Thai fruits
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Thai Fruits
D
urian or “King of fruits”. It is distinctive for
its large size, formidable thorn-covered
husk and strong odour. If you want to
talk about it until you can imagine, I will
refer writing in 1856. The British naturalist Alfred
Russel Wallace provides a much-quoted description of the flavour of the durian: “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 acid
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.”
Do you want to taste a durian? You can find
it everywhere in Thailand.