A Simple Life 3

Both Packrat and I are great fans of durian. We love the stuff. I would eat more of it if it wasn't also the most fattening fruit around. I was also able to eat it all through both pregnancies and thankfully, did not gag at the slightest whiff of it. One of our greatest wishes for our kids was for them to enjoy durians the way we and their grandparents did. We saw it as a family tradition to like the stuff.

Packrat and I have fond memories of our fathers coming home with thick brown paper bags with the durian scent emanating from it. We also have fond memories of trying to figure out the logic behind holding the durian husk under the tap, allowing the water to run through it and then washing our hands with that water. It is supposed to remove the durian scent from our fingers and magically it does. I say magically because we haven't quite been able to come up with a scientific explanation for why it is so.

Anyway, till now, we haven't had much success with the twins when it comes to durian. Evan has ordered us every time we put the fruit under his nose to throw it in the bin. Jordan has resisted and would delicately shake her head when it was offered to her.

Until today.

Both of them love picking off our food at the dinner table. It tastes better even if they'd be given the same thing an hour ago. Jordan eyes all of us suspiciously as we sit, after dinner and enjoy the pungent fruit. Gingerly, she takes some. Thankfully for us, the bit she pinches off is sweet. So she pinches a little bit more. And more. All the while telling us that she's only eating a bit.



She does concede that it tastes good although she tries very hard to wipe the taste off her tongue and drinks copious amounts of water after that (as well she should). Evan, in the background, is just happy drinking chilled water from my glass.

Both are pleased as punch after that. And they seemed to also be thrilled to have been included in our grown up activity of sitting round the table after dinner and sharing styrofoam boxes of durian.

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