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Many likes it hot (eerr room temperature), while some likes it cold.  Well... if you have yet to try cold durian, maybe you want to try it.

Did you know, durian takes a longer time to freeze than many other fruits?  So yes, you can place it in the freezer for hours without turning into stone.

How do you know how long to to keep in the freezer before it starts freezing?  I done some trials over the years and have a simple rule of thumb where it comes to reaching the 'ice cold' durian, before it starts freezing.  Generally, the softer/wetter durians freeze faster while the firmer/drier durians takes longer.  That's because, moisture/water freeze faster.

For softer/wetter durians (eg XO), you can put it into the freezer (unless yours is a quick freeze type) for anything between 2 - 4 hours.  It will start freezing beyond 4 hours.  So, if you kept it there for 2 - 3 hours, you get really cold durian, yet not too cold that the taste is 'frozen'.

For firmer/drier durians (eg MSW, Tek Kah, D24), you can put it into the freezer for up to 6 hours before it starts freezing.  Ideally, put it into the freezer for about 4 hours to get that cold cold durian.

But mind you, that's not how "Ice Cream Durian" came about.  Ice Cream Durian is another 'variety' of durian.  I have not seen any REAL ice cream durian except trying it once sometime in 2001.  I didn't blog on Ice Cream Durian variety as it is either non-existent, or you don't get the real stuff so easily, that I rather not evilly makes you lust for it.  Lust it is, the ones I tried (yes, tried only ONCE) have been tatooed into my mind.

 Hear say, it helps reduce heatiness in durian (I LIED!!!)