Dilenma of a Durian...

Here you are guys, the dilemma of a durian.

So what problem does a durian has?

It has been hailed as the king of fruits....some of us absolutely loves it and drive and walk through mountains and streams just to find the best of the best durian. I have known guys would wait all night long and as soon they hear the sound...thud!....they would run to the spot and look for the durian that have just fallen off the tree.

Yes, everybody in the fields say that durian must drop from the tree and cannot pluck them. Well guess what? the the Thais prove us wrong by plucking the durians before it fall on the ground. How do the Thais do this. They count the number of days from flowering to the time it would ripe and pluck it. Apparently this would stop the fruit from damaging once it hit the ground. Now you know why Thai durian sometime doesnt that good because it the Thais got the timing wrong.

Still, though some of us might swear on the quality of the fruit, but to some they can bear the taste of the durian. There is a true saying " you either love durian or hate it" there are no half measures. Personally, I think for everyone that loves durian there will be 10 that hates it.

So what is the problem with durian. The awful, terrible and unbearable stench of durian. Recently I had a friend from Scotland who came over and I had the chance to introduce him to durian. Within 5 metres from the durian seller, he stop and complain " what is the awful smell".
I lied and told him it is something else and dont know where it came from. Of course, when we reach the durian seller he found out that it was the durian that smells badly for him. For me the smell what heaven sent.

Anyway, he refused to try it. After much convincing and after I have agreed to try the Scottish famous dish "haggis" (which I can assure you is disgusting) when and if I go to Scotland, he decided to give the durian a chance to prove it self that it taste better than smell. Guess what happen? You think he likes! NO!!! he spit it out straight away and curse me said it is the most disgusting thing that he has ever taken in his life. It was a terrible scene, with the smell and taste, he was washing his mouth with a whole bottle of water..he doesnt know that the smell on his hand would be there for days....and when he goes and shit...the smell would be devastating..... I was afraid he might faint in the toilet the next morning..

So the dilenma of durian; how can something taste so good but smell so bad!

Even I love to eat durian, I still cant stand the smell of durian in the car and when the husk is left in the rubbish bin. I can sympathize with the durian: people would pay big money for durians but would also cursed and spit on durians.

The answer is: CLONING.....why cant some smart ass, clone the durian tree and produce the best tasting durian minus the smell...They have managed to clone and make so many types of durian from Kampung.. to D24....to..D007 etc ...but why did they not clone one that No Smell Durian.........?????????