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World’s stinkiest fruit causes flight delay
NY Post ^ | 11/07/2018 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 11/07/2018 8:15:08 AM PST by DFG

An Indonesian airliner was delayed for an hour after passengers complained of an overpowering stench released from a load of the notorious thorny fruit durian, according to reports.

About 2 tons of the world’s stinkiest fruit was in the cargo hold of the Jakarta-bound Sriwijaya Air flight at Bengkulu in Sumatra, the BBC reported.

Boyke Ledy Watra, a reporter with Indonesia’s Antara news agency who was aboard the fetid flight, said passengers began arguing with the crew — with some almost coming to blows with flight attendants.

The airline eventually agreed to remove the offending fruit and the plane took off an hour behind schedule Monday morning.

Sriwijaya Air later insisted that it was not illegal to transport durian “as long as it is wrapped properly in accordance with flight regulations — carried inside the hold.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; aviation; chat; durian; fruit; indonesia; notnews; odor; sriwijaya
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1 posted on 11/07/2018 8:15:09 AM PST by DFG
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Why would anyone board an Indonesian airliner?


2 posted on 11/07/2018 8:16:42 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: DFG; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; Larry Lucido

3 posted on 11/07/2018 8:22:11 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: billorites

Because riding an elephant takes to long?


4 posted on 11/07/2018 8:22:41 AM PST by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: billorites

Agreed. They don’t exactly have the best flight safety record.


5 posted on 11/07/2018 8:25:33 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: DFG

Nonsense, durian is perhaps one of the most delicious fruits in the world. There is a restaurant in Houston where they have durian smoothies as desert. Absolutely fantastic.


6 posted on 11/07/2018 8:25:46 AM PST by 353FMG
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Durian fruit segments are like really big finger pudding packets that taste nicely fruity, but has garlic added to it. It sort of smells just like that.

Folks, it is quite the experience to have fresh and it is fun!

7 posted on 11/07/2018 8:26:07 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Food writer Richard Sterling has described its odor as “turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock.” The fruit is a delicacy in much of Asia

Man, what was early man thinking? You show him the world's stinkiest fruit and he says, "I'll take a big bite of that!"

Modern man is even worse; he made it into a delicacy. Can't imagine any Americans going for it.

8 posted on 11/07/2018 8:27:31 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: billorites
Why would anyone board an Indonesian airliner?

To get the hell out of Indonesia?

9 posted on 11/07/2018 8:29:10 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: DFG

I saw Andrew Zimmer almost retch trying to eat that stuff once.


10 posted on 11/07/2018 8:30:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight yourr way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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This headline also sums up the election last night.

(Stinky flies = Dems and flight = Trump’s agenda).


11 posted on 11/07/2018 8:31:16 AM PST by pcottraux (depthsofpentecost.com)
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Nonsense my ass.

I’ve eaten durian in several places in Asia. It smells just like an open sewer. The seeds have a custard-like coating, and this is the part you suck off to eat.

And yes, if the fruit is ripe, the taste is pretty good.

To say that durian does not smell like an open sewer is just fatuous. In Singapore, if you are new to the place, you could be frightened off eating at one of the many amazing hocker stands that serve food that is equal to, if not better, than a white-tablecloth restaurant.

Reason, as you approach, it smells like the vendors are squatting over a trench as they sell their food. They aren’t, its just that someone there is hocking durian, and you can smell it for blocks. 6 blocks and if the wind is right, more.

Nobody sells better chow than the Singapore hocker stands.


12 posted on 11/07/2018 8:36:20 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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Durian - the locals say it smells like hell, but tastes like heaven.


13 posted on 11/07/2018 8:37:44 AM PST by PGR88
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Actually, this may be the world's stinkiest fruit:


14 posted on 11/07/2018 8:40:12 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: ConservativeMind

You can get the same high from licking a baby’s diaper. Gheesh man, even Andrew Zimmern threw up on camera after trying it.


15 posted on 11/07/2018 8:42:34 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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“Nonsense, durian is perhaps one of the most delicious fruits in the world. There is a restaurant in Houston where they have durian smoothies as desert. Absolutely fantastic.”

ROTFLMAO! You really need to get out more. Maybe even stay at a Holiday Inn.


16 posted on 11/07/2018 9:01:13 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1)
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How do they know a democrat didn’t sneak onboard?


17 posted on 11/07/2018 9:02:50 AM PST by Bob434
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I didn’t know that about Andrew.

Honestly, it tastes pretty good and the texture is amazingly like a slightly firm pudding.

18 posted on 11/07/2018 9:17:57 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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The late Anthony Bourdain reportedly described durian as “something you will either love or despise

Mr. Bourdain, really? As far as I'm concerned, Zimmer had nothing on Bourdain. I once saw him eat raw, that's right, uncooked, and uncleaned, PIG's anus in the African bush with the natives. Afterwards, he could only muster, "Oh, that's not good." Maybe he was trying not to offend the hosts, but I would've thrown up at the mere sight of what they were serving.

19 posted on 11/07/2018 9:22:12 AM PST by LibWhacker
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In the Midwest a hocker is a large gob of phlegm that a person spits out … would be hard to get that visual out of the head while ordering food from hawkers....

Durian looks like an overgrown Osage orange.


20 posted on 11/07/2018 9:32:37 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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