dun dun duuuunnnnh
dramatic pause...
If I am in fact a supertaster!
The at home test is relatively simple.
Take blue food dye, dab it on your tongue.
Place a piece of wax paper with a hole punched out of it on the blue area.
Using a magnifying glass count the number of fungiform papilae that you can see in the circle.
Easy right!
Wrong.
The first problem was that I could not for the life of me find a magnifying glass anywhere in my house.
Oh, I looked....and looked....and looked. I actually spent more time mentally cataloging where one might possibly be in the midst of all the other things I have to accomplish today...but look I did.
So, I thought, you know I think I will just do the test anyway. I bet you don't really need a magnifying glass to see the fungiform papilae.
Yes, I know it is a strange term and I am kind of grossed out by it...so from now on let's just call what we are attempting to count... taste buds!
So, I assembled all of the other stuff I needed for this test. Blue food dye, wax paper with the hole punched out, myself and my mirror.
I dabbed the blue dye on my tongue (eww it tastes yucky) and proceeded to try to count the fung....I mean taste buds. Are you kidding me? I tried all kinds of ways to figure out how to count those tiny little dots on my tongue. I finally tried transferring the data...kind of like a tongue print, onto a piece of paper. Uhhh, slobbery mess or too dry to read correctly. Man, if I only had a magnifying glass!
What I finally ended up with was a blue tongue, blue tinged fingers...and oh look right over there.... a recipe for Black Magic Cake. Doesn't that sound good. Hmmm let's see it calls for sugar....got that. Flour, yeah. Cocoa...uuhunh.Alright...I admit it, what I finally ended up with was...well...nothing. I simply could not tell. I am kind of bummed because I do claim to be a supertaster and wanted hard evidence. Come to think of it though, I really shouldn't be so upset. There is no conclusive evidence in either direction, so I can go on with my proposed supposition and self imposed foodie label.
Anyhow, for all of you who know me, and spend time with me, and put up with my wacky food antics lets just keep pretending that I am. Okay?
Thanks, I knew I could count on you.
Let's make a point to meet back here at some later date and super taste that Black Magic Cake, I bet we will have no trouble determining if it is good or not!
