We’ve all tasted utterly sour foods. Which of these do you consider the sourest? I have one unquestionable answer: Bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi) I have one tree of the species and we use it in cooking all the time, but when we’re feeling daring, we sometimes take and eat one raw. The smaller ones are…

I caught a plain-bellied water snake once that proceeded to bite me multiple times, I can’t say for its taste but that was definitely the most sour thing I’ve ever seen

Well, my story is more about bitter fruit than sour. I’m sharing it only so no one repeats my mistake. Once while on a winter hike with a plant ecologist friend of mine we came across a Bittersweet (Celastrus) vine laden with berries. I commented on the common name— bittersweet— and asked my friend…

Was there any sweet in the flavor?

Not a bit! Just pure, evil bitterness. I’ve never observed wildlife eating the conspicuous berries in the winter and have to wonder if animals also taste something noxious in the fruit.

Yes, indeed. Especially that it was maybe two bites at most.

Fruit of the wild Himalayan Seabuckthorn is definitely among the sourest things I have eaten. Though I cannot say anything about the different Sour Grapes I may or may not have had.

Unripe, wild persimmons are beyond sour, inedible. However, after the first freeze of the autumn deer relish them.

What's the sourest fruit you've ever tasted?

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marina_gorbunova August 26, 2021, 1:53pm 13

If you ever ate too much pineapple you probably got the same results, acid in both is very high, but at least with pineapple it’s a sweet pain!

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What's the sourest fruit you've ever tasted?

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