How to distinguish durian ripe chemicals that few know

With natural durian, lightly pressing on the stalk will feel wet stalks, even the plastic is flowing out and fresh, new, hard green.

Durian is seen by many in Southeast Asia as "king of fruits". This type of fruit is unique only in the tropics. It is special in that someone who is afraid will be afraid, just smell the unbearable, but those who love it will not resist the scent and durian of the durian.

In Vietnam, durian is imported from Thailand and first planted in Tan Quy and Bien Hoa areas, then spread to Southern provinces and Central Highlands. The main season starts around July-August onwards, in the West a little earlier due to the warm climate.

Due to the fear of taking durian trees for sale, it will be difficult to transport, easily crushed and broken, so many traders often go to green durian trees and soak them. If you are impregnated with a lot of medicine, it is more than a day later that the durian is mature and edible. When durian is flooded with markets, housewives need to prepare some knowledge in order not to buy durian ripe chemicals, which are not delicious and affect the health of the family.

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Durian is seen by many in Southeast Asia as "king of fruits".

Signs to identify with the naked eye

  1. About thorns and stalks : if the durian is ripened with medicine, it is common to pick green fruits on a tree and bring it to the vinegar.Due to the longer result, the fruit is wilted, spiny or thorns are bruised and darkened.Meanwhile, with natural durian, when pressing lightly on the stalks with your finger, it will feel wet stalks, even with plastic flowing and fresh, the spines also look fresh and hard green.
  2. On the surface of the shell : with the cracked fruit, when you press the hand, you see that the flesh is as hard as stone and the hand will be yellow as if touching the dye is durian soaking chemicals.Ripe durian has softer flesh.
  3. About durian zone : with durian durian, you will easily be able to separate the zones, the yellow and fat color zones and durian meat are very flexible.On the contrary, durian is pressed with chemicals, it is difficult to separate citrus, yellow color, eat very light, and durian meat is also worse.
  4. About taste : durian is soaked in chemicals, when ripe there is no characteristic odor, sometimes without smell.The durian fruit of a natural tree has a nose-tinged aroma, it can still be smelled from a distance.

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Durian ripen naturally, you will easily be able to separate the zones.

How to choose delicious durian

  1. Shape : any durian fruit with a not-so-beautiful shape is usually less damaged and the quality is better than the big, eye-catching big fruit.This many people without experience often suffer, because often see big and eye-catching fruit is taken immediately.
  2. Stalk : the longer the stalk is, the lower the stem will shrink.Therefore, when buying, you should choose the stalks that are not too wilted because that fruit is definitely long.Usually with long-lasting fruits, the seller will cut off its black head which makes the buyer think it is new.
  3. Thorns : big, small, hard and firm, squeezing two spines close together.If any fruit is old, hard spines, young fruits and spines will be soft.

Professional durian sellers often have special durian testers, which are a long bar, used to knock on the shell. If you hear the cry of "bulging" or "popping" , that durian fruit is very delicious. And the sound that sounded harshly like "curved" or "bubble" , you change the other.