Texture of Durian

(Open ended play)

Known as the ultimate stink fruit, I learned that people are either love it crazily or hate it wholeheartedly. So it’s like heaven or hell, depending on which side are you, and no one should or could stay in between. Their smell isn't only overwhelmingly potent, but it lingers. Durian is an acquired taste. Despite the pungeant smell, the custardy flesh actually tastes sweet. So many things have been said about it taste, but our theme today is about its texture.

On the first durian season of her life, Y was mostly interested to bring its flesh into her mouth. Last year, she somehow lost interest and simply ignore this fruit the whole time everybody else had their feast. This year, she grew more interest for touching its ridicule texture.

From the green and spiky hard of durian skin on the outside, to rather thin dry outer layer of flesh and soft buttery flesh once she bit into the fruit.

Last but not least she’d find a hard big seed inside. She interested mostly with their spiky hard outside skin.

Each time we visited durian farm in the countryside or durian stalls in the city, she would wander off the table to touch those spiky fresh-fallen-from-the-tree durians excitedly. She pretend to accidentally hurt and saying “ouch” only to giggle herself out. She loves this kind of “hurt” pretend play so much these days.

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