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Jon Tan. Born: April 1976. Reborned: June 2004 in the mighty name "Jesus of Nazereth". Serving God wholeheartedly. Love you as much as how God loves you when He send His one and only son to the cross.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

The Art Of Durian Selection

Jon wanted to write this post since last Sunday but was too busy to do so. It was inspired by a group of church friends whom Jon met when he first attended Hope Church. They are all from Sarah’s group.

Jon met Sarah and George (both house-mates staying at Kembangan) at the Somerset MRT on Sunday evening and we decided to go for dinner near their house. It was soon followed by more of their CG friends, Tiancai, Nicholas & Sandra. During the dinner Nicholas was telling us how much he and Sandra loved durians and he started to teach us how to choose delicious durian. We were all excited over what Nicholas shared and started craving for durians as well. Soon we headed to Geylang area and started our “practical lesson” on choosing the right durians and of course eating our “picks”! =)

In fact it was a very memorable night for Jon as it was a very long time since he enjoyed himself so “openly”. We had durians & lychees and so much fun. Jon would like to take this opportunity to share with everyone the “trade” of selecting good durians. There are only 5 steps in the selection process and they are:

1. Shape of the durians. => Normally experts choose durians with a certain arc at the bottom of the durian.
2. Cracks on the durians. => We won’t know how long the cracks are there, as the “taste & smell” would have “evaporated” over time.
3. Weight of the durian relative to its size. => This step needs practices. Too light means the flesh are too dry. Too heavy means the seed are too big, hence flesh are little…
4. Shaking of durian. => This step is to confirm if the flesh of the seeds in the durian is tender enough or not. If the flesh is too watery, the seeds would have stuck on the surface of the shell inside. If you feel that the seeds are shaking too much inside, tendency is that the flesh are too dry.
5. Smell. => Smelling is the last part of the steps to make sure that the durian “smell” fresh. If not, it means that the durian has been “harvested” for too long. The area to smell the durian is at the base of it.

So here are the 5 basic steps to selecting of good durians. Hope you guys can have lots of fun too!

1 Comments:

At 12 June, 2005 20:45, Blogger Jon Tan said...

Great! Will let you know of our next "practical" lesson again then! We shall then put words into practise lor... haha!

 

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