How to Enjoy Durian

1. Select your spiky mass and proudly take up to the cashier.
2. Have the cashier help you crack it open. Together, admire the sunny innards. He or she will neatly place the fruit's inner pods into a plastic bag.
3. Pop your durian pods in the freezer.
4. Wait a few hours.
5. Remove from freezer and enjoy a custard, ice cream like treat (free of that distinct durian odor)!

Mango Fields of Kenting

Just returned from a trip to Kenting, a beach-y area on the southern tip of Taiwan.  Kenting is covered with mango fields--on mountains, in valleys, along roads.  I decided to check one out.  Workers were wrapping the fruit in protective bags.  Taiwan seems to really be into non-toxic pest control.  In Yilan they use styrofoam to wrap the guavas.

Welcome to the work week, everyone!  My mind is still at the beach...