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Durian: Good or bad?

Durians, good or bad?

  • Good

    Votes: 4 17.4%

  • Bad

    Votes: 11 47.8%

  • ?

    Votes: 8 34.8%
  • Total voters
    23
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The durian is a staple of Asian (and, by extension, Japanese) culture. A pointy, fowl-smelling, and rather polarizing staple. I was a little curious as to the popularity of this curious fruit, so, I figured I'd start a poll.

I, quite personally, love this fruit to death, and I am not quite afraid to sing of its praises. In fact, every time I go to the smoothie joint, I regularly get myself one, although let's just say I can always tell when they're preparing it. I've had it raw, too, ended up alienating all my friends over the course of a week.
 
I pretty much hate it, I really can't stand the smell of it, and I just run into my room when my mom just cracks it open. I'd probably like it if it didn't smell.
 
To be honest, I've never heard of them until I played Super Mario Sunshine. I have yet to smell or taste them.
 
One of the world's most acquired tastes, it is. The most of any durian I've ever had was a durian-flavored gummy candy (and at that, I couldn't know whether the flavor was artifical or natural, the packaging having been in Japanese), and I couldn't say I hated it, but also, I can barely remember what it tastes like.
 
I'm pretty sure I've only had it once. But I also had durian gummies recently, and that's what I based it off.
 
I think I've seen a reference to those in the DonaldDuck once (or was it somewhere else?).

I have never tasted one myself though.

also, lol @ this:

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Its fun to kick 'em around like soccer balls like in Super Mario Sunshine lol but they also taste good when I want to eat their insides.
 
Like Hikaru said, durians are pretty much acquired tastes. I have to admit that I really... really... do not like them. If there's anything that made me gag more than a radish, it was that.
 
I have never had one, although I've seen them for sale at an international grocer that I sometimes go to. Been a bit curious though.
 
I've never had the pleasure of smelling or tasting one. The Vietnamese supermarket I go to sells them though and they are painful to hold. That's about all I can tell you I know about Durians. xD
 
Iron Mask Marauder said:
It smells like a slaughterhouse and tastes like dying hope.

So bad.
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That just tempts me to want to try it. I've always wondered what "dying hope" would taste like.

I may or may not have had it when I was younger since I ate a bunch of stuff that I didn't know.
 
Mijzelffan said:
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Yes, the smell is that foul, in certain countries, you cannot haul them into various establishments.
I seriously believe it would have been my crowning moment if I convinced my high school to ban them. I don't think there's a precedent for that kind of thing.
 
Excessive Spare Time said:
The durian is a staple of Asian (and, by extension, Japanese) culture. A pointy, fowl-smelling, and rather polarizing staple. I was a little curious as to the popularity of this curious fruit, so, I figured I'd start a poll.

I, quite personally, love this fruit to death, and I am not quite afraid to sing of its praises. In fact, every time I go to the smoothie joint, I regularly get myself one, although let's just say I can always tell when they're preparing it. I've had it raw, too, ended up alienating all my friends over the course of a week.
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Ehhh, Durians aren't staples in Japan? Rice is the primary staple of Asian diet in China/Japan and most Asian countries. They may be popular there, but surely not part of daily diet.

In Thailand and the Indochina nations is where I think the Durian much more belongs as a staple, or regularly eating food.


btw,
THEY ARE DISGUSTING! I tried one once, I sampled from an Asian Supermarket long time ago, it gives off this disgusting gluey/bitter/dense taste :-(
 
It's not that durians aren't staples in Japan necessarily, but rather, they aren't staples of Asia as a whole.
 
I agree, Durian is not a staple Asian food. It's not even known in the whole "Asia". It's only native to South East Asia & it's not even that "staple" in there. I mean they can still have meals without Durian. Durian is just a seasonal fruit. That's why there are candies and ice creams made from Durian.
 
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