The Fruit So Smelly It's Banned On Public Transportation - Chowhound

Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty Few foods on the planet have an aroma as contentious as that of durian, a large, spiky, oblong fruit native to Southeast Asia. You either love it or hate it, and those in the latter camp employ words like "rank," "putrefaction," and "raw sewage" when explaining its unique olfactory qualities. A quote attributed to Julia Child described durian as "dead babies mixed with…