# Ever bite into something so good it gives you tingles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992 "2012-08-29T01:32:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/1 "2012-08-29T01:32:22Z")
Like this nectarine I just bit into. I did not expect it to be so sweet, juicy, and man is this good. Things like this give me a tingle that goes from the top of my head and down my spine. Just the first bite, usually, and once in a while the second. Anyone else get the tingles from exceptionally good food? Anything in particular? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/2 "2012-08-29T01:35:05Z")
Almost anytime I eat an orange. It’s an amazing sensation and it causes the hair on my arms to stand up. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/3 "2012-08-29T01:35:43Z")
Very often. And not just from “good” foods. When I havn’t eaten in a while, it will happen if I eat almost anything. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/4 "2012-08-29T01:49:26Z")
Really really really perfect peaches. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/5 "2012-08-29T02:03:26Z")
I also have a favorite tea concoction I indulge in about once a week. Tingles with the first couple sips. So good! ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/6 "2012-08-29T02:08:19Z")
A good tomato still warm from the sun, gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/7 "2012-08-29T02:08:19Z")
I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but I often get that feeling _after_ I’ve eaten whatever it is. Kind of a powerful glow of satisfaction, “MANNNNNN, that was gooooood!”. I don’t react that strongly to a momentary taste. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/8 "2012-08-29T02:20:51Z")
Once while high, I sucked on a bottle of squeezable strawberry jam and popped a chub. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/9 "2012-08-29T02:37:39Z")
I once bit into a falling apart chunk of leg of lamb which had a glistening, melting glob of fat on it. I almost fainted, the fat was sooooo good. When I could speak, I said, “I can hear my ancestors singing!” I’m half Latvian. We’re known for lovin’ us some fat. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/10 "2012-08-29T03:24:19Z")
I had read about macarons before and seen lots of lovely photos on Pinterest but you can’t really imagine how they taste or _feel_ until there is one in your mouth. The first time I tried one, I tingled. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/11 "2012-08-29T03:25:57Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > A good tomato still warm from the sun, gets me every time. Yep. Tomatos or tomato sandwiches. I’ve been eating them for the last three or four weeks, and every single time, it’s pure bliss. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/12 "2012-08-29T20:02:09Z")
Magness pears Raritan Rose white peaches. They smell like roses. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/13 "2012-08-29T20:34:26Z")
There is a chocolate candy bon bon (Mozart?) which has a pistachio center covered in marzipan covered in dark chocolate. The experience of eating one is almost orgasmic. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/14 "2012-08-29T20:57:37Z")
Yep, nectarines. An outstanding one can give me shivers, they’re so good. And yep as well on the perfect peaches assertion. Which I’m experiencing every day lately, as we’re in full peach season here south of Silicon Valley. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/15 "2012-08-29T21:00:32Z")
Perfectly pan-seared foie gras with some kind of fruit compote, covered with truffle shavings. Ecstasy. Unfortunately I can only afford it about once a decade. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/16 "2012-08-29T23:48:14Z")
A perfect plate of crispy thick-cut bacon and eggs fried over- medium in the bacon grease gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/17 "2012-08-29T23:59:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yep. Tomatos or tomato sandwiches. I’ve been eating them for the last three or four weeks, and every single time, it’s pure bliss. Interesting. If I may ask, what is a tomato sandwich? Is it just sliced tomato on bread? A certain type of tomato? Plain? With condiments? Is the bread toasted? Are the tomatoes heated? ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/18 "2012-08-30T00:07:13Z")
If you are off a certain age [ahem] and you grew up with those aluminum tumblers that came in a set of different colors, every time you touched one to your lips you would get a _tingle_–I still get shivers whenever I see them. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/19 "2012-08-30T00:18:24Z")
I used to live near a hole-in-wall Indian delivery that made a chicken mahkni so insanely delicious, it would make my mouth vibrate with happiness. And oh, god, their garlic naan. _droooool_ In my formulation a proper tomato sandwich is on white bread with a little mayo, and the tomato is so fresh off the vine it’s still warm from the sun. Divine. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992/20 "2012-08-30T01:00:56Z")
I swear this happened to me this morning and I considered posting about it, only in my case it has nothing to do with scrumptiousness. Lately, my breakfast has consisted of a tablespoon of peanut butter and the first mouthful makes my mouth tingle (not in a good way) and my jaws kind of hurt. I wonder if it is anyway related to what you guys are talking about. I mean, I like peanut butter and all but it’s not as if it makes my heart go all aflutter. Hey, that almost rhymes . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-bite-into-something-so-good-it-gives-you-tingles/632992.md?page=2)