Food industry baffled by cause of tinny-tasting ‘pine mouth’

[Swede]

It’s the sort of thing that could drive you crazy: your tongue tastes like tin foil or raw metal. Everything you eat tastes bitter.

The mysterious condition has a name: “pine nut syndrome” or “pine mouth.”

And appears to be caused by the tiny, teardrop shaped kernel that is as famous for its aphrodisiac qualities as it is for its costliness. Eat the wrong one and suddenly everything you eat or drink will taste like you sucked it through the toilet pipe.



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