I wonder what viruses taste like.

[Magna]

If viruses could be isolated and then gathered in such number that they'd be a clump sizeable enough to eat, I wonder what they'd taste like. Would viruses taste different from each other?

 

[Suzette]

I have no idea what viruses taste like, but I imagine they would have a flavor. You can get a sense of how viruses might taste by tasting different yeasts. You could compare nutritional yeast to bread yeast and even try the various yeasts available for brewing beer and wine. You can even cultivate your own wild yeast from the atmosphere.

And if you are just looking for some symbolic "revenge" you could order some "Covid Candy" and start masticating!
This 17-Year-Old Recovered From Coronavirus, and Then Started COVID Candies to Help Fight It

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

I'd wonder if the big, meaty, protein encapsulated, Smallpox virus will have umami?

Yeasts! On a motorcycle trip into Kentucky along the bourbon trail, I learned a lot about yeast taste profiles as many distilleries turn out different labels of bourbon that differ by their mash bill (grain content), strain of yeast, and ageing. Also on that trip I discovered stout aged in used bourbon barrels. The beer picks up flavors of vanilla and caramel from the barrels!

 

[Crossbreed]

I wonder what viruses taste like.

It's A Trap!!​

 

[Fino]

I don't know enough about physical science to really know, but I have a feeling the question doesn't make sense. If it's being asked "just for fun" then you can just ignore me. I don't really know how to do those.

 

[Varzar]

Do viruses or bacteria have a flavour?

Viral particles themselves may actually be too big to taste, because your sense of gustation and olfaction depends on the interaction between tastant or odorant molecules and corresponding receptors, which are situated on the membrane of sensory neurons (nerve cells which are responsible for detecting and relaying information to the brain about the outside world). These receptors harbor ligand-binding pockets that are too small to capture entire viruses. This does not rule out the ability for you to taste broken bits of viruses, but I think this is unlikely or coincidental (i.e. the particle may bind to receptors weakly and not very well).

An answer from the internet. Sounds like they may know something about the subject, or they are good at pretending they do.. lol

 

[Suzette]

I'd wonder if the big, meaty, protein encapsulated, Smallpox virus will have umami?

Yeasts! On a motorcycle trip into Kentucky along the bourbon trail, I learned a lot about yeast taste profiles as many distilleries turn out different labels of bourbon that differ by their mash bill (grain content), strain of yeast, and ageing. Also on that trip I discovered stout aged in used bourbon barrels. The beer picks up flavors of vanilla and caramel from the barrels!

That stout sounds yummy! You might like Denver Beer Co. Graham Cracker porter. Described as "Like a campfire in a glass, this robust beauty has seductive notes of vanilla, smoked cedar, and mulling spices. A dark pour with mild lacing, she is a rollercoaster of lush chocolate diving into a semi-dry finish of roasted malt and biscuit." It is my current favorite.

 

[unperson]

nasty.

 

[Crossbreed]

nasty.

 

[Magna]

I don't know enough about physical science to really know, but I have a feeling the question doesn't make sense. If it's being asked "just for fun" then you can just ignore me. I don't really know how to do those.

Not asked "just for fun". It's something that I thought and wondered about.

 

[Greatshield17]

Does DNA taste acidic? Considering it’s actually an acid; or is it also too small to taste?

 

[Gerontius]

If we start eating viruses, will we all catch bats?

 

[tree]

Does DNA taste acidic? Considering it’s actually an acid; or is it also too small to taste?

What does DNA taste like? An investigation | Boing Boing

 

[Tom]

Maybe the question really is 'What do we taste like?'

 

[Judge]

"Tastes like wild hickory nuts."

- Euell Gibbons

 

[Wulven]

It tastes like throw up, sinuses, and foulness.

 

[DaisyRose]

I think they would take like necro tissue or death. It wouldn’t taste good. I would imagine it would look black and disgusting.

 

[tree]

https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/94096/do-viruses-or-bacteria-have-a-flavour

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

That stout sounds yummy! You might like Denver Beer Co. Graham Cracker porter. Described as "Like a campfire in a glass, this robust beauty has seductive notes of vanilla, smoked cedar, and mulling spices. A dark pour with mild lacing, she is a rollercoaster of lush chocolate diving into a semi-dry finish of roasted malt and biscuit." It is my current favorite.

My current favorite is Dragon's Milk. A very chewy bourbon barrel aged stout.

 

[Kalinychta]

If viruses could be isolated and then gathered in such number that they'd be a clump sizeable enough to eat, I wonder what they'd taste like. Would viruses taste different from each other?

Haha! That’s so disgusting and funny.