finally got a durian time to crack this bad boy open!

i heard they stink like putrid and rotting carnivore pooh :[

>>21466827 (OP)
Hope you got a good one
should taste like vanilla custard

Do it on the subway

>>21466838
A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes

>>21466863
the thought of a vegetable smelling or tasting like rich dairy like custard is just really off-pudding to me

>>21466867
It shouldnt
Its a sweet fatty tropical fruit

>>21466881
I might stick with papaya, guava, man-go, pineapple, coconut, banana, and bassionfruit thanks. I think that's got me covered

If Durian was the name of the band, the album would be:
Soft, rotting onions and other hot summer garbage odors.

>>21466920
>>21466838
Lies.
>The durian's aroma is an irresistible, sweet cascade of luscious custard and vibrant tropical fruit, laced with a seductive, musky allure that enchants the senses. Its flavor is a sumptuous, velvety embrace, exploding with creamy vanilla, juicy mango, and decadent caramel-toffee, delivering a profoundly yummy, melt-in-your-mouth ecstasy that leaves you craving more.

>>21466935
Yeah, we get the bit. You're the contrarian defending durian knowing damned well that 99% of people are revolted by it. Even people who live in areas/cultures where it grows don't like it. You're very clever.

>>21466935
anon pls, it's famous for stinking like a corpse flower

why do they even grow it if it smells bad

>>21466955
certain *ahem* peoples are accustomed to eating stinky things and other grossery

>buy for exorbitant amount of money
>it's mediocre AF
It was alright frozen, because it's so fatty it's basically icecream

>>21466827 (OP)
I ate a Durian-flavored candy once and it left me the nasty aftertaste for like 2 hours afterwards. Evil fruit.

I think my favorite description of it was, “Like eating an exquisite French dessert while sitting in a landfill”

>>21466956
these damn swedes

>>21467169
One of the most delicious thing about Durian is the creamy texture, having it as candy, especially hard candy, sound ick. You should try it as the filling of a puff pastry, some Chinese restaurant or bakery have that.

>>21466827 (OP)
>duri-ACK!

Durian are high in copper which is very good for you especially you're indulging in a high zinc diet or supplementing zinc as it depletes copper

I always hated the smell and refused to try durian, but one time in Thailand I was dared to try a durian icecream and I loved it! Now I also love durian. Especially if it's super cold - it tastes like frozen custard icecream

It smells like a natural gas leak to me and tastes like a smooth custardy rotten onion roast beef but not exactly in a bad way. Its alright.

well? tell us how it went already!!

>>21466827 (OP)
I've heard from the jungle asians that duriansy taste good when they're fresh, and most grocery store durians are frozen before fully ripening which makes them stink worse

durian = onions

Everything else is schizophrenic tongue pareidolia

>>21469660
like eating ice cream in the bathroom after someone took a fat shit

>>21466827 (OP)
Had durian milkshake at local spot. Smelled and tasted like straight body odor.

>>21466827 (OP)
I find durian fascinating and not altogether unenjoyable. I would be interested to explore it further, perhaps to attend a tasting with multiple contrasting varieties, which I've been told may have strikingly different aromas and flavors.
Some are more sour like a mango, some are more creamy like a banana, some taste of caramel or English toffee, and there are varieties that have zero savory pungency whatsoever, and others that taste like garlic and wasabi.

adding to the pro durian team. I had it in thailand and thought the fresh stuff tasted and smelled good. As it got more ripe the pungent oniony flavor got more intense, but still tasted fine, kind of like mashed tropical sweet potato with caramelized onions. I also had an ice cream bar that was oniony to the point that it was almost like an armpit, and I burped up that flavor for several hours. There are better fruits, but if you can get fresh stuff it’s worth it

>>21466827 (OP)
The one I had in Indonesia smelled like rotting garbage and tasted like how shit smells, no exaggeration. I've tried lots of weird foods and at the very least will swallow the first bite even if I'm not going to eat any more, but I had to spit it out almost immediately. Some of you will probably say I must have got a bad one but I was sharing it with the Indonesians I was staying with and they were eating it with pure delight.
I think it only tastes good if you have brown genes or something.

>>21466881
This somehow sounds racist and homophobic

>>21466827 (OP)
cool bro
wanna sit right next to me?

>>21466838
Smells like unwashed feet that have just come out of sweat drenched socks.

The flavor is a mixed fucking bag.
The overall profile tastes like onions and mango with an admittedly very nice sweet profile I haven't encountered anywhere else.
Properly ripe durian has the consistency of softened cream cheese.

All in all, the flavor isn't as nauseating as people claim but it does have a strong stench that many can't overcome. I get it, but growing up in the deep south where chtlins being cooked can make a home smell like pig shit, I learned to block out smell over flavor decades ago.

>>21466827 (OP)
I love the smell and taste of durian. I'm homosexual by the way if it matters.