Amadeus:
>Hey that sounds interesting!
>champedak and durian..
>I could not find it in any dictionary.
>Could you tell something more about it?

There are several durian websites if you do a search. Champedak is
"jackfruit's little brother and is much richer and doughy than jackfruit.
Absolutely delicious and powerful...

>Could it be available in asian shops (maybe in some canned form)?

I've never seen champedak in the continental USA and it is hard to find
even in Bangkok (The weekend market often has some they deepfry and sell
that way--ruined, but you can purchase it fresh. In southern Thailand
during the season is ois found at roadside stalls easily.

Durian is often found frozen/thawed in Chinatowns throughout the USA,--much
rarer fresh. I have seen frozen durian in LA, NYC, SF, Seattle, and
Vancouver chinatowns. Pricey.

>Well, I'm always in seach of some new tasty and natural
>(not much gene manipulated) foodstuff.

A trip to Thailand in, say, the third week of May would put you in exotic
fruit heaven...

>Recently looked at waterchestnut, which was found in mesolithic
>settlements in south germany.
>They said, was very tasty and a similar thing could be found in
>canned form from asia shops.

Canned waterchestnuts are in most supermarkets I think.

Cheers,
Kirt

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