It looks like you had a good time in NY. How was the ice cream? I've had lychee shave ice and yogurt since moving here (and the actual fruit, too). It's yumilicious!
It's one of my favorite places to grab ice cream. They make an almond cookie flavor I love and can't find anywhere else. The lychee was yummy as well! Chad will have to add his 2 cents if he gets a chance.
We can get fresh lychees at our local Chinese grocery store. They are tasty. They also sell durian! 
I've had durian ice cream, but never the raw fruit. I'll have to try it someday.
What I can't find in local stores is chiku/zapota. I am sure the west coast has them. They're native to Mexico. They're yummy little buggers.
I've had durian ice cream, but never the raw fruit. I'll have to try it someday.What I can't find in local stores is chiku/zapota. I am sure the west coast has them. They're native to Mexico. They're yummy little buggers.
No. Do not try durian. It is vile. It is horrible. It is evil.We can get fresh lychees at our local Chinese grocery store. They are tasty. They also sell durian!
What I can't find in local stores is chiku/zapota. I am sure the west coast has them. They're native to Mexico. They're yummy little buggers.
I am convinced durian is not actually a fruit. I am convinced someone skinned a dead rat that'd been sitting in the sun for a week, wrapped it in a random fruit peel they dug out of a dumpster, and served it, calling it "durian", which is apparently a Southeastern Asian word for "prank to make a dumbass eat rotten rat".
Are you sure you're Asian? Durian is supposed to be like your nectar.
Yeah, and Starcraft's supposed to be my religion, but I've never played a game of Starcraft in my life. Also, I'm bad at math.
It's true, I'm a banana.
Must try Durian now....
It's actually tasty. Reminiscent of mango and cantaloupe, in my opinion.
Mind you, I've only ever had it preserved or mixed into things (popsicles, candies, cakes), I've never had it fresh.
When it's fresh, the smell can be overpowering. Also, getting into the blasted thing is a bit of a chore. It can be a bit like trying to eat a barrel cactus.
--Patrick
It's one of the few things, if not the only thing, I've seen Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods) gag on after trying it. That guy has eaten rats and fried tarantulas and Hákarl, but he spit out durian.
I will never forgive my mother for using my car to buy durian and then forgetting it inside the trunk for a whole afternoon.
"Why didnt you use your car?" Her answer: "Didnt want it to smell afterwards."
"Why didnt you use your car?" Her answer: "Didnt want it to smell afterwards."
You are quite the enigma Fade. I've never heard of someone describing durian as 'nondescript'.
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Maybe it was the way I had it. It was in some whitish liquid.[DOUBLEPOST=1413897509,1413897387][/DOUBLEPOST]
You're right. I just checked. That was jack fruit. My mistake.
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I'm not gonna lie, you jerks are making me want to try a durian fruit
Mash up an onion, mix it with heavy cream and then leave it somewhere warm and moist for two days. Cheap durian substitute.
With a touch of diabetic monkey piss.
Pshhhh. The guy doesn't even like lutefisk. Clearly he has no taste for the finer foods.
I had a friend in high school who described himself as a Twinkie; which baffled me, so he attempted to clarify by saying 'banana,' only I was also unfamiliar with that, and all other food-related terminology for people who are 'white on the inside.' I learned a lot of racist food associations that day, although I suspect some of their were made up by my friends taking advantage of my ignorance.
I've only heard "twinkie" used to describe a certain kind of good looking homosexual man. "Smooth, tan and full of cream"
While my husband and his friends have made jokes about being "twinkies/bananas", I've only heard "twink" used for gay men. Maybe it was short for "twinkie"? It certainly changed the meaning behind Rainbow Brite's best friend.
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Strangely (?) enough I didn't catch that as meaning something about race. A friend of mine earlier in the day had made a comment about people who compare apples to oranges when really you're a banana. So I took it to mean you were odd/different from everyone else instead of the white on the inside connotation.
Same here. I thought it was a bit of a non sequitur, akin to calling yourself a "meat popsicle."
--Patrick
I only call part of myself a meat popsicle.
Popsicle's are cold. In my experience, cold leads to shrinkage. How sad.
Guys, I think I'm starting to go grey...
Now you listen here, you little scamp! When an old lady says she's starting to go grey, you shut your yap about it! The nerve of you, clicking on this spoilered picture like this, wanting to see some old lady's grey head wisps! Why, I'm not old enough that I still can't put you whippersnapper over my knee and give you a hodge podge of spankings!
(I'm a little sad I snapped a button off right near the end of my shift.
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(I'm a little sad I snapped a button off right near the end of my shift.
)A HODGE PODGE OF SPANKINGS!!! ( i love that line and I'm stealing it)