They have a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking. You have an LP that beguiles, teases, sweetens, and often throbs in popcraft. The first taste is bitter, but it sweetens upon chewing. The juice sweetens the taste and takes the edge off the alcohol. The flesh sweetens as the fruit opens out fully. The fruit's taste is sharp at first but sweetens later. Many people often cook the mushrooms with butter because it "sweetens" them. The lack of a monthly subscription fee only sweetens the deal. She sweetens the deal with a $25,000 bonus for solving the case.