durian

Lavos on a half shell?

Hoo...I see that Sanae-san wants to eat some Durian, and I see that Kogasa-san does not want to try the King of Fruit.

Pre-translation: Either way is the same, Kogasa-san. Let's just obey Sanae-san and win the game. A whole new experience awaits you!

Actually Durian tastes REALLY good..
But yeah.. It smells like s**t.. ('_')

oh lol, where the heck did they found that Durian anyways? XD

Sanaewife is certainly bold.

I remember eating salmiak once, and it really is the worst tasting candy.

Long ago, I had an experience where some jerk in a family restaurant brought out some durian, and the place turned into pandemonium.

At any rate, there were some pretty weird events going on at this convention. :-) Sanae-san got totally fired up.

Tomorrow is the big day at Comiket for the Touhou crowd. I'll be waiting at Booth Ki-49a, Studio Hamachi-Gumi.

Reader-added tags include: "Crude fruit and nasty candy", "Better not hang in there, Kogasa-san", "However you struggle, it's despair", and "Damned (smell-wise) if you win, damned (taste- and life-wise) if you lose".

The survey looks for better alternatives:

Fruit sure is great!
• Apricots
• Chestnuts
• Cranberries
• Pomegranates
• Figs

All you have to do is get rid of the durian HUSK, and you'll be fine. From what I understand, the pulp has no stench at all.

As for the poll...Um, Mizuki? Why don't I see rambutans on there?

Pomegranates make for a good joke in Hungarian: the name translates, literally, to "grenade apple". Too bad they're not actually explosive...

Ow shet! DURIAN!? WHY DURIAN!? I HATE DURIAN!! Eventhough I'm a Southeast Asia People and my family like to eat it, WHY IT HAVE TO BE DURIAN!?!!? I got trauma over that fruit!

What? Hey, salmiak is awesome. Sure it may require genes from a particular range of european countries for it to be awesome, but then it's *awesome*.

Skyknight said:
Why don't I see rambutans on there?

Whoa there. :D
I like rambutans!

PanzerIV said:
WHY IT HAVE TO BE DURIAN!?!!? I got trauma over that fruit!

Because of the smell?

lily_white said:
What? Hey, salmiak is awesome. Sure it may require genes from a particular range of european countries for it to be awesome, but then it's *awesome*.

Yeah, but Japanese also think Root Beer and celery tastes weird.

PanzerIV said:
Ow shet! DURIAN!? WHY DURIAN!? I HATE DURIAN!! Eventhough I'm a Southeast Asia People and my family like to eat it, WHY IT HAVE TO BE DURIAN!?!!? I got trauma over that fruit!

trauma? just what did that tasty fruit does to you?

I didn't knew people disliked the taste of Salmiak. In Holland you have those small barrels where you can stick your finger in to keep licking it.

I'm a picky eater, and yet this game somehow ended up win-win for me. I don't mind durian, and am eating dubbel zout licorice right now.

BrotherJohn said:
trauma? just what did that tasty fruit does to you?

Well, durians are pretty large, spiky, and grow on tall trees. If one were to fall on someone, I could see it causing some trauma.

Kernel said:
Well, durians are pretty large, spiky, and grow on tall trees. If one were to fall on someone, I could see it causing some trauma.

Physically, and psychologically... but a part of me loves durian, just don't have to think about the smell too much.

Skyknight said:
All you have to do is get rid of the durian HUSK, and you'll be fine. From what I understand, the pulp has no stench at all.

Then you're mistakened. The smell is in the pulp. The husk, however, only smells because it has soaked up the smell.

It's a win-win for me, either way. Yum.

Also, there's a common joke about the durian in Thailand: If Isaac Newton was Thai, he wouldn't have discovered gravity. Guess why?

Well if you want durian Sanae-wife we have a lot here at the house from Davao and I ABSOLUTELY hate it! Even though dad and mom really likes it...
For the poll:

• Cranberries

I want to try that out is it good?

Salmiak licorice is some sort of Danish national candy and we love it. A few years ago, someone with something to say decided that the strongest salmiak licorice was too strong, so candymakers had to make it weaker. As a result, my favorite childhood licorice, the famous Haribo Piratos are no longer what they used to be.

Durian, the best fruit I've ever tasted. Lucky I lived in an SE Asian country where the durians are cheap.

I don't get why people dislikes it though. Even the smell is amazing.

It's a bit too sweet for my taste, but I like durian. The stench is evil, though.

Needs Surströmming and Hákarl as additional options.

Ah, the Durian. I love one of those, though the smell doesn't strike me much of horrible. Maybe I am too used to it I guess? :P

ZEROGRAVITY-A01! said:
Ah, the Durian. I love one of those, though the smell doesn't strike me much of horrible. Maybe I am too used to it I guess? :P

Same here. Mainly being me growing up eating it.

Darkagma said:
Needs Surströmming and Hákarl as additional options.

Seems every country has a food everyone else but themselves finds horribly disgusting.

Food of doom? I beg to differ. It's odor may be offensive to some people, but the content is far far far far far far far FAR away from horribly disgusting taste.

Some people finds durian a delicacies as much as some people to nattoo. The smell might not be pleasant to those people, but it has such amazing sweet taste and cotton-like texture, melting right away in your mouth and easy to swallow. Durian can be eaten right away, or be sauteed into another dessert. It's seed donates additional dishes if the cook has the recipes.

Let your tongue decide how good it actually is, and don't get deceived by your nose.

Yummy.

Durian and Blue Cheese were favorites in my home. The smell did start out pretty horrible, but it grows on you.

Let Sanae-san have her fun, Kogasa-san. If she wants to engage in the contest for your sake, then it's all the better, right? Just hope that she doesn't lose and try to take it out on you!

I'd say it would be a win-win for me. I'm always into trying out new and interesting things. I've never had durian or salmiak before, and I wouldn't mind trying them out. I'll try just about anything at least once.

For the poll, pomegranates. I haven't had them in a while, and they sure are delicious!

I love salmiak but I am a finn so that may be the reason. :P
Salmiak vodka, the greatest thing ever. No-one ever asks for a sip so I can have it all for myself ;)

Durian is actually supposedly really healthy for you to eat and, when eaten by someone who isn't used to it's effects, *ahem*... promotes love-life if you know what I mean.
Yeah, sudden increase in Libido, but let's not go there.

Appetentis said:

Because of the smell?

BrotherJohn said:
trauma? just what did that tasty fruit does to you?

Try eat Durian with Coca cola as the drink, and you know the rest orz

I guess durian is equivalent to the 22lb "widow maker" pinecones from australia. Death from above. lol

Never tried durian, but they didn't seem to smell bad when I came upon them before, Is it only when you open them?

PanzerIV said:
Try eat Durian with Coca cola as the drink, and you know the rest orz

are you attempting suicide or what?

anyway, i find durian to smell sweet, somewhat

Could be worse. He could be forced to eat sauerkraut.

Mamizou said:
I love salmiak but I am a finn so that may be the reason. :P
Salmiak vodka, the greatest thing ever. No-one ever asks for a sip so I can have it all for myself ;)

Let's break that trend. Gimme. *grabbyhands*

Oh, but how I wish. Sadly there's no store that imports salmiak vodka anywhere near here - it's almost impossible to just get the candies on their own.

The durian fruit tastes good in a pastry. It's tastes like onions and meat.

In my opinion, Durian taste AMAZING. Rightfully called the king of fruits in my opinion. My mother used to make Durian milkshakes when I was a kid.
I have no idea why people say it taste bad, it has a milky ice-cream like taste that just fluffy and taste so good. How is it a penalty I wonder.

salmiakki <3

I like durian, and I never found its smell as bad as people say it is. In fact, I don't even think it smells bad at all.

Fruits (lol).

I suspect that after eating durian you gradually get desensitized to the smell. It doesn't smell bad to me now, even though when I was a kid I used to hate it.

That, and some varieties of durian have almost no smell.

Now, if you leave it in a car, especially a hot car, that's a different story. I swear, even if you take the durian out of the car before it goes bad, the remaining SMELL DECOMPOSES ON ITS OWN, and your car smells like rotten durian afterwards. Don't ask me how that works.

PanzerIV said:
Try eat Durian with Coca cola as the drink, and you know the rest orz

Well, the result would be very obvious.

SinfireTitan said:
Could be worse. He could be forced to eat sauerkraut.

I'm from Milwaukee and I can't stand that stuff.

Astrojensen said:
Seems every country has a food everyone else but themselves finds horribly disgusting.

Possibly. It's balut over here. Not quite smelly, but the looks do turn off some people, but it does taste good, especially the juices.

SinfireTitan said:
Could be worse. He could be forced to eat sauerkraut.

Sauerkraut is great, especially uncooked.

Fruit sure is great!
• Apricots
• Chestnuts
• Cranberries
• Pomegranates
• Figs

I would eat all of the alternative fruit. However, what do "DURIAN" taste like?

truckingman said:
I would eat all of the alternative fruit. However, what do "DURIAN" taste like?

Creamy butter caramel.

Thank you ZEROGRAVITY-A01!.

ZEROGRAVITY-A01! said:
Creamy butter caramel.

Or taste like plain water with very little bit of sweetness if you pick the bad one

grand_zero said:
Durian is actually supposedly really healthy for you to eat and, when eaten by someone who isn't used to it's effects, *ahem*... promotes love-life if you know what I mean.
Yeah, sudden increase in Libido, but let's not go there.

I'm also confused why people say durian smells horrid. They're all missing out.

PanzerIV said:
Try eat Durian with Coca cola as the drink, and you know the rest orz

Whoa, full stop. That's plain suicidal.

Durian is really best eaten alone or washed down with water. Never, I repeat, NEVER attempt to eat durian with anything that can produce alcohol... Especially booze of all type. You're just asking for a bed in the comatose patient ward.

...OK, I may have exaggerated om that last part, but people have been sent to the ER for drinking beer with durian.

Dalveska said:
I guess durian is equivalent to the 22lb "widow maker" pinecones from australia. Death from above. lol

There's a cultivar that can actually be wielded like a morningstar. Don't try this at home.

Yeah durians smell horrible, but if you can bear the smell it's actually quite tasty.
And if you think durian is stinky enough already try Chou Tofu (stinky tofu), they smell like tofu in a pile of dung.

Appetentis said:
Actually Durian tastes REALLY good..
But yeah.. It smells like s**t.. ('_')

really? i thought durian doesn't smell that bad. i really like it! it tastes soo good! but, it's so expensive here... i have to beg to my parents to buy me when it's ripe (T_T)

Really? I like everything you've described on this page.
Salmiakki (I'm Finnish. May have something to do with this.)
Durian (Tastes good. The smell is pretty bad, but not the worst ever.)
Surströmming (Tasty, but please open it underwater or you'll never be able to sell your kitchen)
Sauerkraut (Has that nice vinegary flavor)
Hákarl (Tried once without knowing what it is. Wasn't exactly delicious but I managed to enjoy it.)