Snakeskin fruit. Everytime I touch one of these, I have to control my urge to shriek and run. Look at that, isn't it like the skin of a snake?
The reddish-brown scaly skin even peels like a snake, breaking along the scales.
Smelly feet. That's what I thought when I passed by my dining table just now, where a bowl of salak, given by my neighbor, was placed. It smells like somebody's feet after a long day wearing boots. No wonder Wey asked me if these strange fruits are rotten.
Salak is a fruit (related to the oil palm) that has only recently (last 10 to 15 years) appeared in KK. When I was growing up, I never saw this fruit. I'm told it's from Indonesia. I've never bought them because they look so...reptilian, but I do eat them although I wish someone would peel them for me. They are really quite good and fun to eat. My girl likes them (and I think of her whenever I eat salak) because they taste tarty-sweet and crunchy (they are more of a girl's fruit) and when opened, they don't smell like smelly feet. They just smell like...salak.
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i never eat this fruit before..always saw it at Pasar and Supermarket..I called it "snake skin fruit"..hehe :)
Smelly feet? lol, I have never notice it. It is called snakeskin fruit too. It is my favorite. There are 2 kinds: Salak Pondok from central java, it is dry and crumbly. And Salak Bali is moist and crunchy. In Indonesia there are pickles salak in syrup...something like pickled mango.
I tried this during one of my trip to KK. I didn't notice of the smell though but yes, like you, i feel 'geli' touching the skin.
The taste is like a cross between a jackfruit and apple! Couldn't decide whether I like it or not :o)
Yes the skin of this fruit looks like a snake skin. You run with a cry that's sweet.
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Love this fruit. Used to get it when I lived in Bangkok. Definitely a smell, but the fruit is sweet and funky. Delicious.
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