r/ThatsInsane • u/PradipJayakumar • 5d ago

The skill of this man who cuts Durian at work

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u/Icy_Cat4821 5d ago

Aren’t these the fruits that stink to high heavens of combination rotten corpse and shit?

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u/Fuegodeth 5d ago

Yes. They are nauseating to be around if you haven't grown up eating them.

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u/Icy_Cat4821 5d ago

I’ve only seen it once used in a cooking competition show and when dude cut it open it basically cleared the studio

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u/Fuegodeth 5d ago

I was an expat growing up in Indonesia, so they were common there. I even once at some durian flavored icecream once thinking it was vanilla. Got one bite in before it overwhelmed me. I guess in icecream form, it's a little less volatile. Just being on the other side of the street from a durian stand made you go blecchh, and that's while walking along a sidewalk next to a ditch of open sewage, and in proximity to a garbage dump. Jakarta had many sources of potent smells.

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u/I_Envy_Sisyphus_ 4d ago

The ice cream is delicious.

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u/Irondiy 4d ago

When you say expat you mean immigrant right?

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u/Fuegodeth 4d ago

No, I mean expat. Immigrants take the citizenship of the nation they moved to. Expats are there temporarily for work under a work visa.

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u/Fuegodeth 4d ago

It's not immigration if you are only over there for work on a work visa.

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u/boythisisreallyhard 5d ago

Hmmm,, I smell a good way to end a relationship!

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u/Fuegodeth 5d ago

Probably just easier to put some dead fish in their dashboard AC vent, but if you can find durian, then it would certainly be effective.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 5d ago

Durian tastes heavenly! You heathen neanderthals!

But to each their own. One man's durian is another man's dead fish.

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u/Fuegodeth 5d ago edited 5d ago

True, I weirdly enjoy things like sardines, anchovies, sushi/sashimi. and deep fried shrimp heads and tails (I mean the shell... super umami flavor), but certain vegetables or fruits just repulse me, not just durian.

Edit: All my family hates the smell of those. As you say, to each their own.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 5d ago

Strangely enough, i couldn't stand the stuff when i was a kid, but my family loved it (most of them anyway). Came to appreciate it when people around me kept enjoying it. It's the smell you have to get past. Then you can enjoy the sweet, creamy prize at the end of the stinky rainbow.

Yeah, lady's fingers make me gag. And I can't do cilantro/parsley.

If you ever go to Taiwan, I highly recommend attempting the stinky tofu. I couldn't do it.

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u/kittenshart85 4d ago

i've only had it dried in bite sized pieces, and went through this homer simpson like loop of "blech... but intriguing!" until i ate half a bag.

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u/ShinobiHanzo 4d ago

Yes. The closest food with similar taste I can think of is raspberry vodka custard cream pie.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord 4d ago

Dammit. Now I'm hungry.

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u/evanmike 5d ago

So glad I read your comments

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u/imLemnade 5d ago

It seems this man grew up with a very intimate relationship with durian

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u/Fuegodeth 5d ago

Yep, I'm pretty sure he did, and probably worked at one of those stands that I avoided at all costs. I had friends that liked it, but I was like "HOW???" I loved most of the food I ate over there. I just find it hard to believe we differ so much on this one thing, but for me, aroma is such a big component of taste. I have some chronic gastritis, and getting that smell trigger to get me salivating is so important for my digestion. My mouth would be like a desert standing around those fruit... unless I just went ahead and puked... Technically that's moisture.

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u/HarrisLam 5d ago

maybe its because of thr fact that you guys didnt grow up around it. Its not that it doesnt smell if yiure a local, but it registers as less of a foul smell growing up if you are used to it, and you might then be less opposed to the idea of trying it.

Growing up my mom absolutely hates it and cannot even go near one. My dad's entire extended family likes it but people dont bring the fruit often to gatherings. I grow up to be one who doesnt oppose eating it. The smell is kinda foul, the taste is more like whatever you like to think of it. Its good (with great smooth texture) if you can acquire the taste eventually. My wifes family LOVES durian and they have it a lot, but by the time I finish my dinner food its usually gone. Ice cream is definitely easier and I eat that pretty often.

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u/HarrisLam 5d ago

some people never get used to the smell i guess. Even in Asia not everyone likes them

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u/Schatzin 4d ago

Its like how some cheeses smell to high hell to some but to others they cant get enough of them

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u/turd_vinegar 5d ago

Not really, it's more like a combination of green onion and gasoline.

They taste delicious. It's like an intoxicating vanilla ice cream and caramelized onion. I prefer them just slightly under ripe.

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u/BGritty81 5d ago

Ya you cant take them on buses in Indonesia they have funny little signs of a durian with slash through it.

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u/Paratwa 5d ago

Nah.

I mean the gasoline part I agree with, but I’d say also dead farts. That shit tastes nasty.

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u/BullfrogCustard 5d ago

Username checks out ;-)

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u/htownlifer 4d ago

I some countries you cannot take them on public transportation

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u/Icy_Cat4821 4d ago

That’s probably a good rule lol

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u/Nathansp1984 5d ago

Never had durian but I had to make vegan bbq with jackfruit once when I worked f&b. It didn’t turn out good

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u/No-Category7888 1d ago

they’re sweet when you plug your nose while eating them

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u/OddlyArtemis 4d ago

Tastes like flan made of vomit