky Way Galaxy is just full of ethyl formate. Which means that the Milky Way tastes like raspberries. Apparently that’s the chemical that makes raspberries taste the way they do.


If you get the reference in the post title, well, then you know weirdly obscure things.

2 comments:

Lynne said...

and ants taste like raspberries & mint then? cool. i don't like nougat or green cheese anyways.

beatthereaper said...

I never thought about the ants. I've never tasted them, and I have no intention to, but they just might e very fruity once you get past the acidity.