Let me tell you what charcoal tastes like... tomorrow
I have acute gastritis again! What's more, I'm also experiencing excruciating stomach cramps! So far, I've been to the crapper three times already, each time muttering prayers and promising stuff to God. On my third visit I had even promised to give up porn if he would just let the pain go away....
Anyway, so I went to the doctor and he prescribed me some German-made Ultracarbon Charcoal tablets for the gas. When I was ready to take them, I realized that they're real charcoal! If you look at the picture carefully you might notice the charcoal smudges on my index finger.
I was contemplating if I should take them. Surely you can trust the Germans. Right?!! But it's charcoal... from the coal mines... handled by sweaty miners with their dirty hands.... Isn't it comparable to licking a stone? eating soil?
Then I felt the gas acting up and had no choice but to pop in two tablets followed by lots of water. I didn't get to taste them. But I plan to take a bite off one tomorrow and tell you what they taste like.
UPDATE: Pretty anticlimactic... it doesn't have any taste! I even bit it a couple of times it to confirm. Paper probably has more flavor. It tasted like very clean paper.
Well,
charcoal isn't really coal... at least not the kind you find in coal mines :-P
Now let's wait for someone to post a longer explanation or a Wikipedia entry.
Charcoal is actually made by slowly burning a piece of wood
Since it has insane surface area, can absorb lots of shit and is non-toxic, it is used in medicine and chemistry as a good absorber.
Screw the Wikipedia link, I'm not feeling well today.
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Heh
You beat Philos to it.
Philos might be able to give
Philos might be able to give some medical insights though. This stuff seems to work. I'm feeling a whole lot better after 24 hours.
I still don't get it though how 2 small tablets can absorb all that gas. It defies physics!
Makes sense
I notice charcoals for BBQing actually look like burnt pieces of wood. But what does real coal look like? They should call it charwood.
I think its called activated
I think its called activated charcoal and yeah, it can REALLY absorb lots of shit. I'm just wondering what your crap would look like after taking that.
Hmm
Chinesemafia, post some pics of your crap :-P
Hmm..
Well they were dark (but not too dark) greenish bits of crap airbrushed to the inside walls of the toilet bowl. I tell you it was a work of art! They were yellowish previously. Do you get green when you mix yellow and black? Too bad I didn't get your message on time.
Hahaha
I hope you get sick again soon so you can post funny pictures of your artsy poop :-P
Now I want
Now I want pics.
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Let's just buy charcoal
Let's just buy charcoal bricks and chew on them! Now THAT's hardcore!
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Meh
How is that hardcore? Hardcore is swallowing wood blocks then shoving a blowtorch up your ass.
I could have given an explanation on activated charcoal
but never mind. Let's not spoil the mood.
Haha, good
Leave the explaining to Carnifex and Philos.
whoa...
charcoal that tastes like paper..uh...hmmm
Chinesemafia may have been lying
You should go try it out for yourself :-D
Yeah, it is tasteless
Didn't want to prematurely ruin your expectations since I already tried that stuff more than once :-P If you chew it properly though, your lips and mouth become nicely black and you can go run around screaming and scaring people. Tried that as well ;-)
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It would be funnier
if you run around screaming with burning charcoal in your mouth.
charcoal
bet it tastes better than chalk. anyway, how worse are your eating habits JC that you've had several bouts against gastritis?
In case you hadn't notice
it's not JC that's having gastritis. I'm such a busy body.
I actually have very good
I actually have very good eating habits. Must be the Chinese food I had the night before. Some sort of egg pudding with ground meat.
I have horrible eating habits
and rarely get problems :-P Junk food FTW!
I've nothing to say except
The more accurate word to use here is adsorb. Oh, and in this case, I bet Chin could give us a much more thorough explanation than I can ever hope to make up.
I'd make up an explanation
if I weren't so lazy.
Ah, yes, my bad
Indeed it's adsorption, not absorption.
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related but not really
Charcoal Toothpaste
Hmm
That's very interesting. I want some.
Eeeuuuwww they look kind of
Eeeuuuwww they look kind of gross and probibly leave a bad after taste
They are
completely tasteless.
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You bit it?
Even though you thought that it would probably taste like charcoal? :-/
What's wrong with you?
Let the Foodistas Guide YOU.
He did it
for the sake of science.
Yes yes
for the sake of science. I'm going to digest it anyway, might as well taste it.
Now who's science?
New girlfriend? :-P
Let the Foodistas Guide YOU.
Ah, yes
Chewing charcoal like a jackass is a great way to get girls.
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