a durian by any other name
Thai scientist Songpol Somsri crossed more than 90 varieties of durian in order to create “a fruit that he says smells as mild as a banana,” according to today’s New York Times. This is so 21st century, and so wrong.
In honor of real durians eaten by real people, I offer this limerick (per Suzan’s suggestion):
A foodie-in-training from Burien
for dessert, ordered one frozen durian.
When it started to melt
and he noticed the smelt
he became a past-tense epicurean.
-fgb, April 2007