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Feb 13, 2011 at 7:49 pm #1269136
I know there are a couple of you guys who loooovvveeee Durian Fruit so I had to post that you can get it freeze-dried now ;-)
http://importfood.com/current021411.htmlFeb 13, 2011 at 9:28 pm #1696403Feb 14, 2011 at 9:13 am #1696510Durian should be sold with nose plugs. Just saying.
Feb 14, 2011 at 9:41 am #1696515Do you suppose that FD durian is odor-free until it is rehydrated? After that, maybe it could serve as a SUL bear deterent. At least it should keep other hikers from pitching their tents anywhere near yours.
I still think you are an imp for posting that, Sarah. Want to start another flame war, or what? An imp, for sure. But I think I'll buy some anyway…
Feb 14, 2011 at 10:44 am #1696542I spent two years living in West Africa, and traveled the world after. The nastiest stuff I ever ate by a long shot was Durian while in Bali about 10 years ago. Durian made me sicker than anything I can remember. Why people consider this a delacacy is beyond even my far ranging sense of appetite, which led me to consume a lot of strange stuff in my world travels. To each their own.
Feb 14, 2011 at 5:18 pm #1696746AnonymousInactive"The nastiest stuff I ever ate by a long shot was Durian while in Bali about 10 years ago. Durian made me sicker than anything I can remember."
You probably got a rotten one. They have a rather different sense of humor in that part of the world, especially when it comes to round eyes.
"Why people consider this a delacacy is beyond even my far ranging sense of appetite, which led me to consume a lot of strange stuff in my world travels."
It's an acquired taste for most, if they're ever going to like it. Me? It was love at first bite.
"To each their own." Always.
AND THANK YOU SARAH!!!!! A special Happy Valentines Day to you.
Feb 14, 2011 at 5:43 pm #1696757I was thinking of ya, Tom! :-D
Feb 14, 2011 at 6:01 pm #1696760I'm with Tom on this one!
Feb 14, 2011 at 7:11 pm #1696778AnonymousInactive"I was thinking of ya, Tom! :-D"
Bless yer heart, young lady. You've made an old man's dreary winter day a little brighter. ;-))
Feb 20, 2011 at 9:54 pm #1699385I was cured of EVER wanting to eat durian when I served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines. I was in a "bus", you know, the kind that has handmade wooden construction from the windshield back, with only thin plywood for "windows" to raise when it rains. The kind with wooden seats spaced close enough for double amputees. The kind with pigs and chickens inside. The kind that break down most often in the rain.
Well this day it was raining, constantly, and I was in the bus with the "windows" closed. As we lurched down the dirt road I began to smell this gagging stench emanating from the front of the bus. Upon discreet inquiry I discovered two old ladies up front were eating fresh durian. As we bounced our way southward the stench got very bad and finally other Filipinos could no longer stand it either and requested that they toss the remains out the winhdow, which, thankfully, they did.
Meanwhile I'm now soaked B/C I had to open my "window" to breathe. But better soaked with rain than my own vomit.
So now I can't even abide durian candy (yes, they make that stuff) :(~.
Feb 20, 2011 at 11:23 pm #1699416The smell stops being problematic after the first time eating the fruit. That was my experience.
Now I Love the stuff, especially ice cold, durian milk shakes or blended with ice. I hate the tropics, but when I'm there, sweltering humidity and ice cold durian go hand in hand.
Feb 20, 2011 at 11:26 pm #1699417"I was in a "bus", you know, the kind that has handmade wooden construction from the windshield back, with only thin plywood for "windows" to raise when it rains."
That sounds like a Jeepney.
Hey, they weren't elegant, but they got us around, and they were cheap.
–B.G.–
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