wow it is.....
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vesper818
Nearly Pacifist
Does that thing come with instructions?
David3
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Looks like durian! The edible pods are surrounded by the white layer of sticky, fibrous latex. In order to cut up the durian to remove the edible parts, you have to coat the knife with vegetable oil (the oil softens the latex and keeps it from sticking).
I've had durian before (first and last time). It's very popular in Asia, but it's kind of like eating a very sweet fruit while sitting in an outhouse. Stinky!
In Thailand, some hotels have signs that prohibit eating durian in the building:
Oops! 
It is durian! I've never tried it
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It is durian! I've never tried it
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My sniffer isn't very sensitive, so one of these days I'd like to try durian.
.................Or maybe not.
OK. I do love almost all fruit (cantaloupe-type melons being the sole exception so far- and I don't hate them- I just won't buy or grow them). Durian would be interesting and very memorable, at least. But I can imagine my resolve to try it failing at the first whiff!!!! Oddly enough, I read someplace that they had developed a variety of Durian that didn't have that disgusting smell- but it didn't catch on. 
.................Or maybe not.
OK. I do love almost all fruit (cantaloupe-type melons being the sole exception so far- and I don't hate them- I just won't buy or grow them). Durian would be interesting and very memorable, at least. But I can imagine my resolve to try it failing at the first whiff!!!! Oddly enough, I read someplace that they had developed a variety of Durian that didn't have that disgusting smell- but it didn't catch on.
