DRTYFN
02-10-2007, 08:24 AM
I sauted about 25 asparagus spears in butter for dinner tonight. Yes, I ate all of them myself. Normally asparagus gives me some fairly fragrant wizz, but tonight it smells like burning plastic and skunk. I'm pretty sure it could etch glass right now.:giggling::jump: :jump:
Here's why asparagus gives the stink wizz:
Some of the constituents of asparagus are metabolised and excreted in the urine, giving it a distinctive, mildly unpleasant odor. The smell is caused by various sulfur-containing degradation products (e.g. thiols and thioesters). Studies showed that about 40% of the test subjects displayed this characteristic smell; and a similar percentage of people are able to smell the odor once it is produced. There does not seem to be any correlation between peoples' production and detection of the smell. The speed of onset of urine smell is rapid, and has been estimated to occur within 15-30 minutes from ingestion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus
Here's why asparagus gives the stink wizz:
Some of the constituents of asparagus are metabolised and excreted in the urine, giving it a distinctive, mildly unpleasant odor. The smell is caused by various sulfur-containing degradation products (e.g. thiols and thioesters). Studies showed that about 40% of the test subjects displayed this characteristic smell; and a similar percentage of people are able to smell the odor once it is produced. There does not seem to be any correlation between peoples' production and detection of the smell. The speed of onset of urine smell is rapid, and has been estimated to occur within 15-30 minutes from ingestion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus