aloha! chanee birds brand selected durian chanee to be weighed upon retail product of thailand the above i found on the tag to my first durian (plus some chinese-looking characters) (minus the "aloha!"). not what i expected. thank you to tierra true for traveling to san francisco and convincing the shopkeeper, who had "already put the durian in the freezer," to part with such a fruit for only (?!) $8. good going, new food spirit! look for tierra's debut letter in the all-new nhm2m #29. big ole' seeds!! big ole' rind!!! spiky, too. and that smell! not pleasant, but made up for with *taste*! already split a bit on the side, i removed the white plastic mesh bag from the brown & green spiky fruit, saving the tag for future enjoyment. finding the fruit naturally splitting into various (7? 8?) sections, i ate the flesh off the 2 or 3 seeds in each section. of the six people in the room, i ate the most (maybe half). my girlfriend *really* did *not* like the smell. wouldn't do more than taste-test. one person didn't even try it. my compost still hasn't decided how it feels about this new member to the community. dazzling sights & smells... enduring durian, bodhi