Horrible Taste Continue...
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We continue this week in the education of horrible foods that abound upon our planet! You may remember Jack in the Pulpit from a few weeks ago. This week.... We Meet Durian!
Durian is a fruit from Malaysia which is considered a delicacy. It is said you have to aquire a taste for it... but once you do. They claim you love it. The best description I have heard for it is a cross of Custard and Dirty Diapers. And this is exactly what it taste like.
When I was in Vancouver a couple of years ago, we went to a ice cream shop with 350 flavors. I claimed I would try any flavor. Vinegar Basil, Corn, Jalapeno Cherry, Garlic, Spinach... (Bored one night we called and requested they start serving Brown Gravy Ice Cream, they said they would consider it) hese flavors were all tame to the Flavor I was introduced to that night. DURIAN. I could smell the small spoon full of ice-cream when it got within 5 feet (it was the only ice-cream kept sealed). I barely kept it down.
But that was only the beginning. Durian reacts with you stomach and makes you burp for hours after eating it. And every burp taste like the original. (Custard and Dirty Diapers).
Well I had a quest on my trip to Hawaii last year. Durain is illegal in the US. (In fact the smell is so bad it has caused planes to make emergency landings). But in Hawaii it is legal. In China town in Honolulu (the first US Chinatown), you can find it with some effort. Watch the video to watch the search...
Watch a Misconstrued Video on Durian
Comments
That was pretty funny, I've gotta find a good friend and make him/her try durian and get sick...oh wait, did that already, hey jerm! We just went back to that ice cream place a few weeks ago and they have a few durian cakes there, that would be a pretty fun thing to bring to a party or something.
Posted by: Judi | November 15, 2004 01:19 AM
That thing just LOOKS disgusting...I mean, Jehovah has put into affect certain "warnings" that tend to say, "Don't eat me, I taste like an undulating white turd" (i.e. ladybugs and certain other odd colored creatures/creations).
But no. We as stupid humans have to continually try and buck the system (it's in our nature, after all), going to the greatest lengths that we possibly can to make something "seem" like a good idea. This case being food, we have tried to put the disgusting-thing-that-should-never-be-eaten into the most pleasant form possible. A from that can do no evil other than plump you up like a pagan turkey.
The glorious ice cream.
"Oh noooooooo! If it's ice cream NOTHING can be WRONG with it! Go on! Eat up...FOOL!!!"
D.A.
and Judi...make sure we get to go to this ice cream place and try the flavor in question.
Posted by: D.A. | November 15, 2004 02:05 PM
YES I believe you must... and it must be video taped... and I DARE YOU DOUBLE DARE YOU TRIPLE DARE YOU... to buy a whole cone of the stuff and eat the whole thing. If you and Alex perform this feat... well lets say there will be some monetary benefit...
From this point forward it is the collect money to get them to eat a whole cone (With 2 Full Scoops) (1 each)...
I put in $5.
Come on everyone .... join in your pledges to make these boys realize what Vancouver, Ice Cream, and Durian is all about!
Posted by: itzjerm | November 15, 2004 02:50 PM
I'd give a couple bucks to enjoy other people misery. Given watching the "Jack in the pulpit" incident was free, but this requires more effort.
Posted by: Jason | November 15, 2004 04:03 PM
Well Im broke at this point in time, but we'll make you guys a huge dinner if you eat a whole cone:)
Posted by: Judi | November 15, 2004 08:31 PM
hey I'm in...I'll buy the icecream if you eat it. Nothin like watching others in misery....you guys will have to eat the whole thing though, you can't waste a delicacy.
Posted by: lea | November 15, 2004 08:57 PM
i'm in....$5.....and a gray winter hat
Posted by: Autumn | November 15, 2004 09:29 PM
It sounds like we have ourselves a challenge. I don't know if Alex will do it, but yeah...I'll try anything once, some things twice if they smell like burning, and a problem backing down from challenges, so I'm in.
And Lea, Alex should be sending you an email about a slight schedule change in our trip. Also, Judi, for some reason the email that I sent to both yourself and Lea got bounced back from your address. Did I do something wrong? Is there a secret code I didn't decipher properly to send things to hotmail?
Oh, and while I am talking one on one with follow bloggers...Amber, I need my hat before we head out on the open road. If you want to make me really happy you can fill it with money and Ho-Ho's. No wait...ZIngers. Yes. I require Zingers.
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. | November 15, 2004 10:22 PM
OK it is a done deal then...
If DA... eats the whole cone, two scoops... He will recieve a total of $12. The Ice Cream Cone is Paid For, a meal, and a gray winter hat.
BUT... the experience must be taped, and the hours after the experience (for thats when the real fun starts...)
And Alex... Come on... you can do it....
Posted by: itzjerm | November 16, 2004 07:42 AM
did you just call me Amber?! Oh! We shall see if you get your gray hat back!
Posted by: Autumn | November 16, 2004 08:05 AM
I was wandering who Amber was...
Posted by: itzjerm | November 16, 2004 09:15 AM
Wait! I'd pay $20 bucks to see that! Twenty dollars!!
Posted by: Javann | November 18, 2004 02:51 AM
HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Cortney Sharelle | November 18, 2004 01:31 PM
This movie is rubbish. I am 100% born in the USA and to me Durian is absolutely delicious. I can't get enough. Instead of wasting time watching this garbage why don't you spend it eating the king of fruits and see for yourself.
Posted by: Aaron | October 9, 2005 12:00 AM