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They Bet on China's Durian Appetite. Then Came a Twist

Chinese consumers now want fresh fruit, not frozen, and Malaysian prices are cratering

(Newser) - Malaysian durian growers spent years banking on China's love for the spiky, pungent fruit. Now that bet is backfiring. The New York Times reports that while China's appetite for durian hasn't faded, its preferences have: buyers increasingly want fresh fruit, not the frozen versions that Malaysia scaled...

Item in Post Office Scare Turns Out to Be a Delicacy

Six were hospitalized in Germany over stinky durian fruit

(Newser) - The package smelled so bad that postal workers thought it might be a chemical weapon. A full complement of police and medical units descended on the facility in Schweinfurt, Germany, where a dozen workers needed medical care, reports CNN . Six of them ended up in the hospital. But when authorities...

Thieves Stole $1K Worth of Super Smelly Fruit

Hawaii police looking for thieves who took durian, other types of fruit

(Newser) - You might be able to smell these thieves coming: Police in Hawaii are investigating the theft of fruit valued at about $1,000, and the haul includes durian, which is known for its powerful odor. Two men entered a property in Hilo on the Big Island and removed 18 durian...

Passengers, Plane Crew Nearly Brawl Over Stinky Fruit

Sriwijaya Air flight in Indonesia temporarily grounded thanks to durian in cargo hold

(Newser) - The durian is known for being one of the grossest-smelling fruits in the world—think "turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock," as one food writer has described it, per Smithsonian . The late Anthony Bourdain once said after eating it, "Your breath will smell as if...

Stinky Fruit Forces Building Evacuation

Emergency crews found rotten durian

(Newser) - The pungent smell of a rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library was mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building. Specialist crews wearing masks searched the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology university campus library on Saturday, but all they found was rotting durian in a...

Could This Be the World's Stinkiest Aphrodisiac?

The Malaysian government plans to find out

(Newser) - The durian is a notoriously smelly fruit, as well as a reported superfood with numerous health benefits, but might it also have the ability to turn men into good sex-havers? That's the question the Malaysian government is apparently setting out to answer. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Ahmad Shabery...

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