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- From: "Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:45:48 -0400
According to Chinese people I've talked to, cheese is often disgusting to Chinese, and chocolate is considered unappealing to many older Chinese women.
-- Ginda
mIEKAL aND wrote:
The best thing about durian, in my humble opinion, is how quickly it spells out the cultural differences between the American taste buds & Asian cultures. I've had a number of Asian friends over the years who do think durian is the king of fruits. It would be interesting to discover what flavors from North America make them retch.
~mIEKAL
On Sep 17, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Ginda Fisher wrote:
I saw fresh durian for sale in Boston's Chinatown on Monday. I didn't have the courage to buy it, though. I have a very strong sense of smell, and while I often enjoy sour, bitter, or astringent foods I don't generally like ill-scented ones.-- Ginda
Hector Black wrote:
We saw a durian at an asian market in either Seattle or Vancouver. I'd heard it described as the "Queen of tropical fruits" and bought one, packaged nicely in a net bag. We took it up to our hotel room, everyone gathered around with great expectation as my son-in-law took a knife to open it. There were these balls of custardy creamy white stuff inside the firmer flesh. But the odor permeated the whole room in no time. Smelled like sh*t, The only one who could get it past the nose was my son-in-law who can't smell at all. We didn't know what to do with it - had to get it out of the room as the odor was sickening. Wrapped it in plastic and paper several times and dropped it off . Now I understand why some hotels in the orient have signs reading "No durians allowed". hector black middle tn----- Original Message -----
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[NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Hilborn . E, 09/16/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Kevin Moore, 09/16/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 09/17/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Stephen Sadler, 09/17/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Hector Black, 09/17/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Ginda Fisher, 09/17/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?, mIEKAL aND, 09/17/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?, Ginda Fisher, 09/17/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?, Stephen Sadler, 09/17/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?, Kieran &/or Donna, 09/17/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits? Cross cultural dislikes, loneroc, 09/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits? Cross cultural dislikes, Lisa Almarode, 09/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits? Cross cultural dislikes, Judson L. Frisk, 09/18/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Ginda Fisher, 09/17/2009
- [NAFEX] Cross cultural dislikes; Maple? Blech!, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 09/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Cross cultural dislikes; Maple? Blech!, Naomi Counides, 09/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: Cross cultural dislikes; Now, Plum wine, Lon J. Rombough, 09/18/2009
- Re: [NAFEX] Was: Cross cultural dislikes; Now, Plum wine, Kieran &/or Donna, 09/19/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Hector Black, 09/17/2009
- [NAFEX] Peanut butter, Dr. Lucky Pittman, 09/18/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Stephen Sadler, 09/17/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Kieran &/or Donna, 09/17/2009
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Re: [NAFEX] King of fruits?,
Kevin Moore, 09/16/2009
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