Artificial cherry flavouring is the most awful, putrid substance ever

[Azeotrope]

@WhyNot

Once I tried dehydrating watermelon in my food dehydrator (note: not worth it). I ended up with little gummy bits that tasted nothing like watermelon, but were eerily familiar…they tasted like watermelon candies!

Turns out that watermelon flavor, while it doesn’t taste like watermelon, tastes like watermelon without the water. Whodathunk?

That might be what bugs me about it: superconcentrated flavor and none of the wateryness (is too a word!)

Also count me among the artificial banana haters. Bleah.

[voltaire]

@michelman19

The only thing I hate about mcy ds is the emploee stupidity and them putting those horrid fake cherrys shivers in their milk shakes. :eek:

@gotpasswords

I puzzled and puzzed until my puzzler was sore, and I gave up trying to parse mcy ds and emploee stupidity.

It gave me pause, but I eventually came up with “Mickey D’s” IOW McDonald’s. (though, I’ve never heard of cherry milkshakes from McDonald’s - I thought it was just strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.)

BTW, the two artificial fruit flavors I can’t stand are grape and banana, but they’re not quite gag-inducing. I kinda like artificial cherry, though.

[phantom_lamb]

I hate artificial cherry the most, too. I hate them all actually but fake strawberry is the most bearable.

[Miss_Woodhouse]

The absolute worst artificial flavoring is fake licorice. I’m not a fan of black licorice to begin with, but combined with cough syrup it should be banned by the Geneva Convention.

As for candy flavors, it’s peach that is always the lousy surprise. Here I was hoping for lovely orange and I get hit with gross peach. It’s never fun.

[TBG]

The cherries McD’s uses aren’t fake.

And cherry and grape flavoring are awesome and anyone who thinks otherwise should be ashamed of having such defective taste buds.