# Culinary adventures
**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935 "2019-07-03T04:17:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Avvatar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Avvatar)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/42 "2020-01-10T23:25:08Z")
Rattlesnake, ostrich, moose, bear, alligator. I’m an adventurous eater. However, I RRREEEAALLLYY want to try a durian.
> **[Durian](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian)**
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> The durian (/ˈdʊəriən/, /ˈdjʊəriən/) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognized Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit. Durio zibethinus, native to Borneo and Sumatra, is the only species available on the international market. It has over 300 named varieties in Thailand and 100 in Malaysia as of 1987. Other species are sold in their local regions.
> Known in some regions as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive ...
Also, that pufferfish sushi that could kill you. I’d love the chance at that!
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### Author:  [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/43 "2020-01-10T23:42:12Z")
I had a kangaroo burger once while I was in Spain and now I’ve made it my mission to try most Aussie mammals.
I’d imagine koalas are really tender. The kangaroo sure wasn’t.
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### Author:  [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/44 "2020-01-10T23:45:25Z")
Dawg. Yuk. It was a burger but a terrible one.
Reminds me of a funny Restaurant sign:
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### Author:  [@Breadroid](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Breadroid)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/45 "2020-01-10T23:54:55Z")
Are you aware of the reputation that durian has? I want to try it at some point, but I have to first somehow get past the smell. 😑
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### Author:  [@MoonageMin](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoonageMin)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/46 "2020-01-11T01:14:12Z")
there is a lot of grades of Durian,
If you are only going to try once, Musan King is the one you want to try, or so I think it’s spelt.
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### Author:  [@Avvatar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Avvatar)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/47 "2020-01-11T03:06:00Z")
Totally aware of it. I still wanna try it, though. We can’t get it in the US due to import laws and such. But like cigars and good alcohol, there’s always a way… But they’re like $40!
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### Author:  [@mogoo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mogoo)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/48 "2020-01-13T17:08:11Z")
Most H-Marts (Asian supermarket chain) should have it. If not, you can try the durian flavored ice cream that many Asian food stores might have.
EDIT: I should note that one reason they are expensive is because the fruit is MASSIVE and sold by the pound.
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### Author:  [@Saber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saber)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/49 "2020-01-13T18:04:03Z")
This was said of the fruit.
The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. 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. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acidic nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. … as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed.“
I’d be willing to try it.
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### Author:  [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/culinary-adventures/304935/50 "2020-01-15T01:06:38Z")
That description reminds me of Twain on Watermelon:
> It is the chief of this world’s luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.
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