The worse tasting candy EVER!

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I've seen this fruit on "bizarre foods" type programming, and always with the same mixed reactions. I am unsure if the smell taste or texture would kill it for me...I've eaten some pretty odd stuff tho, so I might give it a go.

My snot locker is out of commission 9 months out of the year anyway, so maybe the smell won't be a factor...as you know that influences taste too, soo.........

Just the name alone doesn't sound enticing.

 

[stratovani]

I guess you've never heard of Durian before?

Durian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust, and has been described variously as almonds, rotten onions, turpentine and gym socks. The odour has led to the fruit's banishment from certain hotels and public transportation in southeast Asia."

I never knew such a thing existed before, but now that I know, I'll avoid it like the plague! I don't think I've ever tasted anything so disgusting before!

 

[Popbumper]

Having had the opportunity to work with many Asians over the years, I have been invited to plenty of holiday get togethers, and there's always a plethora of interesting foods.

The first and last time I had durian, the best way to describe it was, when they opened the bag to have me fetch a piece of it, I was greeted with a cloud of propane gas......

How people can consider durian a consumable is well beyond my understanding.....

Chris

 

[mrpackerguy]

worse than puke flavored jelly belly?

 

[Strohsx]

I keep looking for durians I want to try one.

 

[Tat2dHeart]

I had my first experience with durian fruit in Munich a few years ago. It was technically banned from consumption in the Marienplatz, but they had it for sale. I'd heard of it and was asking the vendor to describe it. He cut one open and I thought my sinuses were being assassinated. Not just a horrid smell, but the kind that makes your head shut down and your stomach rebel all in a fraction of a second. After stifling the nausea, I held my nose and tried it (I'm a foodie, I can't help it). I will NEVER, EVER do that again. That thing could be used in biological warfare.

 

[Clark Dark]

In Singapore the ladies are always looking for someone to kopek the durian :scowl:
here's a hint
...and the durian is considered a fruit.... yecch

 

[onosson]

The question is, how close did the durian candy come to the actual taste of real durian?

 

[Rush-2112]

Anyone ever had Necco Wafers? They taste like Tums...yuck

Also, don't know if this qualifies as candy but...anyone remember those classic gum flavors? Like Beemans, Clove, Blackjack etc...

 

[hbarcat]

Everything is better when it gets you intoxicated.

Then you've never tried Malort.

Malort is to liquor what Durian is to candy. I've tried it twice before and I think the best way to describe it is like swallowing turpentine.



From the label of Jeppson's Malört:

"Most first-time drinkers of Jeppson Malort reject our liquor. Its strong, sharp taste is not for everyone. Our liquor is rugged and unrelenting (even brutal) to the palate. During almost 60 years of American distribution, we found only 1 out of 49 men will drink Jeppson Malort. During the lifetime of our founder, Carl Jeppson was apt to say, 'My Malort is produced for that unique group of drinkers who disdain light flavor or neutral spirits.'

It is not possible to forget our two-fisted liquor. The taste just lingers and lasts - seemingly forever. The first shot is hard to swallow! PERSERVERE [sic]. Make it past two 'shock-glasses' and with the third you could be ours...forever"



Malört - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[steamthief]

It isn't durian you're tasting, it's the sweet flavor of lead.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

worse than puke flavored jelly belly?

I had some of those Harry Potter Jelly Bellys with the vomit flavored jellybeans. I thought the name was a joke....until I tried one.

 

[Ziltoid]

Licorice is only good when you drink it with a deer.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Licorice is only good when you drink it with a deer.

Drinking licorice with a deer? Can't say I've tried that.

 

[UncleFluffy]

I had some of those Harry Potter Jelly Bellys with the vomit flavored jellybeans. I thought the name was a joke....until I tried one.

Did you ever get one of the fish flavoured ones? They win my vote for "worst candy ever".

 

[stratovani]

The question is, how close did the durian candy come to the actual taste of real durian?

Frankly, at this point I don't care! And I don't want to know! I still can taste it in my mind!

 

[Semisweet]

Haha, I've been trying to find a local Asian market so I can stock up on Japanese cuisine (love Japanese food!)...but the candy and sweets tend to scare me. I'll make sure to stay clear of that one.

 

[5StringBlues]

My harp player grew up in Indonesia and we saw a TV show one day where Durian was being consumed.

He told me that he grew up with it and loved it,but that I would hate it,having never been introduced to it before.



He was correct.........

 

[jmlee]

I had a durian milkshake years ago in a Malaysian restaurant in (wait for it...) Minneapolis, that seething Asian metropolis. It was odd, but OK.

Most appalling things I've ever tasted:

(i) Some *very* ripe Limburger cheese. It tasted like manure smells.

(ii) Some sort of smoked jellyfish at a Chinese restaurant in Toronto: the texture, colour, smell, and taste were *all* revolting.

 

[baalroo]

Drinking licorice with a deer? Can't say I've tried that.