Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Anyone ever found a DURIAN??? I am still looking around here in Phoenix. Judy On 3/15/06, Jennifer <simplify wrote: > > Hi Tammy, > > Thanks for checking on the phase 1 breakfast ideas for me. > I'd really be interested in what others are doing or have > found to be appetizing. Your breakfast this morning sounded > interesting/good. I'll have to experiment! > > No, I haven't tried yacon yet--I think I heard it tastes > like caramel? Is that right? > > > Love and light, > > Jennifer > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 YES! You can find them in Asian markets. Mine was frozen. You can read about my adventure on my blog. Go to the top of the page and do a " Search This Blog " for durian. It will bring up every instance it's mentioned. I have pictures on there, too. Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Judy Cozza " <judycozza wrote: > > Anyone ever found a DURIAN??? > I am still looking around here in Phoenix. > Judy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 Continue you quest it will be worth the effort - Judy Cozza rawfood Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:59 PM [Raw Food] durians?? Anyone ever found a DURIAN??? I am still looking around here in Phoenix. Judy On 3/15/06, Jennifer <simplify wrote: > > Hi Tammy, > > Thanks for checking on the phase 1 breakfast ideas for me. > I'd really be interested in what others are doing or have > found to be appetizing. Your breakfast this morning sounded > interesting/good. I'll have to experiment! > > No, I haven't tried yacon yet--I think I heard it tastes > like caramel? Is that right? > > > Love and light, > > Jennifer > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 You live in phx? Hmm, have I seen you around before? Maybe the asian market on bell and 49th Ave (I think??) has durian? I have never see (or heard of it until now) it in that market, but i've only been there once before. I got 5 young coconuts there for 5 dollars last time. Pretty amazing, huh! jen - Judy Cozza rawfood Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:59 PM [Raw Food] durians?? Anyone ever found a DURIAN??? I am still looking around here in Phoenix. Judy On 3/15/06, Jennifer <simplify wrote: > > Hi Tammy, > > Thanks for checking on the phase 1 breakfast ideas for me. > I'd really be interested in what others are doing or have > found to be appetizing. Your breakfast this morning sounded > interesting/good. I'll have to experiment! > > No, I haven't tried yacon yet--I think I heard it tastes > like caramel? Is that right? > > > Love and light, > > Jennifer > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 I get durian at my local Asian market. Sometimes I can get the whole fruit, but usually I get the " meat " and both are always in the frozen section. Laws against fresh being brought into the country. Although, I have ordered it from some folks in CA and had it next day air to me (I'm in WA state). Cost me a fortune ($130 for 10 pounds), but it was my Christmas present to myself. Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it was really cold, but oh so good!!! Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I can relate to eating it in the carport. I took some to my son's place and I had to take it out on the deck to eat it and it was cold there, too! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote: > > I get durian at my local Asian market. Sometimes I can get the whole fruit, but usually I get the " meat " and both are always in the frozen section. Laws against fresh being brought into the country. Although, I have ordered it from some folks in CA and had it next day air to me (I'm in WA state). Cost me a fortune ($130 for 10 pounds), but it was my Christmas present to myself. > > Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it was really cold, but oh so good!!! > > Shari > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Are you saying that it stinks??? Well, then - what do they taste like? Should I even bother looking for one? I thought they were really good for you. Judy On 3/16/06, jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: > > I can relate to eating it in the carport. I took some to my son's > place and I had to take it out on the deck to eat it and it was cold > there, too! > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote: > > > > I get durian at my local Asian market. Sometimes I can get the > whole fruit, but usually I get the " meat " and both are always in the > frozen section. Laws against fresh being brought into the country. > Although, I have ordered it from some folks in CA and had it next day > air to me (I'm in WA state). Cost me a fortune ($130 for 10 pounds), > but it was my Christmas present to myself. > > > > Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it > was really cold, but oh so good!!! > > > > Shari > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 They smell like rotting garlic growing over a sewer. But taste like heaven!!! They are truly a love it or hate it fruit. The texture is something else too. It looks like raw chicken meat and is quite fatting. In fact it is the highest fat content of any fruit on the planet. Then there's always the spikes you need to get beyond to get to the good stuff! I have gone to Chinatown in Vancouver BC specifically to eat durian. I ride the train for 2 hours, take the bus from the station, get a durian and then take the subway to the park and proceed to eat until I can't eat anymore. Then I take the subway back to the train station and come back to the states! I've had some pretty strange stares at me when they realize the smell is coming from my produce bag. In Thailand it is against the law to transport durian on public transportation!! Shari - who thinks durian is orgasmic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I haven't eaten one, but I've heard that they " taste like heaven, and smell like hell " . > " Judy Cozza " <judycozza >rawfood >rawfood >Re: [Raw Food] durians?? >Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:07:24 -0700 > >Are you saying that it stinks??? >Well, then - what do they taste like? >Should I even bother looking for one? >I thought they were really good for you. >Judy > >On 3/16/06, jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: > > > > I can relate to eating it in the carport. I took some to my son's > > place and I had to take it out on the deck to eat it and it was cold > > there, too! > > Tommie > > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > > > > rawfood , " SV " <shavig wrote: > > > > > > I get durian at my local Asian market. Sometimes I can get the > > whole fruit, but usually I get the " meat " and both are always in the > > frozen section. Laws against fresh being brought into the country. > > Although, I have ordered it from some folks in CA and had it next day > > air to me (I'm in WA state). Cost me a fortune ($130 for 10 pounds), > > but it was my Christmas present to myself. > > > > > > Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it > > was really cold, but oh so good!!! > > > > > > Shari > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Imagine a kind of garlicky fruity taste with a little fat thrown in and you might begin to have it. I love it, myself, and I don't think it smells bad at all but the reaction at work convinced me that not everyone thinks the same way I do. My sister-in-law lived in the Far East for a number of years. Her neighbor would be fixing durian and she would smell it. Her husband wouldn't allow it in the house so she'd slip off to the neighbor's and eat it. She said that the fresh ones are SOOOOooooo much better than frozen but I'll take what I can get. A trip to Guam or Thailand isn't on the agenda quite yet...As for the nutrition, I don't know. Taste-wise, they are an experience! Tommie http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com rawfood , " Jennifer Corris " <jencorris wrote: > > I haven't eaten one, but I've heard that they " taste like heaven, and smell > like hell " . > > > > " Judy Cozza " <judycozza > >rawfood > >rawfood > >Re: [Raw Food] durians?? > >Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:07:24 -0700 > > > >Are you saying that it stinks??? > >Well, then - what do they taste like? > >Should I even bother looking for one? > >I thought they were really good for you. > >Judy > > > >On 3/16/06, jerushy1944 <no_reply > wrote: > > > > > > I can relate to eating it in the carport. I took some to my son's > > > place and I had to take it out on the deck to eat it and it was cold > > > there, too! > > > Tommie > > > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > rawfood , " SV " <shavig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I get durian at my local Asian market. Sometimes I can get the > > > whole fruit, but usually I get the " meat " and both are always in the > > > frozen section. Laws against fresh being brought into the country. > > > Although, I have ordered it from some folks in CA and had it next day > > > air to me (I'm in WA state). Cost me a fortune ($130 for 10 pounds), > > > but it was my Christmas present to myself. > > > > > > > > Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it > > > was really cold, but oh so good!!! > > > > > > > > Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I almost bought one a few months ago, but when I was in line at the Asian market, the lady in front of me persuaded me to wait until May when they are in season. She said they are much better in season (May-Oct), but she did warn me they smell like sulpher. Someone else told me they had a little garlicky taste, but they said if you can get past the smell, it is well worth it. I plan to buy my first one in a few weeks! -- Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.2.1/279 - Release 3/10/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 LOL... now I'm intreagued, repulsed and hungry all at the same time...! SV <shavig wrote: They smell like rotting garlic growing over a sewer. But taste like heaven!!! They are truly a love it or hate it fruit. The texture is something else too. It looks like raw chicken meat and is quite fatting. In fact it is the highest fat content of any fruit on the planet. Then there's always the spikes you need to get beyond to get to the good stuff! I have gone to Chinatown in Vancouver BC specifically to eat durian. I ride the train for 2 hours, take the bus from the station, get a durian and then take the subway to the park and proceed to eat until I can't eat anymore. Then I take the subway back to the train station and come back to the states! I've had some pretty strange stares at me when they realize the smell is coming from my produce bag. In Thailand it is against the law to transport durian on public transportation!! Shari - who thinks durian is orgasmic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Wow we are not alone! My husband makes me have my own " durian " ice chest and eat them on the outside porch when it's FREEZING outside. LOL SV <shavig wrote: Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it was really cold, but oh so good!!! Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 rawfood , " Judy Cozza " <judycozza wrote: > > Anyone ever found a DURIAN??? > I am still looking around here in Phoenix. > Judy > Sooo glad you asked that question! I was so excited today... I found my first Durian.. Now to get the courage to eat one... I went to an asian market today and they had all kinds of different things I had never seen before. The Durians were in grocery baskets and bins and on the veggie shelf. Several places in the store... There were several people of the Asian persuasian buying several at one time. Now to get the courage to buy one... what do you look for?? there were like a Mother and Daughter picking over them poking and smelling.. turning and prodding... I was to shy to ask them how to pick a good one.. They were all different shapes and sizes too.. fat and oval, long and oval even a fat round one. Suggestions on buying one would be great.. then how to eat it once it is opened... They had oodles of young coconuts too. We have another huge Asian market also that I think I will hit today...Is this the time of year for Durians?? Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Tommie, Question about the durian... I went to your blog and saw the pics you had there. What I saw in the store looked different then yours.. Yours seemed to have alot bigger spikes on them. Is this a better age with the bigger spikes and the color on the out side seems on the yellow brownish side.. the ones I saw were green.. and had smaller spikes. help?? Debbie rawfood , jerushy1944 <no_reply wrote: > > YES! You can find them in Asian markets. Mine was frozen. You can read > about my adventure on my blog. Go to the top of the page and do > a " Search This Blog " for durian. It will bring up every instance it's > mentioned. I have pictures on there, too. > Tommie > http://www.rawburchard.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 all this crazy talk about them has made me interested to try them.... the fact that they smell kinda intrigues me..... I have REALLY awfull neighbors and maybe I could eat them on my balcony on a day when the wind is JUST right.... Just one question though... I realize they are a fruit, but how do they come and how do you eat them? Do you peel them? Is there a rind or a shell? Do you eat them plain or smash them up? Im so curious now! michele bustos <ixim_mbustos wrote: Wow we are not alone! My husband makes me have my own " durian " ice chest and eat them on the outside porch when it's FREEZING outside. LOL SV <shavig wrote: Husband makes me eat it out in the carport and at Christmas time it was really cold, but oh so good!!! Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 EVERYTHING you need to know about durian......... http://www.durianpalace.com/ Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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