Comments on: Meet The Betels

By: marknevelow

marknevelow — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:12:00 +0000

In reply to Susan. I'd answer, but the keyboard is covered in drool.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:26:15 +0000

In reply to marknevelow. 1500 micrograms?! Is that why you are the way you are?

By: marknevelow

marknevelow — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 21:13:07 +0000

In reply to Kathy B. 100% agreed. But I wouldn't have passed on the journey. It was getting to the disappointment that was entertaining, not the disappointment itself.

By: Kathy B

Kathy B — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:32:31 +0000

Betel nut is totally not worth the effort – there are so, so many better (and easier) ways to get high. Slaked lime tastes loathsome and wrecks your teeth. My “one and done” experience with betel nut was while waiting out a sudden downpour in Yap. Random guy standing next to me offered me some, so, being polite and curious, I tried it and had basically the same experience as Mark. In a word, it’s gross. Maybe a mild imaginary high, but not worth it.

By: marknevelow

marknevelow — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:13:43 +0000

In reply to El Steppie. Disappointed? Gutted. I worked hard for that experience and was cheated. I think a betel nut cocktail would be ghastly. The slaked lime is nasty stuff. Also, while you can get betel nuts in the US, I'm not sure you can get them fresh, and I was unable to determine whether dried betel nuts would work. So, not clear that the buzz is available in the US. More research would be necessary. If it mattered. But Nef got a buzz, so maybe it does matter. Just not to me.

By: El Steppie

El Steppie — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:30:51 +0000

I feel like Bob could try making some kind of betelnut shrub or aperitif. Were you disappointed that you didn’t get more buzzed from the nuts?