The exotic durian – the smell of hell and taste of heaven Bashny.Net

Of all known fruits, one of the most unusual can be called – durian (lat. Durio). This big fruit can reach the size of 30 centimeters and a weight of about 8 kilograms, the top entirely covered with green spines, very popular in Southeast Asia, Central Africa and Brazil, but the smell of durian is generally something. In Thailand this fruit is called the "king of all fruits" which combines several flavors: the taste of custard, with a mix of banana, mango, pineapple, papaya, strawberry, with the presence of exotic spices and even onion. And it contains a lot of extremely beneficial vitamins — A, B1, B2, B5, B6, C; minerals – iron, manganese, copper, zinc; macroelements – potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus. Durian, the world's only fruit which contains organic sulfur. And sulfur is an essential macronutrient, which is part of the cells in our body, and it is vitally important for hair growth, skin, nails, tissues and organs of the nervous and osseous tissue. This fruit provides a natural balance of sugar in the blood and has a strong bacterial action. And it's not the whole list of useful properties of this fruit.

But there is a small but pretty impressive flaw in this useful storehouse of vitamins, had the most foul and unbearable smell, what you can imagine. The smell of durian is so smelly that it is not allowed in the hotel, airplane, bus. On the doors of many closed shops hanging warning sign that the durian is closed. The ripe fruit of the durian "smell" of garlic, rotting onions, rotten fish. So it just cannot be exported fresh to other cities and countries. Local craftsmen durian dry and cure, but not to convey the unusual combination and the entire range of flavor of this exotic fruit.

In Thailand it is the most common and favorite fruit. Here grows about 200 species of this fruit. The season of ripening of durian is may — August. Here grow entire orchards of durian. In Chanthaburi province hold annual fairs and festivals dedicated to the most delicious and healthy fruit in the world.

Most interesting and about what you need to remember that after consumption of fresh fruit of durian is slightly increased body temperature, and in any case can not eat a lot and in combination with alcohol, otherwise it becomes a real killer and fruit snack with a taste of "strawberries" may be the last in life.