Today's new thing comes courtesy of my friend Jason in Singapore, who sent me durian, the King of Fruits. I know, I thought I was the King of Fruits.
Jason explained:
Durian grows in the jungles of southeast Asia and is so popular that local newspapers breathlessly print reviews of each new crop. It is so pungent that it is banned in most hotels and on public transportation. They have u-pick-em durian farms in Malaysia but they are so big and spikey that you have to wear a hard hat and sit in huts until you hear the thump of one falling to the ground. Now that's good clean fun.
Here's what it looks like in its natural habitat:
Dried durian looks like old bones.
It is sweet and yet bitter. Like old, moldy candy.
YUM!
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