How do Thais eat durian?

Durian is very common in supermarkets in many cities in China, and more and more northerners are beginning to accept and like this tropical fruit. When the reporter arrived in Thailand, he found it very learned to eat durian here. Durian is known as the "king of fruit". There is a proverb in Thailand: if you can't eat durian, you are not Thai. Durian has a strong smell. It is no exaggeration to say that it stinks. A Thai friend of the reporter likes durian very much, but his family can't stand the smell of durian. A friend told the reporter: "If I ate durian that day, my wife wouldn't let me in." Several times, I saw him hiding outside his house and eating durian. He ate it with relish. Unfortunately, he can't even go home. He asked him if he could beg his wife to come in for durian. He said, "When I smell durian, my son feels dizzy and sick. My son feels that durian tastes like something that people should not eat at all. " It's a little harsh, but it's a child's talk. Many hotels, guesthouses and cargo ships in Thailand are strictly marked: durian is prohibited and offenders are severely punished! Indeed, if someone steals a durian to the boat, the whole boat can smell the durian. Therefore, cars and ships that transport durian for a long distance must be packed very tightly and sealed before they can pass. \ x0d \ x0d \ Nevertheless, people who like durian are addicted to it, just like taking drugs. There is a saying in China that "delicious food is not as good as jiaozi", and there is a folk proverb in Thailand that "durian comes out and the sand cage is taken off" and "delicious durian is not delicious". Legend has it that Zheng He, the eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, led the fleet to the Western Ocean three times. Many crew members are anxious to return because they have been at sea for too long. One day, Zheng He found a bunch of strange fruits on the shore. He picked them up and tasted them with everyone. I didn't expect most of the crew to praise him, and he even played down his homesickness for a time. Someone asked Zheng He, "What's the name of this fruit?" He casually replied, "Wandering." People will turn it into durian in the future. Almost all people who love durian will go through a process from rejection to acceptance and even addiction. The meat is light yellow, sticky and juicy, soft and sweet. People who like durian will describe it as ice cream, praise it as smooth as cream, keep its teeth fragrant, drool and love it like life. People who don't like it call it unbearable nose, and they will make a detour every time they encounter it. For beginners, one of the best ways is to cut durian into small pieces and mix it with vanilla ice cream, which will make it taste sweet and not heavy, so that people who eat it will eat better and better unconsciously. But pay attention to the choice of 78 mature durian, because the taste is not heavy. Most Thais like to eat fresh durian that is half-baked. They directly watched the vendors cut durian on the spot in the market, then dumped it, wrapped it in paper and ate it in their hands. Common durian varieties are Jinzhen, Lun Jia and Ni Qing, among which Jinzhen is the best and the most expensive. It is named because of its fleshy, soft, long and pillow-shaped. Mature durian will naturally crack, but the cracking time should not be too long. When you smell alcohol, it has gone bad and cannot be eaten. The unopened durian, immature, smells like grass, not very smelly. Thai people are good at eating durian. Can be made into candy and dessert cake. The famous durian cake is often exported as a Thai specialty, or brought back to China as a gift for relatives and friends. It is very expensive and popular. For people who like to eat durian, it is undoubtedly a good product. However, the reporter first saw durian cake when he was in college. Once the teacher came back from Thailand to show it to everyone. At that time, I didn't know anything unusual, except that the teacher said something. After a few days, the smell in the classroom was unbearable and the whole teaching building had to be ventilated, so I realized why the teacher wanted me to send it back. \ x0d \ x0d \ If you buy immature durian, the method of ripening is to wrap it in a newspaper, light the newspaper, wrap it in another newspaper after burning it, put it in a warm place, and smell the durian for a day or two to prove that it is ripe. Lift it up and throw it on the ground, break it out and pry it open from the gap to eat. \ x0d \ x0d \ Some Thais eat durian as a dish, generally choose raw durian and cut it into shredded cold dishes, or make durian salad instead of shredded papaya according to the method in northeast Thailand. \ x0d \ x0d \ Some people like to slice durian, oil it and fry it, and dip it in salt or other seasonings according to their own tastes, just like eating potato chips, and eat it as a snack. Nine of the reporter's 10 Thai friends like durian. They teach people who can't eat to block their noses first, just look for the feeling in their mouths, never smell them, and then smell them boldly after a few times. It is said that at that time, I only felt the intoxicating fragrance, and the charm that is inconvenient to describe can only be understood but not expressed. \x0d\\x0d\ Watching reporters pat durian with handkerchiefs over their noses, friends in Bangkok consoled that the durian here is not bad. Some places in southern Thailand, like Malaysians, like to eat ripe durian, which is yellow, juicy and "really smelly", making people breathless. Durian is delicious, but it will get angry if you eat too much. Like many tropical fruits, durian itself has the opposite effect. The pulp contains internal heat, which will lead to nosebleeds if eaten too much, but the shell fried with light salt water can reduce fire and relieve depression. Cooking chicken soup with meat from durian skin is said to be a top-grade tonic for women and can also dispel stomach cold. The way to avoid getting angry is to eat mangosteen, which is known as the "queen of fruit" and is characterized by clearing away heat and removing fire, so Thais often eat mangosteen after eating durian.