atis:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Atis.htmlguavas: (bayabas)
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Bayabas.htmlsantol:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Santol.htmlBalimbing:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Balimbing.htmlAratilis:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Aratiles.htmlDurian:
http://www.stuartxchange.org/Durian.htmlAll the fruits have a unique taste. The taste is as the fruit is named.
Durian smells bad to most people, but it always smelled really good to me and those who love it. The taste is absolutely great and it is something we save up money for because Durian is expensive in Manila. But it is cheap in the south where it is grown like Davao City.
The vegan guru David Wolf describes durian this way in his book:
"Ideal Foods
Good, fresh durian must be one of the most incredible edibles on Earth. Once, the editor of Nature’s First Law radical raw-food magazine Just Eat An Apple, Fred Patenaude, and I were passing by an Asian market in San Diego, we stopped in and, sure enough, they had fresh, ripe, durian! I bought the ripest durian available. In the car, Fred and I split the durian. It was ambrosia. The taste was so light, so subtle, so powerful that it immediately sent us into an altered state. While we ate, I told a story to Fred. Afterward, I looked over and Fred had not heard a word I said. He was in outer space. I could not reach him – he did not want to be reached. That is the power of the durian!
The durian fruit of southeast Asia contains incredible fat and sugar, putting us right at the midpoint between the two. Added with green-leafy foods, we can live on durian alone, at least for some time. A raw-foodist once told me he believed durian and raw cannabis constituted humanity’s most natural foods. I thought that was interesting."
I think Thailand makes the best durians, I tasted some thai durian when I was in jakarta indonesia and people were all lined up in that store that had a big sign announcing: "Thai Monthok Durian for Sale!"