Why does durian stink?

My hometown is located in the south-central part of beautiful colorful clouds, which belongs to subtropical climate and is rich in all kinds of fruits. But durian, a typical tropical fruit, is not planted in my hometown, and is rarely sold in farmers' markets and supermarkets in the county.

So I never saw durian when I was a child, I never tasted durian, and I didn't know there was durian as a fruit.

When I entered school, I began to hear about durian through the introduction of textbook knowledge. Tropical fruit, the king of fruit. With the growth of experience and age, the understanding of durian is more or less increasing. Wearing hedgehog skin, the smell is far-reaching, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much. Several people are fighting for food by covering their noses.

I left my hometown to study and work in Honghe, which is geographically farther south, with lower latitude and hotter weather than my hometown. A locally grown fruit, probably growing in a valley area with low calories. The locals called it Big Tree Pineapple, but later they learned that its scientific name was jackfruit. Some people say it looks a bit like durian.

Once someone gave me a jackfruit, which was the first time I ate it. Before I was ready to eat, I was full of expectation, surprise and curiosity. Because jackfruit is a bit like durian, it also tastes similar. I've heard the name durian for a long time before, and I've always wanted to see its true colors and how smelly it is, but I haven't had a chance to taste it. Now, the opportunity has finally come. Although you can't eat durian, you can try jackfruit similar to it, which is not bad. It is also an indirect taste of durian, and you can probably know a little about the taste of durian. But jackfruit really doesn't stink. It tastes sweet and crisp. Then what is the taste of durian, which makes me more curious. I really want to try it later.

In the impression of most people, durian should be as smelly as me.

Tossing and turning, because of love, I later had the opportunity to work in a country near the equator, which is a tropical country and a garden city. Durian is a very common fruit here and it is easy to buy. When you take the subway or bus, you will also see a warning that durian is not allowed to get on the bus, and the punishment for offenders is still very heavy.

There is a famous opera house here, the Durian Shell Opera House in Singapore, which looks like durian and looks like a giant durian. My understanding is that durian has been integrated into the life and culture of this country.

Passing by the place where you buy fruit, you see durian that is still intact and piled with thorns, or durian that is cut open with disposable polystyrene foam lunch boxes and sold at a price.

Because I am still curious about the taste of durian, I want to buy some many times, but I have no clue. Perhaps the idea of wanting to buy and stop at that time was complicated, or perhaps it was because it was too wonderful to eat, so it was a pity to throw it into the trash can. Perhaps I am worried that when I eat it, its taste will be smoked to others; Maybe we should invite someone, after all, it's a new smell; Maybe it's because of its price, because I don't have high requirements for food, so I usually don't join in the fun.

There has always been a question in my heart. It is said that durian stinks. What's that smell? It stinks like feces. Dead bodies? Rotten meat? Rotten fruit, rotten cabbage, garbage dump, stinky tofu, Hong Kong foot ......

Yu Dafu commented on durian: durian smells like rotting cheese and onions, similar to the smell of turpentine. It is really fragrant, smelly and delicious.

A few months ago, it was said that the price of durian was very high, reaching more than 40 Singapore dollars a catty. However, in 10, I saw the news on the official account of WeChat: With a large number of mature durians coming into the market in Malaysia, the price of durian dropped sharply, which is a good time to eat durian. Seeing these news reports, I also had the idea of taking this opportunity to taste durian.

One day, on my way back to my dormitory from work, I passed the fruit stand and saw durian. I just bought a box and want to take it back to the dormitory to eat, but I'm afraid some roommates don't like the smell, which will lead to a quarrel. So I decided to take durian to a stool on the roadside to enjoy.

The exciting moment has arrived, and the durian trilogy has begun. Stimulated by a song, I put a durian in my mouth. The first thing I felt was the smell of garlic, its unique taste and spicy taste. The taste is not very good at this time, so I can't accept it. The second part turns around, and the food is coming.

As durian further enters the mouth, it comes into contact with teeth and chews. When your tongue touches it and mixes with saliva, the taste changes from spicy to sweet, such as the sweetness of cream, mixed with the greasy taste like fat pork. At this time, the taste is very good; When the trilogy ebbed, I suddenly remembered that durian was smelly and delicious. I think there should be a third taste next, and an extremely wonderful taste will come out. But there is no sublimation on the basis of the second step. With chewing, there is a slight spicy taste, and the sweetness of the second step begins to weaken. At this point, the durian taste trilogy is over. Generally speaking, I don't like durian and I don't hate it.

Only after I personally tasted durian did I know that the taste of durian is not smelly at all, but a mixed taste, which is a mixture of garlic, spicy, sweet and fragrant. The taste is a bit heavy, but it is not as simple and light as bananas, apples, pears, oranges and lemons.

Then why is durian smelly? I thought you wronged durian. Because I have lived and worked here for some time, I know a little about the local culture. In my opinion, this is also very bad.

In Chinese mainland, malodor usually refers to the extremely unpleasant smell emitted by feces, corpses and decays. We don't say it's for some unpleasant smells or special smells, but Chinese in Southeast Asia may say it's for those unpleasant smells. According to my guess, because durian tastes heavy, they will say that durian stinks. In addition, some people who are not used to the taste of durian are even more notorious in their hearts. Durian is abundant in Southeast Asia, and durian is considered stinky where it is abundant. Foreigners naturally accept this statement and think that durian is smelly, but in fact, this smell is different and there are cultural differences.

Why durian stinks, because you haven't tasted it yourself; Why are you biased against people? Maybe it's because you know that person from someone else's mouth, not through your own personal contact.