User blog comment:Plainblack/Blackbeard, the Enigma/@comment-6920514-20130904150642/@comment-5640399-20130904184423

It's very possible that digesting the fruit isn't even necessary, the act of eating is likely the trigger. I mean, it's not like some oddly magical protein configuration is turning you into lightning. Probably, you could bite one, spit it all out cos it tastes like dirt and stil-

If they're normal fruits originally, then it's the power that makes them taste so bad? Hmm... why d'ya suppose that is?