@TexasUberAlles  
apparently we’re spartans.

@Pretty_cool_guy
 
I’ve heard it said that a tiny enough amount of cyanide in apple seeds is actually good to heal from cancer. Or am I remembering it a bit off-base? There are also reports of people eating apricot kernels - and I’ve eaten those too, they’re bitter - and those are said to be good for the same purpose; they also have some type of B vitamin in them according to what I read. This sounds like it goes hand in hand hoof in hoof with what @TexasUberAlles  
just said too.

CRITICAL UPDATE  
It turns out that balsamic vinegar can in fact make a fine cocktail; I made a Lazy Martini with some balsamic fig vinegar and extra Vermouth and it was a delightfully complex and subtle sweet flavor.
 
@Pretty_cool_guy  
Aloe is a “wonder drug” that can be used topically or taken internally without causing serious problems unless one is allergic to it or consumes it in unrealistic quantities; even water is toxic if you drink too much of it. Aloe is widely marketed for drinking as a vaguely defined health tonic. It tastes like feet to me, so I’ll keep it on the shelf with the other burn relief ointments myself.
 
cyanide  
Fun Fact™: Both olives and almonds were originally highly poisonous in the wild until being domesticated; the reason cyanide smells “like almonds” is that the cyanohydrin compounds which cause that smell are also what gives almonds their almondy flavor, and the original wild almonds had so much of it that eating even a few would cause a fatal production of hydrogen cyanide when reacting to stomach acid. It took an unknown number of generations of selective breeding and hybridization for ancient farmers to produce almonds that have the kind of cyanohydrins that taste like almonds, but not the the kind that produce hydrogen cyanide.
 
While the amounts are tiny and you’d have to eat an unrealistic quantity to be harmed by them, there’s actually cyanide in every fruit that has a pit– like cherries, peaches, and apples– and almost all tree nuts.

@BarryFromMars  
It’s cyanide in apple seeds. Arsenic’s a heavy metal, so if it was arsenic in apples then you’d end up getting all sorts of messed up problems down the line since your body wouldn’t process or clear it away.
 
I think aloe does something to your GI system like causes lesions or something, but I don’t know how much you need to eat to get that to happen.

@Pretty_cool_guy
 
I didn’t get a stomachache in the quantities of it I ingested nor did I end up sick from it that I noticed. Then again I also eat apple seeds in small quantities too (I mean those which are in apple cores and no more than that in a day); sure they have cyanide (or is it arsenic?) in them according to what I read, though it’s such a tiny amount that it doesn’t harm me.

@BarryFromMars  
Err, I’m pretty sure aloe is poisonous =/

@Pretty_cool_guy
 
It’s good for me, though I can see the point of not overdoing it. I also eat other stuff such as Aloe Vera Gel (it’s bitter, pungent and has a lasting aftertaste if you eat it straight) which can be had in capsule form (so it’s not tasted.) Some folks blend it with orange juice and when they get cuts it lets the cuts heal up quicker, in my experience.

@Pretty_cool_guy  
It’s pretty tasty actually… well, er, if you like pickles that is. ^^’

@Minus  
It’s wine vinegar that’s been reduced and concentrated so it’s much sweeter and has a much stronger flavor, and is fantastic on fresh vegetables; purple pickled stuff like eggs and onions and pigs’ feet usually just had beet juice or red food coloring added to the brine.
 
Come to think of it, balsamic vinegar could make an excellent flavor base for a gin or vodka cocktail; I’m-a hafta try that when I get home in the morning.

@TexasUberAlles  
I’ve been drinking vinegar from the pickle jars all my life and had my family constantly have a go at me for killing myself. Never thought to see if they had any health benefits, mostly because it never mattered enough when it tasted so good. But that is nice to know.
 
Balsamic vinegar though? I don’t think I’ve tried that yet. Unless they use that for pickled onions.

@Pretty_cool_guy  

WEAKLINGS

@TexasUberAlles  
I doubt it works that well if you vomit it all up, like anyone who isn’t a Spartan probably would.

@Pretty_cool_guy  
Apple cider vinegar full-a salt an’ garlic an’ habanero infusion is good fer what ails ya, sonny boy. Cold outta the fridge on a hot sweaty day it’s a heck of a thirstbuster; salt and vinegar are excellent electrolyte replacers, garlic and capsaicin both improve circulation, and capsaicin is an amazingly effective pain reliever and anti-inflammatory.

A balsamic reduction can make a surprisingly good ice cream topping.

@TexasUberAlles  
You straight up DRINK brine?!  

Balsamic vinegar is pretty great– especially made from cherries or figs– but I don’t think I’d be too keen on sluggin’ a glass of it.
 
…Pickle brine is still a damn fine electrolyte replacer after a hard day workin’ in the sun, though.

The description does say she doesn’t inhale through her nose, so maybe she’s not smelling it.

@Pretty_cool_guy  
yeah, that’s the look…

@OptimusPrimevil  

@Dirty Bit  
there should be another frame where she drinks it again anyway (like fry from futurama after he learned what his favorite drink is actually made from)

Pffhahahahahahaha! XD

@OptimusPrimevil
 
Classic cartoon logic :U

so she liked the taste until it was pointed out what it really was?