# What does molten lava taste like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043 "2015-05-01T21:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/41 "2015-05-02T11:04:59Z")
When I eat molten lava, which is not often (only on special occasions), I do let it cool a bit first. I think it tastes like dirt. Or maybe rock. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/42 "2015-05-03T08:34:35Z")
Way up there on the [Scoville Scale](https://datadesign.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/scoville-scale-of-capsaicin/), I would bet. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/43 "2015-05-03T10:07:50Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > It tastes like Death. Hot death. What do lava lamps taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/44 "2015-05-03T13:54:23Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Hot death. > > What do lava lamps taste like? Kerosene. That’s what the liquid in them smells like, anyway. The actual lava is just some kind of wax. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/45 "2015-05-03T13:57:57Z")
It tastes igneous. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/46 "2015-05-03T15:30:56Z")
Death. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/47 "2015-05-04T14:21:07Z")
Find a nice piece of basalt, or if your feeling adventurous some tuff or pumice, and suck on it. Now just imagine that flavour at 1200C. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/48 "2015-05-04T17:57:28Z")
I don’t know, but I bet if they served it in a restaurant, there would be one of those “hot” asterisks next to it. Note: My mother would always caution us about hot foods by saying they were “hot”, or “hot hot” or the dreaded “hot hot hot”. She never went to four “hots”, but I imagine lava would qualify. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/49 "2015-05-04T18:12:30Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Not necessarily. See here. A crust forms on lava, it’s possible to walk on it. Someone is shown dipping a stick and getting a blob of lava on the end. It wouldn’t be molten then. The OP is asking what molten (liquid) lava tastes like, and the answer is you’d be dead almost instantly if someone poured it down your throat, so you wouldn’t have time to register a taste before shuffling off this mortal coil. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/50 "2015-05-04T18:30:20Z")
My guess is skittles. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/51 "2015-05-04T19:51:58Z")
I don’t always drink molten lava, but when I do, I prefer dos aa. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/52 "2015-05-04T19:56:34Z")
When a Hawaiian child says a bad word, does his mother wash his mouth out with [Lava](http://www.lavasoap.com/products/lava-liquid/)? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/53 "2015-05-04T19:57:16Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I don’t always drink molten lava, but when I do, I prefer dos aa. He’s The Most Incinerated Man In The World. ---
**Author:** ![Anon01245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/54 "2015-05-04T20:29:19Z")
Probably rock and fire. Would hurt a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/55 "2015-05-05T19:18:36Z")
My guess would be that it tastes a bit like a full container of [this](http://www.hotsauce.com/16-Million-PURE-Capsaicin-Crystals-2-0ml-p/hsc-16-million-crystals2.0.htm) topped with a grain of sand and eaten in one swallow. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/56 "2015-05-05T19:42:19Z")
Need answer fast? ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043/57 "2015-05-05T20:17:09Z")
Freeze your tongue solid first, then you can do [this.](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrT6V4nIklV5NMApionnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?p=molten+lava+on+ice&tnr=21&vid=41801EDB5719597CA40B41801EDB5719597CA40B&l=159&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.fnrxdVtWcr8QxmuuJzQkxg%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=11v3f2c2i&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Foutrageous-acts-science-lava-meets-163826379.html&sigr=12dc01oib&tt=b&tit=%26%2339%3BOutrageous+Acts+of+Science%26%2339%3B%3A+Lava+Meets+Ice&sigt=11kbo75h5&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dmolten%2Blava%2Bon%2Bice%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-002%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-002&sigb=13hglsjll&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002) If that won’t impress the girls, I don’t know what will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-molten-lava-taste-like/719043.md?page=2)