North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Hector Black <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

Hi Sam,
     We found one at a market in Vancouver and I was excited to try the 
"queen of tropical fruits"   We brought it to our hotel room (I've heard of 
hotel signs that read "no dogs or durians").  The moment we cut it the smell 
was really bad.  My son-in-law who has lost his sense of smell tried it and 
liked it, but the rest of us couldn't get it past our noses.  I remember we 
had a real problem disposing of it - had to get it out of our room.  Several 
plastic bags did the trick.    Hector
On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/23/2013 10:47:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> sam.brungardt@state.mn.us writes:
> 
>> I though others on this list might enjoy a website devoted to a 
>> controversial fruit, the durian: 
>> http://www.yearofthedurian.com/p/durian-recipes.html .
>> 
>> It has a very thorough review of the durian, how to open it, recipes, 
>> cultivar info, etc.
>> 
> 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> In my travels I've had the opportunity to experience durian several times. 
> The first when in China. We walked past a fruit stand in a market and the 
> clerk spoke English. He asked if I wanted to buy one with a grin on his 
> face. 
> I smelled it which had a distinct odor of limburger cheese. I turned up my 
> noise and said no thanks.
> 
> The second time was in Thailand where we were the personal home guests of a 
> Physician and US educated nurse wife for dinner. They served traditional 
> Thai dishes and for desert, local fruits both fresh and prepared. Their 
> kitchen servant had pealed the durian which without the smell was very 
> eatable. 
> Barbara didn't care for it. 
> 
> As I understand it the USDA didn't permit durian being imported because of 
> the very unpleasant odor. There are breeding programs of durian to reduce 
> the limburger odor and improve taste and now the USDA has relaxed the 
> importation restriction of Durian. 
> 
> So if any members of this net see one in a store, hold your nose and 
> explore it. 
> 
> Jerry
> __________________
> nafex mailing list 
> nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> aubscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex
> message archives
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/nafex 
> Google message archive search:
> site: lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex [searchstring] 
> nafex list mirror sites:
> http://nafexlist.blogspot.com/
> http://groups.google.com/group/nafexlist
> https://sites.google.com/site/nafexmailinglist
> Avant Geared  http://www.avantgeared.com