One man's synopsis


http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/37125.html

"juicy with no crunch, for me it's still Brown Turkey leading the pack"!
That is what he say, Jon. 
I guess, probably sure, he likes Brown Turkey.

I knew this article, it is an excellent exercise of clearness in the sliding world of taste. For me, it is very difficult to describe the taste twists of a fig.
I haven't tasted so many figs like the author, but I agree with him regarding Coll de Dama black and Negronne, these figs have a peculiar and excellent taste, superior and  different to the other figs I have tasted.

It was nice to see someone's attempt to quantify taste. I am not good at describing taste, at all, but other people are very good at it. Throw in the differences in different people's tastes, and it is always a tricky issue. Side by side tests with bananas, here at Encanto Farms consistently show that one person's ecstasy is another's yuck.

I think Durian fruit is a classic example of that.  Some say it's like eating rotten flesh, others say it's like the finest custard ever.  Maybe even blue cheese fits in this group of amazingness. 

Taste is subjective.  Obviously, people's senses of taste and smell differ. In school years ago, we did the classic biology/genetics experiment with the bitter-tasting chemical PTC (thiourea). Some people could scarcely tolerate the taste and others could not taste it at all. Smell is also an important factor in taste. Some of the subtle aspects of the sense we perceive as taste are actually due to the sense of smell. My wife can perceive the fragrance of certain varieties of roses that I cannot and I can perceive the fragrance of other varieties of roses that she cannot perceive. Durian fruit is famous for its bad smell. Even among Asians, Durian fruit is loved by some and hated by others.  My own experience is that if you can ignore the smell, that the creamy texture of the fruit and the taste are very good, once one has grown accustomed to it.

Durian should not be taken internally. But I have Cambodian friends who would kill for one.

I have a Durian, a Date and a Blueberry here in snowy Missouri.  Okay, that's a little deceptive.  These three 'ladies' were born in 2008, they are sheep.  Okay, okay, a little leeway for the shepherdess.  2008 was the year I named the ewes for fruit trees / bushes.  And what about the fig, you may ask?  Well, that name didn't fit because certain letters are already assigned to the mother's and the one with F only had males, and they don't get names.  Durian, Date and Blueberry were the only three ewe lambs kept from the 2008 lambing and should be having their own lambs in April.  They didn't mind today's snow at all.