Ai Qing's "Mysterious Fruit"

This is really a strange story in the world;

"After eating longevity fruit,

eating Coptis chinensis will not be bitter at all ,

After eating the miracle fruit,

everything you eat will taste sweet.”

Is it more bitter than coptis?

Could it be sweeter than honey?

Could it kill the sense of taste?

Could it be that it makes us insensitive? < /p>

If we don’t know the ups and downs

What’s the taste of life?

Only when you have tasted all the joys and sorrows,

can you know what happiness is. Miracle fruit is a kind of fruit. After eating it, you will feel sweet when you eat other fruits, no matter how sweet or bitter it is. From a scientific point of view, the pulp of miracle fruit contains a glycoprotein component called miraculous fruit, although it is not really It can completely change the taste of food, destroy people's sense of taste, and produce sweetness. No matter what taste you have in your mouth, whether it is sour, sweet, bitter, or spicy, if you eat a miracle fruit, you can immediately taste its sweet taste. This mysterious effect is due to the fact that it contains a substance that is a prion, commonly known as "flavorin", which can cause people's taste nerve endings to change their response to the taste of food. For example, if you eat a miracle fruit before eating lemon, you will not feel the sourness, but the sweetness. Of course, the poet expresses his attitude through the miracle fruit. Only when you have tasted the ups and downs can you know what happiness is. There is no need to rely on the miracle fruit to numb yourself and make everything feel sweet.