My botany professor had us try durian in lab today

[TimeChaser]

:puke:

I swear, the smell is still clinging to my clothes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

[Redstone]

1. Ah, durian. Forget the smell, how did you like the taste? Damn good, wasn't it?

Redstone

[TimeChaser]

3. Unfortunatly,

the smell so filled the air it was hard to taste anything :(

[Kutjara]

2. If you can get past the smell...

...durian is pretty tasty. It needs to be fresh, though.

[Redstone]

7. Oh, yeah. Kinda like a banana custard with vanilla in it, is the way I remember it.

Redstone

[Kutjara]

10. That's a very good description.

The stuff that's processed and packaged in plastic pouches as a snackfood is unspeakable, though. They sell it throughout Southeast Asia and I defy anyone not raised on the stuff from childhood to keep it down.

[Redstone]

11. Holy shit, I've never seen that, but I believe it must be vile. I was in SE Asia in 1972, so

I guess my time there predated the packaged stuff.

Durian is remarkably like pawpaw; not only in taste but also in the fact that it processes and ships VERY poorly. If you want to eat pawpaw, you HAVE to go down South when it's in season.

Redstone

[Bear down under]

28. The classic description is ...

... "eating peaches and cream with cinnamon while standing in an open sewer."

I have bought durian here in Sydney and not found the smell all that dreadful. Perhaps the variety we grow (in north Queensland) has been bred for less smell? I confess to thinking the flavour over-rated; I'd rather have an Alphonso mango any day.

[mzteris]

31. kinda like garlic, onion, honey

and gasoline along with some crap (literal) thrown in.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear TimeChaser!

The things you go through to get an education!

Hang in there, baby.........:hug:

[TimeChaser]

5. Oh the rest of the lab was great

Two rooms filled with fruits, veggies and other crop plants from around the world. Lots of things to touch, poke, smell and taste. I love that kind of learning.


I just could have done without the durian...

[eppur_se_muova]

32. "Other" crop plants? How liberal is your professor?

Just wonderin' ...

[Squatch]

6. I freaking love durian.

My wife, OTOH, can't stand it.

[Generic Brad]

8. I have never gotten past the smell

Ah, I still remember the smell of the durian I once tossed into a dumpster on a 90 degree day. The smell permeated the neighborhood and was reminiscent of the smell of a thousand soiled diapers. It was not pleasant.

[Rabrrrrrr]

9. Tasty! But yes, very very smelly.

I remember reading in the paper a year or so ago about some airlines in the south pacific area making a "no durian" rule on flights.

[Redstone]

12. Oh, God, yes. A durian in an overhead rack is indeed an act of terrorism.

Redstone

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. Put a little Limburger behind your ears, open a carton of natto,

and let that durian sit by the heat vent...

[Redstone]

15. Let it sit by the heat vent, right next to the dead body...

Redstone

[KamaAina]

14. Your lab's not near the Singapore subway, is it?

Hmmm... no fine listed for durians... maybe just a good old-fashioned caning??

[GoneOffShore]

16. Durian ICE CREAM!!!!!!

:headbang:

Totally rocks!!

[TimeChaser]

17. No thanks

I'll stick with my beloved azuki bean ice cream :D

[GoneOffShore]

20. Try it at a Vietnamese or Thai restaurant

After the Seven courses of Beef or the Beef Jerky Salad with Papaya.

The smell is gone and all that remains is this really amazing taste.

[flamingyouth]

18. Ugh - I don't like the taste either

But maybe it was the smell that got to me. Shudder.

[TimeChaser]

22. Yeah,

the smell was sort of overpowering all other senses :puke:

[XemaSab]

19. Haw haw!

You science major you!!!! :o

I spent the day at a workshop, the culmination of which was analyzing project impacts to climate. :banghead:

[TimeChaser]

21. Fun

Oh, I'm officially tired of chemistry :(

[XemaSab]

23. Join the club

I wish I had learned it better, but it's a dry subject. :P

[TimeChaser]

24. I've had chemistry or chem lab every weekday since late August

(except for breaks, naturally). We're doing different kinds of equilibrium equations now, but it just seems like the same thing over and over.

[XemaSab]

25. That sucks.

I have really no idea how I got through general or organic chemistry. :P

[sakabatou]

26. At least it's not as bad as this:

Amorphophallus titanum, or the stink flower.

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. I LOVE durian candy!

:bounce:

[unpossibles]

29. I've never eaten it but have smelled it

keep in mind that I am an "adventurous eater" (my wife describes it as "garbage disposal"... lol), but I can't get past what I thought smelled like a foot up someone's ass for a week.

[mzteris]

30. That's abuse!

I'd report him....

OMG that is the NASTIEST STUFF ON THE PLANET! (Worse than sauerkraut or rutabagas!)

My 13 yo son gave my 8 yo son a piece in the car a few weeks ago. Why he ever put it in his mouth after smelling it, I'll never know. He promptly spit it out and we had to roll down the windows (and it was snowing!) He said he'd rather suck on dirty socks than ever eat that stuff again.