Name: Durian, the world’s smelliest fruit
Uploaded: 2013-12-06
Channel: Rion Nakaya
Description: This is Durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, as introduced by Thomas Fuller for The New York Times: …when ripe it can smell like a dead animal. Yes, the fruit is difficult to handle, bearing likeness to a medieval weapon. But get down to the pale yellow, creamy flesh, and you’ll...

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This is Durian, the world’s smelliest fruit, as introduced by Thomas Fuller for The New York Times:

…when ripe it can smell like a dead animal. Yes, the fruit is difficult to handle, bearing likeness to a medieval weapon. But get down to the pale yellow, creamy flesh, and you’ll experience overtones of hazelnut, apricot, caramelized banana and egg custard. That’s my attempt at describing durian. But words fail; there is no other fruit like it…

What I love about durians is that there is no laboratory needed to achieve the depth and range of tastes they offer. It’s one of nature’s masterpieces, dangling tantalizingly in the jungle. Durians, even those harvested from the same branch, can be so nuanced and dissimilar…

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