Text 12566, 42 rader
Skriven 2008-08-23 17:44:36 av Carol Shenkenberger (18900.cooks)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson (18662.cooks)
Ärende: COOKING ECHO PICNIC 80819
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 >  CS> Not fully ripe by my standards but enough of it was soft custard to be
 >  CS> useful.  Seeds dumped as we had more flesh than we could eat!  We ate
 >  CS> about 1/2 of it and it was a large one (3 lobed).
 > 
 > Yesterday I saw some of Janis's pictures of your durian.  It appeared
 > to be quite small for a mornthong - my guess only about 1 kg.  The
 > flesh was paler than the 3 kg, 5 lobed ripe one I shared with friends
 > here at about the same time, which indicated that yours was not quite
 > ripe. Also, the presence of a knife and chopper in one picture
 > indicated that a caesarean had been performed on it.  :)

Hehe actually I seemed to have been distracted when it was opened so didnt
see that.  I think it was Mloo and Dave who did the honors?

 > As the fruit is kept frozen to transport it from Thailand, it normally
 > needs to be defrosted 2 or 3 days before eating.  Ripeness is indicated

We had but one day of hanging in the yard but it was defrosted when I got it.



 > The first time I met durians was in Indonesia, when I had hired a car
 > to take me and a friend from Jogjakarta to the temple at Borobodur -
 > about a one hour journey in the tropical heat.  While we were there,
 > our driver asked if we minded if he bought durians to take back to the
 > city with us.  In my ignorance I wondered why he bothered to ask
 > permission.  I soon found out, as the smell permeated through the car
 > and we suffered it for the next hour!   That put me off durians for a
 > couple of years, until I was given a couple of them, and screwed up my
 > courage and actually ate them.  Since then, my addiction has grown.

I think I heard of them here first before going to asia.  Once there, I found
them every time i could (if i had a partner who was interested or at least
accepting of my bad habit!).

The best ever was along some outdoor vendor place, I think Korea but might
have been Thailand, on a heat stroke sort of day.  Guessing 115F.  It was so
soft and creamy and slightly alcoholic?
            xxcarol
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