Durian. Love it or hate it (most westerners hate it)?

[DemoTex]

Durian is a tropical fruit that smells like vomit. That makes it easy to find a durian stand in Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur. Raw durian has some toxic qualities (from my jungle survival training at Clark, AFB, in 1970). Mainly, it might raise the body temperature a degree or two. But cooked in a custard or an ice cream, it is sublime.

[flamingyouth]

1. I love it - once I learned to get past the smell while fresh

I tried to drink a soda with durian in it once, and it tasted like dirt. But I LOVE durian custard! YUMMM!

[salinen]

2. Could never get past that smell

[LoZoccolo]

3. Someone I know described the smell as that of a...

...White Castle cheeseburger. But that's cool with me, though I've never had it.

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[ForrestGump]

4. Could never get past that prickly part

But I have had it in some kind of dessert, long ago -- I remember that it was pretty good. I mean, not chocolate, but what is?

My question is...who was the first person who decided that eating this prickly hand grenade of doom would be a good idea?

[DemoTex]

5. A hungry person.

That's why it was introduced to us - potential shoot-downs in Laos - at the Clark AFB Jungle Survival School.

[AgadorSparticus]

6. i can only tolerate it in a custard or ice cream too. otherwise, no way.

it's too pungent.

[pippin]

7. According to George Bernard Shaw

it's like eating cutard while seated on the john.

[DemoTex]

8. The Singapore subway system bans durians

So, don't dare to carry a durian on the subway in Singapore. Could get you caned, at Chaingi Prison, like Michael Fay.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Brazil has something very similar called jaca.

It smells like diarrhea. Once I was at some friend's house and I could SWEAR their toilet was overflowing. It wasn't -- there was a plate wit pieces of jaca that people were very naturally eating. EWWWWWW! :puke:

Here are the nasty things. Some of those are as big as two basketballs put together.