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From the Playboy Adviser on the taste of semen.
Q. Sometimes after my girlfriend gives me a blow job, she says my semen tastes bitter. Other times she says it tastes like nothing. Does it have to do with what I eat?
-- V.R., Cincinnati, Ohio
A. We have yet to see any scientific research on this topic, but we're having a damned good time gathering anecdotal evidence atop the counters of the Playboy test kitchen. Female readers write us regularly to claim they can tell from the taste of ejaculate what their lover had for dinner, whether he'd been drinking, even if he'd been with another woman. We suspect most women discern a difference in taste because of what they've eaten, or because of something they smell (the two senses are intricately linked). If your girlfriend had a glass of wine before your tryst, whatever follows will taste bitter; mouthwash or toothpaste can have the same effect. Why not choose a more palatable flavor as an appetizer to fellatio? Years ago a reader told us about a technique she called the Amaretto Popsicle. Her boyfriend would dip his fingers in a glass of Amaretto, and she would alternate between sucking his fingers and sucking his ****.
Q. I read with interest your response to the reader who asked if what he eats affects the taste of his semen. You said it probably doesn't. I disagree. My husband loves blow jobs, but I hate the bitter taste of his semen. So we tried a recipe we read in a newsletter called "Batteries Not Included." In a juicer, blend a stalk of celery and a third of a fresh pineapple. My husband drinks six ounces of this concoction every day. The trick is that celery and pineapple contain high concentrations of aspartic acid and the amino acid phenylalanine, the same ingredients used in sugar substitutes. What do you think?
-- G.A., Chicago, Illinois
A. Your recipe may not work for everyone, but it will prevent outbreaks of scurvy.
Q. All my past lovers have said they didn't like the bitter or salty taste of my semen. When I asked my current girlfriend about this, she said my semen didn't taste like anything. Could it be that some women are more aware of the taste than others? After all, some people like broccoli and some don't.
-- R.W., Colorado Springs, Colorado
A. Perhaps. Researchers have documented differences in the sense of taste. In one study, scientists asked test subjects to place a bitter synthetic chemical on their tongues. A quarter of the people tasted nothing. Half said it tasted bitter. A quarter found it so bitter they retched. The last group are "supertasters" -- men and women who have a large number of taste buds (as many as 1100 per square centimeter of tongue). For a supertaster, frosting tastes too sweet, coffee is too bitter and alcohol too sharp. Supertasters don't like the feel of oil or fat on their tongues, and they dislike salty or spicy foods. Women are more likely to be supertasters -- about 35 percent of Caucasian women fall into the category, compared with ten percent of white men.