Durian ANyone?

Definitely errielle, I am a durian freak. When someone around is opening a durian, yes, it is the strong and unique smell that I couldn’t resist and want to take it immediately. I like the raw fruit which its flesh is creamy, yellowish and a bit bitter. It is the king of the fruits in my place. You can also take it together with plain rice with a little bit of salt and water added to it. Yummy...yummy...

Hello there. I absolutely love durian too. It's my favorite fruit. To me, it's not smelly at all. The taste is heavenly. In my country, we have many desserts that use durian as the main ingredient. I personally love durian puffs and durian cakes.

Yes, I like durian very much, only it is expensive.And marang, when I was in Cebu, I eat lots of them. But here in Manila... duh... its good if there are trade fairs, I can buy them at affordable price... I can consume the whole fruit, even hoe big they are alone. lol... do you have some?

Come to my country..Lotsa of durians here. hehe! I dont really quite like the smell of it. But I think i have tasted it when i was a kid. I forgot. When I grow up..because of the smell of it..I try to keep away from the fruit just that. But many people said it's the best fruit on earth! I can quote a friend saying,"You never really get to live,,,until you taste Durina!" One fo these days.. i am planning to eat it. I pray to God I will!

I just love durians. I can eat lots and lots of durians until I have sore throat.

errielle, I love eating durian but due to the high cost of this fruit, I seldom able to have the chance to taste this wonderful fruit. Durian have thick thorns and if you are not careful, will hurt your fingers or hands. The durian when not fully ripe, you will have a hard time splitting it up using even an axe but just wait until the spacing of the thorns became more prominent and the aroma is at the greatest, then you could easily pry open the durian fruit along the natural seams just by standing on it and the fruit will be easily split at its seams. Usually the fruit consisted of 6 to 8 seams. The meat of the durian is very tasting that you can eat you heart out and realizing you can finish the whole fruit. Durian in other countries also have different tinge of taste and consistency. What I doesn't like is the durian with thick skin leaving a few meat to savor and those with a lot of fibers. I prefer lighter durian fruit usually under 1 kilo. The heavier durian fruit the more the tendency that you are buying more skin than meat. Although other members of my household doesn't share the same zest that I have with Durian, just seeing me eat durian with gusto, they just let me be. Durian by the way is rich in cholesterol (don't know wheter good or bad cholesterol)just don't try eating the whole fruit in one sitting. The aroma of durian is very enticing that if you are not careful you will end up finishing the whole fruit. I am now trying to grow durian in my backyard. With all this discussion, I am now savoring the taste of durian from my memory. More power. ferritic

I'm definitely for durian, I like everything about it. But I admit, I kind of puked during my first encounter with it!;) Now, I'm a sucker for it. That's why I always remember this phrase that was told to me by those who also tasted it, "the fruit that smells like HELL but tastes like HEAVEN!" It sure is, that's why DURIAN is the KING of all fruits!=)