The coming fromage

[muckefuck]

monshu and I determined we haven't had enough fruitless quests lately and so decided to spend a rainy Friday evening going from shop to shop in North Chinatown looking for an odd citrus fruit called a "Buddha's hand". In one of the Vietnamese groceries, we saw a sign advertising familiar chubby red rounds of Edam cheese. Unfortunately, whoever stocked them apparently misread the label. I think they must've been looking at the Spanish description, which prosaically described them as "queso de bola" or "ball cheese", because the sign on them read EBOLA.

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Go for Durian

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

I got one of these at the DeKalb farmer's market last year. I couldn't find any recipes that actually involved eating the thing. It seemed to be one large ball of zest with some very photogenic protuberances off the distal end of the fruit. I'm sure all the self-styled gourmands (n00bs) like myself snatched these up as the most bizarre fruit they could possibly buy in this lifetime. Only to be bewildered upon cutting into the blasted thing.

Plus it makes us think Buddha was some kind of cross between a Lamprey and a Prophet.

Re: Go for Durian

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

Durian is a great thing...

Great eating...
Freaking out friends with the "scent"
and I f you want someone dead... dropping an unopened one on their head.
If you Google "durian", there is a great website devoted to it...

DRUIAN.... YUM!!!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I never finished the durian smoothie Chef Jeff talked me into ordering. I took it home, put it in the freezer--and somehow left it there for six months before throwing it out.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!!

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

You mean you didn't have to throw out the whole refrigerator???
The "scent" of durian is very penetrative... LOL

Its not my favourite Tropical Fruit, there are literally 100's of others that I enjoy. But I will always try something new and unusual, that how I discovered my love for 1000 year old eggs, which led to meeting
quirkypandacub I have always been adventurous when it came to food... and other things..*evil grin*.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Sounds perfect for candying! (Which is what one normally does with citron anyway.) We planned to use it primarily as a pomander.