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geoffm@u1.netgate.net (Geoff Miller) writes:

(about Durian)

>When I opened the can, the odor was nothing remarkable, sort
>of oniony/vinegary.  And the pieces tasted like nothing so
>much as those little cocktail onions, the ones that are used
>in Gibsons or sold canned and mixed with peas by Green Giant
>or S&W or whoever it is.  I still have yet to really grasp
>why durian is such a big deal in the Far East.


Durian is really different from oniony/vinegary puffs.  After,
or rather while, suffering through a bout of (ObT:) "Norwalk-like" 
virus in San Diego this past Thanksgiving, I returned home to find 
that my roommate had not only cut open and eaten half a durian in 
the kitchen after I'd asked him not to, but had put the leftover 
bits (goo-covered seed pods or something) in the garbage, and had 
not wiped off the cutting board or the knife.  The entire house 
reeked of what I'd characterize as "garbage", although 
"deliquescent carrion" might also be fair.  

My girlfriend tried durian in SE Asia, and basically said what
everyone else has said, which is that it smells horrible but
actually tastes pretty good.

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