Weird Food People Eat

[sad_winslow]

If grits are weird, you must have a really, um.. plain diet?

Durian was.. the bites of it that were good, tasted like a delicious sweet custard. the bits that were not so good tasted like... spoiled onion-custard-egg pie that hasn't set up yet. every bite was somewhere different on a scale between those extremes, and the whole thing had the texture of scooping the guts out of an alien.

everybody should eat one of them bastards at least once. durians, i mean, not aliens.

[limey]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

... the bites of it that were good, tasted like a delicious sweet custard. the bits that were not so good tasted like... spoiled onion-custard-egg pie that hasn't set up yet. every bite was somewhere different on a scale between those extremes, and the whole thing had the texture of scooping the guts out of an alien...

Have you every thought of becoming a restaurant critic, SW?

[sad_winslow]

Originally Posted by limey

Have you every thought of becoming a restaurant critic, SW?

Yes, but I'm a) poor and b) already fat enough as is.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

If grits are weird, you must have a really, um.. plain diet?

I don't find 'em weird, it's almost everyone I know that finds them weird.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

If grits are weird, you must have a really, um.. plain diet?

Durian was.. the bites of it that were good, tasted like a delicious sweet custard. the bits that were not so good tasted like... spoiled onion-custard-egg pie that hasn't set up yet. every bite was somewhere different on a scale between those extremes, and the whole thing had the texture of scooping the guts out of an alien.

everybody should eat one of them bastards at least once. durians, i mean, not aliens.

You must've eaten a thawed frozen durian. A stinky mush doesn't make a good eat. If you could afford it, try a fresh one. I guarantee you, it'll taste better. And the texture is so much better. Have you tried jackfruit?

[sad_winslow]

It wouldn't entirely surprise me; I've heard that the majority received in the USA are first frozen. It was whole, though, and unfrozen when I got it. I want to find a hopefully better one and give it another try. The bites that were good were actually excellent.

Jackfruit, now, that shit is some amazing business. I was kinda floored at how good it was. i've had it fresh and had it dried, and it's good either way. I don't even know how to begin to describe the flavor, but mostly because it was quite a while ago and all i really remember is it being damn good, and also having an interesting texture.

i am hoping to the heavens that i get a new car tomorrow to replace my existing bald-tires-failing-electrical-brakes-dead-clutch-cylinders-busted-exhaust-falling-off hoopwagon, and then i can actually make the trips back to the asian markets again to pick up some more fascinating fruits, vegetables, and miscellaneous offal to try. jackfruit is right up on the top of the list, cause man it was good.

It wasn't that long ago that I learned exactly what "pork melts" were, and I still haven't quite worked up the cajones to try to cook some.

Originally Posted by Tulip

You must've eaten a thawed frozen durian. A stinky mush doesn't make a good eat. If you could afford it, try a fresh one. I guarantee you, it'll taste better. And the texture is so much better. Have you tried jackfruit?