Durian … again!

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Funny Cats Reaction To Smelling Durian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke7_1tPyjJs

[dgrimm60]

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IT must  smell bad  if one of the cats was  trying to bury like in litter box

dgrimm60

[Gregory Matthews]

I happen to like the taste, to include durian Ice cream.  I became acquainted with it when I lived in Panama.

It is illegal to import fresh durian into the U.S.  To those who will tell me that you can purchase fresh durian in San Francisco, that is not fresh.  Rather it was imported frozen, which is legal and then sold after it has thawed.

On another note:  Raw cashew nuts can not be sold in the U.S.  The reason is that a raw cashew nut, eaten right off the tree, will blister your mouth and throat.  What are labeled as  raw cashew nuts in the U.S. have actually been roasted enough to remove the blister agent from the nut.  What are sold as roasted cashew nuts have been roasted for a longer period of time beyond that needed to remove the blister agent.

Yes, when I   lived in Panama, I saw cashew trees and the nuts that    grew on them.

 

 

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

7 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

Raw cashew nuts can not be sold in the U.S.  The reason is that a raw cashew nut, eaten right off the tree, will blister your mouth and throat.  What are labeled as  raw cashew nuts in the U.S. have actually been roasted enough to remove the blister agent from the nut.  What are sold as roasted cashew nuts have been roasted for a longer period of time beyond that needed to remove the blister agent.

I didn't know this.  Very interesting.

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11 hours ago, Gregory Matthews said:

I happen to like the taste, to include durian Ice cream.  I became acquainted with it when I lived in Panama.

It is illegal to import fresh durian into the U.S.  To those who will tell me that you can purchase fresh durian in San Francisco, that is not fresh.  Rather it was imported frozen, which is legal and then sold after it has thawed.

On another note:  Raw cashew nuts can not be sold in the U.S.  The reason is that a raw cashew nut, eaten right off the tree, will blister your mouth and throat.

My wife has some Durian ice cream in our freezer right now. However, she will never eat the stuff if I am at home! I tasted some once when it was frozen. I don't really want to describe the taste, but I am not tempted to try it again. However, it is not the worst thing I have ever tasted.

I knew about the cashew nuts. I have also seen almond trees in the Dominican Republic. I learned they are related to peaches and apricots.

[Gregory Matthews]

There is another interesting (tome) fact about the cashew nut:

The cashew tree grows a fruit, that is green and the shape and size of an apple.  However that fruit is not eaten like an apple.   Rather is is pressed and made into a juice that is bottled (canned) and sold as a refreshing drink.

Each of those fruits has attached to its bottom, one cashew nut.

The reason that cashew nuts are more expensive than some nuts sis that due to teh fact that the cashew nut growl off a larger fruit, each tree produces fewer actual cashew nuts than do other nut trees.  Teh sale of the fruit for a drink does not make up the difference.