Why Does the Durian Fruit Smell So Terrible?

in #health6 years ago

If you’ve smelled a durian even once, you almost certainly recollect it. Even with the husk intact, the infamous Asian fruit has such a potent olfactory sensation that it’s prohibited on the Singapore fast Mass Transit. Food author Richard Sterling has written “its odor is best represented as…turpentine and onions, fancy with a gymnasium sock. It is smelled from yards away.”

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A small minority, though, love the smell and style of the fruit. Anthony Bourdain calls it “indescribable, one thing can|you'll|you may} either love or despise…Your breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead gran.” The fruit’s flesh is typically consumed raw, or is soft-bo and accustomed flavor variety of ancient Southeast Asian dishes and candies. It’s additionally employed in ancient Asian drugs, as each Associate in Nursing anti-fever treatment and a aphrodisiac. Our “Off the Road” journal profiled a combine of brave travelers on a year-long journey planned around tasting totally different kinds of durian.

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