Green Lady said:Might the custard apple be also called a durian?
Hi Green Lady, custard apple is not durian at all. Far from it. The custard apple's flesh is white, very soft, fragrant and saccharine sweet with lots of black seeds that you'll need to spit out, sort of like eating watermelons but far worse. But it's well worth the trouble!
Durian flesh is yellowish, creamy with a thick fibrous core around which you'll have to nibble to get as much of the custardy flesh as you can. Its indescribably heady and overpowering aroma is so intense it instantly blurs the line between stinky and heavenly. One is transported alternately between moments where it smells like rotten eggs and sulphur, and the next moment, you'll swear it's the loveliest smell in the world! Best enjoyed near-frozen so I double-wrap it in cling-wrap and stick it in the freezer first.