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My first one using a picture from one of my companies add's. Copyrighted pic ...hehe $10 is a deal, I just ordered mine.
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What is a durian?
Well...simply put, Durian is a fruit: a big, green thorny fruit. But wait, it is not just another exotic and expensive fruit from South East Asia. In fact, it is considered "King of the Fruit" throughout the region. Personally, I think that is an understatement of the millenium. In fact, the actual status of Durian is "THE GOD OF ALL FRUIT!". No kidding! Yeah, yeah, I know, some (unadventurous) people would rather die than to smell the STINK of a durian. Heck, a few countries even BAN the presence of durian in selected public spots due to its offensive smell (that, to me, is a hopeless rule just like outlawing a fart, when we know that it is such a pleasure and EVERYBODY secretly doing it!).
Some Westerners have described the experience of eating the durian as "like eating custard in a public lavatory". Durian is also used to flavour sweets such as candy and ice cream.
Richard Sterling, as quoted in The Travelling Curmudgeon, says: "... its odor is best described as pig-sh*t, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia."
I'm sorry, but I was crying when I was typing this and about fell out of my chair.
Well...simply put, Durian is a fruit: a big, green thorny fruit. But wait, it is not just another exotic and expensive fruit from South East Asia. In fact, it is considered "King of the Fruit" throughout the region. Personally, I think that is an understatement of the millenium. In fact, the actual status of Durian is "THE GOD OF ALL FRUIT!". No kidding! Yeah, yeah, I know, some (unadventurous) people would rather die than to smell the STINK of a durian. Heck, a few countries even BAN the presence of durian in selected public spots due to its offensive smell (that, to me, is a hopeless rule just like outlawing a fart, when we know that it is such a pleasure and EVERYBODY secretly doing it!).
Some Westerners have described the experience of eating the durian as "like eating custard in a public lavatory". Durian is also used to flavour sweets such as candy and ice cream.
Richard Sterling, as quoted in The Travelling Curmudgeon, says: "... its odor is best described as pig-sh*t, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia."
I'm sorry, but I was crying when I was typing this and about fell out of my chair.
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I like to think it smells like rotten garbage,and tastes like ice cream. Until the smell over powers the taste . It took me 3 YEARS to get used to the smell enough to not open all the windows when my wife gets one. She made me eat a whole section so I could get my exhaust, I almost puked I can nibble a small piece now. Actually the best way to describe it is , it taste like an awesome fruit, that is going rotten in your mouth within seconds believe it or not, it's a delicasy. my wifes family just calls it stinky fruit
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