On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 11:52:42 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> We bought it because it's so odd looking. Like the frankenstein
>> monster of fruits. The cashier asked if we'd ever had it before,
>> nope, but she liked it, being a vegan.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ybwlb389
>>
>> Well, we tried it. The vegans can have my share. Does everyone
>> know what this is on sight? We had to check the label.
>>
>> nancy
>
>Durian. Not normally seen in slices. The yellow custard-like part is
>what you eat. Durian is a bit like liver. You either love it, or hate
>it. Rarely any middle ground.

I had it once. I could handle the smell and the flavour. I only
developed a problem with it when I could still smell it 2 days later
in the room where we had it.

>It smells like a well used midden

dung heap (learn something new every day)

>on a hot summer day and tastes like
>pure manna. The taste this time is not related to the smell which is
>odd. Use a disposable spoon or wrap your hands in plastic bags when
>eating it.

And have it outside.