some big'ins, Bangkok

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Comment by Emery on May 18, 2011 at 1:27pm

This is Chanee, and yes it's standard practice [in thailand] to take durian before they absize naturally and drop. Thai variteties have been bred for this for along time, it gives them a huge marketing advantage because the durian will last for a week or more before spoiling, as opposed to 12 hours-3 days for natural drops. the best durian i've had was in Hi. at a "special" friends farm. He has some of the oldest trees in Hi., [d-123/d-132/& chanee]. I found that d-123 spoils in 12-24 hours after drop and is best when it just starts to absize and i gently nudge it free w/ a long stick. D-132 will last for up to 5 days and actually split naturally at the base so you can peel open w/ bare hands. Thais use a special stick to tap the fruit and determine when to pick as well as when to eat.  Durian alroy mak-mak !!!

Comment by govinda taylor on May 18, 2011 at 11:20am

Looks like Monthong and notice that they were cut from the tree rather than ripening naturally as they would have broken off the stem at the first knuckle. But hey! durian is durian