Durians - its STILL a family affair

Yesterday, as i was driving home, i spotted a makeshift stall by the road selling the fruit that many people, especially the ang mohs, love to hate. XD

Durians.

*yum*

Haha. As i pulled up across the street, i saw the durians pilled up according to their "standards", all over the ground. Ever since the durian season hit KL, i made an observation on the durians stalls.

When the durians look like they are "displayed" in a manner which is time consuming, ie, tied up to hang one by one from top to toe**, or arrannged in such a manner where they wont be moved for a long time, these may not be good durians*.

**For illustration purposes:
__________(pole)____
-!- - !- !- -
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*) - durians (imagine the thornes k? =p)
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*)
-!- - !- !- - - rafia string
(*) (*) (*)
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*)


Why?

Because (i think) if you they take time to display them in this manner**, and after few days, STILL in the same manner, they probably haven't sold any at all. The durians are, like suggested, FOR DISPLAY ONLY. XD

Then when someone eventually buys, it would be fresh oredy. Well, at least not as fresh as other durians which are pilled up all over the ground lah. Those fresh from the lorry that kind. =P

Anyway, that's just me.

So i crossed the road and walked towards the stall, locking on sight on the durians which were on the ground. I prayed in my heart, "God, pls guide the fella to pick a good durian with nice flesh and no worms. And pls, before i forget, pls dun let them "cut" me..." Then i saw: D2, D24, no-D, and many more la.

Ayo. Buy durian also so many to choose from. @_@

I went up pointed to the pile with the sign that read: 2 biji RM10 asked the man to pick two nice nice wan ah.. *flashes a big, wide smile* That what i got the weeks ago. And it was a good buy.

But suddenly, he suggested, "Take this one la. Leng wan! RM 10 only! Very nice one..!"

I smiled. But at the back of my head, i thought, "Sei for lo, SURE kena "cut" wan this fella...!" @_@ LOL

But looking at the size of the durian that he was holding up, almost to my face, i figured, okay lah. Since its just three if us at home to eat anyway. (saja oni, self assuring myself. XD)

...

After dinner, we had durian. Mixed feelings. Enough to eat or not? Fresh or not? GOT WORM OR NOT??!! @_@

When i opened it, jeng jeng jeng!

MAGGOTS!!

I instantly went @$%^&*&(*)(*&^%$#%^&*(&)*&!!! *jumped away in disgust action* LOL

Straight away wanted to boikot the stall ady! XD

But as it turned out, only those two were affected. The rest were fine. In fact, the rest were GOOOD! LOL

Sweet and bitter-ish. Just like Father Tan likes it. =)

Praise be to God.

Halfway through, Daddy rationalized that durians with worms shows that the fruit is "kinda" free of pestisides. So in a way, it was a good thing. And the maggots were still in egg-form. Luckily. Cause if not, id be barfing away oredy... XD XD XD

Just curious: How did they even end up INSIDE? There were no holes to indicate that the fruit was compromised by worms. =P

Still, to be safe, before every bite i took, I LOOKED. =P

All clear. Eat away. =)

And then i tell you, it was SO good, Daddy just ate and ate and ate, and didnt really care about the maggots. Hence the final outcome was as below:

He had NINE (9), i only managed SEVEN (7). *ahem* the tiny one on the right ALSO counted kay! XD

When i lamented that he ate too fast, therefore i couldnt catch up to make up the numbers, he suggest that there were two cloves of durian left.

Yes, the maggot infested ones. Pulak.

@_@

LOL

So yea, despite all the panik city about getting "cut", and maggots and all, durians STILL is a family affair! XD

*Disclaimer: this is based on personal observation, on which i base my personal opinion. I do not take responsibility for any ill effect cause by application of this information and should people buy less from durian stalls with the mentioned characteristics. I am not responsible if the durian stalls near my house don't profit from people who have read this post. Thank you.

ps. sorry low quality images, pics taken via camphone. =S