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(Permalink) Posted: Feb. 17 2010,18:38   

I've never heard of pine nuts as taste disturbing.

The best example I can think of is miraculin, a glycoprotein from "miracle fruit' that binds and alters taste receptors.  Everything tastes sweet for hours after exposure.  You can buy the stuff online, or in Asian groceries for kicks.

  
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