 ... brown sherry, and other incongruities. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp, which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acid, nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities,...  The Treasury of Botany ... - Page 435by John Lindley - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1886 - 924 pages
...cream-cheese, onion-sauce, brown sherry, and other incongruities," according to Mr. AR Wallace, who adds that " the more you eat of it, the less you feel inclined to stop ; in fact, to eat durions is a rare sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience." The disagreeable external odour... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Ethnology - 1869 - 694 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions, is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. When the fruit is ripe it falls... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - Antarctic regions - 1871 - 776 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy ; yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea, or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat durions is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. " When the fruit is ripe it falls... | |
 | John Lindley, Thomas Moore - History - 1874 - 708 pages
...In Itself ptTfect. It produces no nausea or other ¡jad effect, and the more you eat of it the leee you feel Inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage ti> the East to experience.' The unripe Durians are cooked as a vegetable, and the pulp of the ripe... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1884 - 626 pages
...qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more yon eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact to eat dnrians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience." The seeds of the dnrian are likewise... | |
 | Kansas State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1885 - 328 pages
...nor sweet, nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect , and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat dnrions is a new sensation, worth a voyage to Borneo to experience." The Grenadilla ( Passiflora alata... | |
 | Home economics - 1888 - 364 pages
...cheese, onion sauce, brown sherry, and other incongruities," according to Mr. AR Wallace, who adds that "the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop; in fact, to eat durions is a rare sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience." The disagreeable external odor... | |
 | Richard Wolfgang Semon - Australia - 1899 - 588 pages
...nor sweet nor juicy, yet one feels the want of none of these qualities, for it is perfect as it is. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the...the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Dun'ans is a new sensation, worth a voyage to the East to experience." In my Buitenzorg hotel I had... | |
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