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At 22:05 -0400 2001-04-25, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
> Yep. I don't know about acid, but tingly numbness seems to describe it
> fairly well.
> Some ppl told me they had that with bananas also. I don't.

I've always assumed it was the proteinase papain (named after the 
papaya from which it can be extracted), which I associate with
picked-when-unripe papaya and pineapple.  For picked-when-unripe 
bananas I get a related taste, but don't know if it would be the 
same chemical.

Anyone know for certain?

Thorvald