Another tip: plastic bags. Just take a plastic shopping bag and repeatedly pad/rub your hands with it. The latex sticks to the bag and peels right off your skin/knife/table.

Is there any reason people are posting Longlablae and Linlablae as being "cold hearty?" Which study are you referring to?

So glad you are having a good time Kona Fruit Farmer, it's been awesome to meet you. Hope you learned a lot about durian and Thailand and other tropical fruits! We'll get our seed permits printed out tomorrow, no worries

Hi Prachya,

I'm going to pick up some more copies this summer. Email me at durianyear@gmail.com if you want to order one. 

Hi guys,

I just want to put it out there that the Durian and Fruit Festival I'm organizing in Penang, Malaysia, is coming up really soon! The dates are June 9-16 and 16-23.

Not to brag, guys, but this is gonna be a pretty cool event. In addition to over 20 varieties of durian, we'll have fruits like longkong, mangosteen, different varieties of rambutan, cempedak, mangoes, jambus, guava, banana, and the possibility of rambutan. We'll visit different durian gardens and learn about grafting durian and you can even collect as much seed and scion wood as you want.
We're even preparing durian-inspired dinners like durian massaman curry, durian som tam, durian caesar salad, and more!

I'm putting a link to the festival below, but please feel free to send me a message if you have questions.  Thank you!

This is the page ---> http://www.yearofthedurian.com/du…/bao-sheng-durian-festival

Thanks Jay! And thanks for inspiring me to reset my password so I can stop just stalking this forum and start participating again 

Hey guys,

I'm in San Diego to go to the CRFG Festival of Fruit and am headed home to visit family on Monday evening. I'm hoping to pick up some Californian grown mangoes or source a place I can mail order them. My mom is wild about mangoes and I'd love to bring her some. Thanks for any tips or leads you might be able to share!

Thanks!
DW

Durian does seem to pair really well with chocolate

Quote from: durianwriter on January 06, 2015, 07:51:15 PM

"Portland, where young people go to retire."

I don't actually understand that line...I'm assuming it's because the economy is so bad that it's really hard to find a job?

Maybe, but I think it means Portland's offerings are attractive to young people with beaucoup money-those who don't have to work.  After all, isn't that what retirement is all about? 
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I suppose, but everyone I know in Portland is either working 50 hours a week for Intel or struggling with a few different jobs to get by. Or in school. Which while not a job is not exactly retirement.

Quote from: durianwriter on January 06, 2015, 07:51:15 PM

"Portland, where young people go to retire."

I don't actually understand that line...I'm assuming it's because the economy is so bad that it's really hard to find a job?

Maybe, but I think it means Portland's offerings are attractive to young people with beaucoup money-those who don't have to work.  After all, isn't that what retirement is all about? 
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I suppose, but everyone I know in Portland is either working 50 hours a week for Intel or juggling a few different jobs to get by. Or in school. Which while not a job is not exactly retirement.

I think the line refers to the fact that at any given time there are a lot of people hanging around that you're like...shouldn't they be at work this time of day?

Done; also I'm available for the skype interview if you have the patience to deal with my English.

Thanks so much! Yes, definitely Let's chat! I'll PM you.

Wow very cool! Where in Borneo is the season starting? My contact in Sarawak told me it was pretty much finished.

No. What is Portandia? Do you have a link?

Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmitvXIamFc

I'm from Oregon - I watch Portlandia sometimes

How does the typical durio zibethinus taste compare to the jungle dudrians like the durio dulcis?  I wonder why these type of wild durians are not cultivated commercially.  Is it because the fruits are generally smaller than the zibethinus?

The flavors of wild durians are pretty distinct from D. zibethinus and often the smell is quite a bit stronger, although not always. D. dulcis is one of those smell-from-a-mile-away types, quite a bit sweeter than D. zibethinus. I think it's good, but even I can't eat very much of it. Rob likes it better than me.

As for the others, like D. oxleyanus or the wonderful orange graveolens, I can't figure out why more people don't grow them. The best I can figure is that most people (including Asians) have never heard of them.

If you must know, my theory is this: durians are an extra terrestrial fruit. Did you ever notice how different they are from all other fruits? Yes, they are not of this world! Maybe they came in on a comet or asteroid and found fertile soil? Anyway, whatever their origin, it seems once you start eating them the fruit implants some sort of micro organism in your system that makes you crave lots more. Durians are intelligent creatures, and only find suitable hosts. That is why they are repellent to unsuitable hosts. In suitable hosts there will be regular cravings for durian. Some might even go to the extent of spending all their savings travelling to Thailand or Malaysia just to eat them. While others will move to areas where they can plant their own trees. I'm thinking of writing this all up in greater detail for Scientific American.

You're funny Have you seen the Portlandia episode?

Will do, thanks.  Hope to see you in Malaysia this year.   

Yeah, that would be super cool! Thanks for helping with the study.

Ken Love is helping me organize it.