That's cool

Thanks, *hands some durian* Want some?

I’ve never had a durian before

The putrid smell can't be explained

I’ve heard they smell very bad

That is true, though some of us just love it!

Maybe I’ll have to try it

the fruit is an enigma. many questions without answers

who decided to eat it first?
why did they think it was edible?
why does it have a sharp wooden husk, weigh 3 to 10 lbs and fall 130 feet when ripe,making durian farming incredibly dangerous?

what does it smell like?

what does it taste like?

these questions were not asked by me when i first tried it. the only thing i thought was, where is the dragon fruit in this hmart? then i saw it, in a cooler, frozen solid. i thought, hey its that kickball from mario sunshine.

so i bought one. knowing nothing about the fruit. in the ride home i held the mesh that contained it. and wondered why the car began smelling of socks. then we got home. the durian was set on the dining room table. at this time for some reason, the dogs began randomly vomiting everywhere.

i decided id let it thaw overnight. and cut it in the morning after my psychiatrist appointment. my doctor had lived in thailand for a few years unbeknownst to me and my mom, and when we told her about our acquisition, her face got a look of shellshock on it.

then i learned the truth about durian. in thaiand theyd have truckloads of it and passerby would be wretching and puking from them driving by.

upon discovering this we knew we would have to open it outside. we also discerned why the dogs were sick.

so i got home. I took it outside, and i stabbed the seam with a knife. the odor hit my nose. an unforgettable durian odor. a medley of sewage and rotten onions. then i tasted it. it was a fruit made of french onion dip. so i had my brother try some by bringing the durian inside. where i learned another truth about it. the smell is like the water wraith from pikmin 2. its inanother dimension that overlaps our own, able to permeate any solid barrier, and stick to them aswell. for the rest of the night we were trapped in the living room, the smell of the fruit on the dining room table had cornered us.

it took my mom 3 days to eliminate the odor. 3 days of bleaching the site upon which it sat.

as a side effect, i found the smell of skunk refereshing. anything smelled better than that spiky nightmare

many moons later i held a seminar on exotic fruit at my school. i brought durian to this. it was interesting to stab it and pass it around and see people react to the aroma. some hated it, some loved it. but the taste was the bizzare part.

some said it was avocado some said custard, others banana, others onion. the fruit with the other dimensional aroma capable of pennetrating plastic wrap 3 layers of tupperware a tape cocoon and a styrofoam cooler, tasted and smelled completely different to everyone who tried it.

tl dr, Durian is an experience. its used in numerous asian desserts, and you won't knowif you like or hate it until you try it

It smells worse than I would’ve thought. If it smells like socks and it made your dogs vomit, clearly it smells bad. Especially when you say that it smells like sewage and rotten onions. If I’m able to get past the smell, I would try it.

lol, as I said, it tastes and smells different to everyone.

Yeah

I just had some durian coconut milk yesterday, really liked it! I dunno if I could handle the pure fruit though!

Well you should try it! ^^

If I can find just a little bit, I will ^^

Have see it in an Asian grocery store but don't dare touch it.

*touch*

even mario kicks them

I tried it when i was in the Philippines :)

Your reaction?

Not as i expected.

Knew it!

Knew what?

Can't handle the smell right?

It's actually the taste i don't like :)

Oh, a bit fatty doesn't it?

I expected it to be something similar to pineapple because they look similar.

Lol

So, what do You think of durians?

Love em

Both

Someone has to do that too :)

I have never actually tasted durian; just being in the same building as it was bad enough. 🤢

Then you're the dog's mood.

I haven’t tried it, but i want to, but im worried I won’t get past its stink

Then cover your nose