Quick Fork: Bitter much?

by scott on October 19, 2007

In this special episode of Fork You, with no cooking whatsoever, join Scott and Marisa as they take the Supertaster test. Watch the video to see how it all turns out.

Thanks to Doug at BlogSoop.com for sending us the test.

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Mark Schoneveld October 19, 2007 at 3:20 pm

And a wide-screen Viddler player! wOOt!

scott October 19, 2007 at 3:26 pm

That’s just how we roll!

Mark Schoneveld October 19, 2007 at 3:31 pm

Jesus. Here I was thinking that was the Viddler Beta player, but Colin just told me that you could always resize the dimensions. Doh!

Becky October 20, 2007 at 8:26 am

Did you steal that glass from the Standard Tap?

uhno December 20, 2007 at 3:11 pm

I’m pretty sure the dude is just a taster…i did this test and i had to pull it out of my mouth right away b/c it was disgusting you’d have a SUPER bad reaction to it

Eileen January 26, 2008 at 12:59 am

How is that guy a supertaster? To me he’s a regular taster. When my twin sister and I did this test (separately from each other), we both had to run to the washroom to rinse our mouths out!

fi March 3, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Dude! You are so NOT a supertaster! A supertaster would not be able to tolerate it AT ALL! At best you are a “taster”. Get over yourself.

Also, you don’t have to practically shove the thing up your nose to smell it…and then put it in your mouth. Totally disgusting. Ewwwwwww!

Erica December 1, 2008 at 9:16 pm

he is NOT a supertaster. when i did this test, i spat the strip out, leapt across the table for a glass of water, and gagged for at least 15 minutes (followed by a bitter aftertaste for at least an hour). trust me, it’s unpleasant. no way a guy saying “hmm, this is really bitter” while still swirling the strip around in his mouth is a supertaster. sorry bud.

Daniel Reskin December 28, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Awesome video! What a weird phenomena… I might be a form of evolution. I must try the test! Scott you are a wit! I loled.

Allyson January 2, 2009 at 10:56 pm

That was fantastic. A friend told me he thinks I might be a supertaster. I just have to find out now.

Allyson January 8, 2009 at 4:11 pm

That thing was horrible. It was bitter in like 2 -5 seconds. Disgusting.

Alexandra January 11, 2010 at 4:26 am

Why does she say “it made me gag – but tasted nothing”. Why did she gag then?

David February 4, 2010 at 11:30 pm

I work at a museum where we literally pass out 15 to 20 thousand of these strips per year. Scott is definitely NOT a supertaster! A true supertaster will cringe upon touching a tiny portion of the strip to the wet tip of his/her tongue. About 2/3 of the people we test are tasters, ranging from mild to super taster, while the remaining third taste only paper.

Kim May 25, 2010 at 10:22 pm

That was the grossest piece of paper that I have ever tasted. I couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth for over a half hour. I guess that is why I’m a picky eater.

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