durian fruit

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durian fruit

A prickly fruit from Southeast Asia, the cut flesh of which smells a bit like rotten onions or manure. It has a reputation as an aphrodisiac, given that its fruit contains an oestrogen congener.

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This unusual stinky and intense odor of the durian fruit may have prompted many people to express diverse and peculiar opinions ranging from profound gratitude to disgusting!

Durian fruit nutrition facts

Melbourne [Australia], Apr 30 ( ANI ): At least 600 staff and students have been evacuated from a university in Melbourne, Australia after the smell of a rotting durian fruit was mistaken for a gas leak.

Melbourne University evacuated after durian fruit's smell mistaken for gas leak

A stall selling durian fruit Chiang Mai's night market

Do things Mai way in Thailand; BOTANICAL GARDENS, MOUNTAIN VIEWS AND TALES OF ANCIENT CULTURES DRAW NEIL LANCEFIELD TO THE NORTH OF THAILAND

Love it or hate it, Durian fruit has brought attention to the fantastic food products available from Malaysia.'

Musang King durian sells out

In the WSN system under the study, a sensor device (patch antenna) is first attached onto the exterior of a durian fruit as shown in Fig.

Path-loss prediction of radio wave propagation in an orchard by using modified UTD method

Toward the end of the film, she is seen eating the durian fruit alone, but her face doesn't show any obvious signs of either enjoyment or repulsion.

Migrants in a strange city: (dis-)locating the China imaginary in post-1997 Hong Kong films

The hotel I stayed in had a clear prohibition -- no durian fruit could be brought into the hotel.

INDONESIA'S HIDDEN JEWEL

Durian fruit, but you can only use that one if you live in Southeast Asia.

The traveling spoon

DKT has noted some users' complaints about the latex scent of plain condoms, and has also tried to market condoms in other parts of the world tailored to local tastes, including those scented with the infamously stinky durian fruit in Indonesia and sweet-corn fragranced condoms in China.

Coffee condoms promote safe sex in Ethiopia

Richard Sterling's How To Eat Around The World: Tips & Wisdom (1932361227, $12.95) is a fun survey of world culinary traditions and oddities, from its exploration of what to carry into a barren desert to the infamous durian fruit of tropical Asia.

Travelers' Tales

The world is a never-ending buffet of gastronomical adventures to be savored, whether it is the quest for the perfect cup of Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, a trip to Thailand to experience the durian fruit (with a smell likened to stinky goat cheese combined with rancid eggs), or a foray to Chile to find the freshest seafood stew, along with culinary adventures throughout the US, such as to a Southern prison where a ten-time convict prepares chicken-fried hamburger and gravy-smothered fries, along with other specialty dishes.

Walsh, Robb. Are you really going to eat that? Reflections of a culinary thrill seeker

DELICACY: the durian fruit has exotic-tasting flesh beneath its spikes; COLOURFUL: luxurious Tanjong Jara Resort, top right, makes a perfect base for visiting the beautiful beaches of Redang Island