On 27Apr2020 0821, xxxxxx@gmail.com wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 3:36 PM Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com
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>     On 27Apr2020 0705, Charles McKnight wrote:
>     > You forgot to mention how tough the outer shell of a durian
>     really is…
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>     > And the smell is like the chemical they put in natural gas to
>     give it an odor only much stornger. 😂
>     People smell Durians in different ways. To some they smell awful, to
>     others amazingly wonderful, and to others, they are just pungent,
>     neither good nor bad.
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> I wonder if that's like the Cilantro thing - some love it (me) and
> others find it smells/tastes like soap. Apparently this all tracks to
> a single gene (and maybe a particular expression of it). That's why we
> differ. Maybe the Durian response is similar.
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I'm a cilantro = soap person (though I love coriander seeds in things
like curries). Likewise, I find avocado to taste soapy. With durian
apparently it's more complex, because it has a huge number of very
complex chemicals in it, and the way they interact is what gives it it's
smell and taste, so even minor variations in how you perceive these
chemicals will change what durian is like to you. It's probably why it
also defies description.

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Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>