Durian, king of fruits
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De Durian is a fruit that everyone in Thailand knows and appeals to the imagination.
This fruit is depicted in many places, such as hotels and other public buildings to indicate that this fruit may not be taken inside. That's because the durian has a pungent, pregnant smell that most people detest. If you remove the peel, the smell will stick to your hands for a long time.
When the thick skin is removed, there are 5 cream-colored segments inside. These can be kept in the fridge or in a dry cool place for a few days. The fruit is sometimes used in desserts or eaten fresh with rice. In stores you can buy them in the form of paste. The seeds can also be eaten by roasting or boiling them. The fruit does not have a pronounced taste, but it is rich in fiber and contains a lot of phosphorus, iron, calcium, magnesium, all types of vitamin B and vitamin C. A good durian should be slightly tinted, without brown spots.
Thailand is the world's largest exporter of durian with Chanthaburi as the main province. Every year in May, the World Durian Festival takes place there as a tribute to this fruit. Actually, the word Durian comes from the Malaysian word “duri” which means thorns. Because of its enormous size and weight it is called the "King of the fruit". It's just a know if you walk past a pickup truck with Durians on it.
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Be careful with alcohol is warned everywhere in Thailand.
I do not know why.
When you use alcohol and eat durian, a fermentation takes place in your stomach and without a relief valve it gives you a bad and bloated feeling.
I have a durian garden. Just ate a durian and then drank a leo beer 2 even. don't feel any side effects. However, you have high blood pressure according to the doctor 160.
It would be a myth according to the doctors that alcohol and durian don't go together, will depend on who probably drinks too much alcohol. I don't mind the smell at all, at first I wasn't crazy about it, but now I like to eat it a lot. As for your hands smelling for a long time is also highly exaggerated, simply washing your hands solves the problem.
in the beginning it stinks like hell, tasting it should be taken seriously, and of course you have to taste the monthong durian which tastes about the best and only contains small stones, although there are other good ones. The chanee is much much less nice and more golden in taste and large stones. If you really let a piece of flesh melt in your mouth more or less, you can get the taste, then the strong smell will turn from stinking to smelling good and you will go for the rest of your want to eat life durian.
I first tasted them in Thailand (chantaburi region) and other regions, also tasted in Vietnam and in the Philippines, but Thailand really has the best duriand in SO Asia
We grow this fruit, everything is almost bought up by China, for the 2019 harvest there is already a demand from China of 800.000 tons. Chanthaburi fruits can be stored for several days. Those from South Thailand or Malaysia must be frozen. By the way Durian festival is disappointing. Around the large pond in Chanthaburi city center consists largely of furniture shows, plants and……..of course food. Durians are hard to find, as they are all bought up on the Secumvit highway. Every day about 120 refrigerated Containers of 12 meters in length depart on the road to China. The price per kilo is between 45 and 120 Bath depending on time and size.
At a recent (2018) auction held in Nonthaburi, a Kan Yao durian fetched a record 800.000 baht, while the top nine durians fetched a combined 2.74 million baht.
I like them very much, but it is difficult to get a good ripened one.
At the market they're tapping it interestingly, saying it's ripe, but when they've peeled it, it's usually just part of it ripe and the rest still hard, tasteless.
So I usually buy Durian from Big C, where the husk has already been removed.
They are often not yet ripe, but you can just leave them there and decide not to eat durian.
After all, durian is by no means cheap.
Dear readers,
I think it's dellicious. Can't get enough of it.
It is pricey but a good piece is just as tasty as a tender steak.
It is super healthy and the smell on your fingers is not too bad, the aftertaste is also short.
As for drinking, it's fine. Everything TE stands for is not good.
Just give me a delicious piece and my day can't go wrong.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin