Comments on: My First Durian (aka Stealing Alien Babies From The Mothership) http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html experiments in self-improvement Fri, 18 May 2012 04:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Si Dawson http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-80 Si Dawson Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:02:09 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-80 Fresh is better than frozen (although over here you can only get frozen), but mostly I'd just recommend having someone that knows what they're doing help you pick it out - that'll save you getting something that's actually rotten.<br><br>Initially they seem to smell pretty bad - but that smell grows on you pretty quickly, till eventually.. oh man, I just loved it. I used to bring them home, put them on my table & wait till the smell filled the whole house.. bliss!! Fresh is better than frozen (although over here you can only get frozen), but mostly I'd just recommend having someone that knows what they're doing help you pick it out — that'll save you getting something that's actually rotten.

Initially they seem to smell pretty bad — but that smell grows on you pretty quickly, till eventually.. oh man, I just loved it. I used to bring them home, put them on my table & wait till the smell filled the whole house.. bliss!!

]]> By: Tracy http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-79 Tracy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:56:23 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-79 Oh this is awesome! I keep telling myself I'll try one one of these days but the ones at our Asian markets always look half rotten and I wasn't sure if they were supposed to look that way or if they'd just traveled too long. The one you had looks much fresher.<br><br>I tried some durian candy and it was awful but I couldn't tell if it was the durian or the coconut. Probably the coconut. Oh this is awesome! I keep telling myself I'll try one one of these days but the ones at our Asian markets always look half rotten and I wasn't sure if they were supposed to look that way or if they'd just traveled too long. The one you had looks much fresher.

I tried some durian candy and it was awful but I couldn't tell if it was the durian or the coconut. Probably the coconut.

]]> By: Si Dawson http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-82 Si Dawson Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:56:30 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-82 ha ha! Hey, thanks! :) ha ha! Hey, thanks! :)

]]> By: Cassidy http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-81 Cassidy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:40:57 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-81 kudos, i loved your article, very entertaining and funny the part with the booze in the background. i look forward to your future bloggings! :) kudos, i loved your article, very entertaining and funny the part with the booze in the background. i look forward to your future bloggings! :)

]]> By: Si Dawson http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-84 Si Dawson Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:43:37 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-84 Ha! Right you are! That'll teach my local grocer to mislabel things! :) Ha! Right you are! That'll teach my local grocer to mislabel things! :)

]]> By: Derek http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-83 Derek Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:36:42 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-83 The last picture is of a kohlrabi, not a daikon...<br><br>Funny post - thanks! The last picture is of a kohlrabi, not a daikon…

Funny post — thanks!

]]> By: Si Dawson http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-88 Si Dawson Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:42:47 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-88 I seem to remember a Douglas Adams story where an entire invasion fleet screws up their relative scales & gets swallowed by a small dog :) I seem to remember a Douglas Adams story where an entire invasion fleet screws up their relative scales & gets swallowed by a small dog :)

]]> By: eternalvoyageur http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-87 eternalvoyageur Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:27:06 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-87 Aliens are among us ! Yay !!!<br><br>This reminds me of a music video that I saw (but cannot find since I don't remember the title) about an UFO landing, and the aliens coming out and waving little sign-boards that say "hello"... but nobody notices them because the aliens are absolutely tiny ! Aliens are among us ! Yay !!!

This reminds me of a music video that I saw (but cannot find since I don't remember the title) about an UFO landing, and the aliens coming out and waving little sign-boards that say "hello"… but nobody notices them because the aliens are absolutely tiny !

]]> By: Si Dawson http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-86 Si Dawson Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:58:06 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-86 ha ha! Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the similarity. I was starting to wonder if I was losing my mind, buying all this alien-looking food all of a sudden.. ha ha! Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the similarity. I was starting to wonder if I was losing my mind, buying all this alien-looking food all of a sudden..

]]> By: eternalvoyageur http://sidawson.org/2008/09/my-first-durian-aka-stealing-alien.html/comment-page-1#comment-85 eternalvoyageur Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:40:43 +0000 http://sidawson.org/?p=36#comment-85 Ooh Daikon. When I saw it for the first time, I christened it "THE ALIEN". And I still call it that ! Ooh Daikon. When I saw it for the first time, I christened it "THE ALIEN". And I still call it that !

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