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What made me think of this is with Christian Art of Adam and Eve, they very often use the apple tree to depict the Tree of Knowledge. I sort of joked what if the tree was actually a Durian. The Durian is an East Indian tree that grows in the orient as well. Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. In this country it is available for consumers and is considered a health food. If you watch, "Bizarre Foods, with Andrew Zimmerman." Then you have seen it as the bane of his existence. Despite all of the other crazy foods that man puts into his mouth, he can not stand this one, but what great fun to see him try.

You can read more about the Durian on Wikipedia and as you can see in the photo, it has a prickly skin. Because of that and the pungent oder, it is also referred to as,,"The king of fruits," as well. Arjuna, a member here also has written about it in her book "Stories Around My Life," chapter 35, "Durian- The King Of Fruits." She describes nicely how the fruit is used.

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I am not making fun of the fruit as I will try everything at least once. Very often, many tastes are acquired. Texture and smell play a very important part in overall taste. Many people haven't tried raw oysters and very often it will take several tries before on can truly enjoy them. There is also a psychological effect. I tried my first preserved egg a few weeks ago, also known as a thousand year old egg. It never made it down. A preserved egg is actually cooked in a lye solution and the tough gelatin skin or odd appearance didn't bother me, nor the green yolk. It was when I started chewing and it got a fruity flavor that my brain said this wasn't right and I gagged. A fruit similar in effect grows in this country and is called the May Apple in the eastern woodlands. It has a skin that smells like bad cheese and when you bite into the fruit it was a somewhat gushy texture, but amazingly tastes like grape. My best friend told me, that fruit isn't right. We also had battles with the rotten ones and got in trouble from mom for smelling like stinky feet.

Skunk cabbage is another eastern woodland plant found in wet soil areas. It has a cabbage appearance, but smells like skunk. That too is edible, provide you boil it about eight to ten times and always outdoors.

Last, I am not intending to be irreverent over a Prophet or the Bible. In a sense, the ending is my creative imagination in perceive human nature behind the lines of verse. I bet there was a timmidity factor as they squeemishly partook of the fruit. I am sure that Adam was suspicious of Eve's reluctance, but didn't put two and two together. I felt that if we really ate from the fruit instead of sampling it, we would have been much better off in our exile. I bet the seeds is what contained the common sense and buffer for our passions.

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