I got a phone call a few weeks ago from our cute friends The Nielsen's...Cindy was giggling so hard that she could hardly talk so, I knew she was up to no good. She said that Andy had a present for us. If you remember Nathan's Durian stories from his emails then you know how his first Zone Conference he tried Durian and was not too impressed. He said it smells like a dumpster and said that they say you have to try it three or four times before you acquire a taste for it. Anyway they thought it would be fun to give us a "Durian". How thoughtful of them right? The Asian ladies at the Asian Market told them to keep it frozen so it won't smell and then leave it outside all day to thaw. So last night we had a little Durian party. Andy kept texting me asking if it was smelling yet. It really didn't smell. He suggested that I put it in the oven and get it "real ripe" ha-ha!!! When Andy cut it open half of it was still kind of frozen and it still didn't smell that bad. We let the youth and anyone that was brave enough to try it have as much as they would like. The majority ruled it tasted like green onions and the smell of propane. It was nasty!!! It wasn't so bad while you were eating it, it was after you finished chewing it, it left this nasty propane gas taste in your mouth. I had to swish with Hydrogen Peroxide to get the taste out of my mouth. We decided that because it was a cool day and still frozen that's what kept the smell not so offensive because when Cindy and I went in to wash our hands and put them under the warm water...boy it really smelled bad. I sure hope Nathan never quite acquires the taste for Durian...
I got a phone call a few weeks ago from our cute friends The Nielsen's...Cindy was giggling so hard that she could hardly talk so, I knew she was up to no good. She said that Andy had a present for us. If you remember Nathan's Durian stories from his emails then you know how his first Zone Conference he tried Durian and was not too impressed. He said it smells like a dumpster and said that they say you have to try it three or four times before you acquire a taste for it. Anyway they thought it would be fun to give us a "Durian". How thoughtful of them right? The Asian ladies at the Asian Market told them to keep it frozen so it won't smell and then leave it outside all day to thaw. So last night we had a little Durian party. Andy kept texting me asking if it was smelling yet. It really didn't smell. He suggested that I put it in the oven and get it "real ripe" ha-ha!!! When Andy cut it open half of it was still kind of frozen and it still didn't smell that bad. We let the youth and anyone that was brave enough to try it have as much as they would like. The majority ruled it tasted like green onions and the smell of propane. It was nasty!!! It wasn't so bad while you were eating it, it was after you finished chewing it, it left this nasty propane gas taste in your mouth. I had to swish with Hydrogen Peroxide to get the taste out of my mouth. We decided that because it was a cool day and still frozen that's what kept the smell not so offensive because when Cindy and I went in to wash our hands and put them under the warm water...boy it really smelled bad. I sure hope Nathan never quite acquires the taste for Durian...
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I can't believe you ate one! Nathan is going to be impressed. Freezing it must have drastically reduced the smell. My sister brought back durian flavored candy from the Phillipines and I couldn't even have it in the house the stench was so pungent!
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