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2025-08-21,
of garlic and onions

muddy elephants, Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2016-08-19 – Nikon D3300
muddy elephants, Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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taking a bit of a break, I’ve caught a couple recent videos mentioning durian, and I’ve come to realize that I use it as a test for travel and food creators – Anthony Bourdain loved it, Andrew Zimmern hates it, Adam Gottschalk loves it, and Gordon Ramsey (the chef who can’t cook a grilled cheese sandwich) hates it – the smell is the most off-putting part and the best I can only describe it as rotting garlic – but the flavor is along the lines of a French sweet onion custard – and once you break the surface tension, the flesh also has the texture of a custard, sticky and messy


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