Monday, 06 July 2009
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A Royal Affair
Durians, hate them or love them. As simple as that. This calorie packed, fat laden, aromatically-pungent-from-a-mile-away fruit, is probably the unhealthiest of its kind. As far as I know, pple have nearly died from having too much of it. High in calories, sugar, fat...yeaap, all the bad stuff. Smells really horrible too. As much as I love durians, I have to say the durian burp is beyond that of a garlic burp.
Yet I can't wait for the durian season to come rolling in once a year. My favorite kind is the durian kampung. Kampung meaning village and these trees are not in the plantation, neither grafted nor altered genetically. They are the real mccoy!! And the plus side is that since they aren't planted for commercial purposes, most of the trees are pesticide free.
The weekend before last, I had a lil durian picking adventure at my aunt's place. Picking as in, pick the durians off the ground, not from the trees. You see, durians are so royally anal that you have to WAIT for them to fall off the trees. It can be today, tomorrow, tonite, in the morning, 3pm, 6.28am. No one knows. If you hear the resounding "thud", u're in for a big treat.
See those lovely things dangling high up in the tree. You don't wanna be where I was standing when they start falling.
Damn, I bloody miss the creamy flesh.
The other funny thing abt this king of fruits is that u can stuff ur face full, get so sick of it and swear off durians for the rest of ur life, only to dream and salivate over the thought of them the very next day. It's soooooooooo bad it's sooooooo darn good.
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Comments (6)
droolings
Huh, I've never seen the inside of a durian before. Neat! Thanx for the info.
Dr J
@maniacsicko - Oh definitely!
@ThurzNite - U're welcome. U should taste it if u ever have the chance. Good stuff!
i remember trying these when i was 7 years old. It reminded me of old, cold cheeseburgers. howd you get used to the taste??
I've only heard of these fruits of the gods. Evidently they don't travel well since I've never seen them in the Asian markets here. I can't imagine something that smells awful but tastes good and burps bad. I guess I'll just have to travel to Asia in July.
@billy_likes_rice - Old cold cheeseburgers????? U sure they were durians, and not...old cold cheeseburgers?? Hmmm...well, like i said..u either hate it or love it. Strange eh. Hahaha.
@judyrutrider - Yupz, they don't travel well. I once saw a durian in Buffalo but it was all bad, cracked open and the flesh was a deep brown color. Bleh..wonder y they still put it up in the "fresh produce" section. It belonged in the trash can really. Definitely one of the must-haves if u're in the area during the season.