New Artist announced for Gurtenfestival 2025: Durian

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The Trolley of Tasty Treats

You're on a trolley, heading towards a fork in the track. On one path, there's a giant vat of the world's most delicious ice cream, enough to make everyone happy and give them brain freeze. On the other path, there's a huge pile of stinky, rotten durians that will make everyone nauseous and possibly cause mutant powers to manifest.

You have the power to pull a lever and choose which path the trolley takes. Do you:

A) Pull the lever towards the ice cream, knowing everyone will be overjoyed and likely become overweight?

B) Let the trolley continue on its current path towards the durians, accepting that everyone will be miserable but potentially gain super stinky powers?

What will it be, ice cream bliss or durian superpowers? The fate of the trolley's passengers hangs in the balance.

Had the privilege this week to enjoy some tasty super food

Durfte diese Woche einen schmackhaften Superfood geniessen

Went to Costco today and saw that they had some packaged pressed durian in the snack section. Picked one up and just tried it.

It has the texture of a really soft licorice rope, it's dark brown in color and tastes like cooked, smashed durian. The thing really loves to stick to teeth though.

Score: 6/10

@tayfonay

A couple three decades ago, I got a durian shake at a chinese restaurant and shared it with my friend. They brought it out in a styrofoam cup with a lid and straw, to limit the spread of the smell.

We'd take turns taking slurps, trying to be open-minded really give it an enthusiastic try, smiling optimistically, then grimacing involuntarily.

To me, the smell was like rotting onions and ripe diapers.

Hours later, each time I burped I would almost burst into tears.

Dimsums and durians at the R
Tai family brunch.
And yes, with a dash of mangosteens.

If apples are the betas of the fruit world, does that make #durian the alpha or the omega?

(Question by @geraineon, more context here: https://federatedfandom.net/@villainousfriend/112928259094603033)

My wife got a durian AirPod case hehe

I didn't even know this place exists in #Malaysia! A homestay where you can eat to your heart's content up in the mountains and be surrounded by cats too
Can always trust this YouTuber to film the most interesting vlogs.

PS: While the YouTuber is from China, the others are Malaysian and one Singaporean Chinese. The wife commented that her husband is a person because he can only speak Cantonese.

#Travel #Malaysia #Durian

https://youtu.be/Vw0_Zz2SfuA?si=9rjtXrLhx2DVF-yZ

I love durian and all but I think there should be limits to what we add it to, ya know?

China's taste for durian — a fruit typically the size of a rugby ball that can emit an odor so powerful, it is banned from most hotels — is reshaping the economy in Southeast Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/17/asia-pacific/china-durian-fortunes-southeast-asia/ #asiapacific #china #durian #southeastasia #malaysia #thailand

#Durian
#FrozenDurian

Bukit Batok Nature Park, Singapore. August 2019, Canon PowerShot.

#vintagestyle #singapore #BukitBatok #nature #park #sign #durian

https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/703745180471728701

Vietnamese durian farmers face thorny issues that could threaten growing demand from China

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/vietnam-durian-farmers-worried-growing-demand-china-weather-climate-change-4343146

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