Musang King Durian. Is Bigger Better?

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KCfaith

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@andrewhh7888 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your findings. Well done!

@KCfaith Ай бұрын

You are most welcome

@theanalyticalcook 4 ай бұрын

good stuff, generally musang king pulp yield is 25% of the fruit weight and I wish to do this experiment too by sampling 50 durians of each size (50 is the minimum to be statistically significant). But from my experience, I think the yield and flavour varies widely from fruit-to-fruit due to quality of the durian farm (how often the leaves are pruned, fewer fruits per branch, fertiliser etc) which we can't observe from the durian itself. Though there are signs like smell, stalk size, husk colour, thorn density, shape etc. but each can be a confounding variable so picking a greater-than-good durian takes experience. But in terms of size, I generally find most satisfaction with medium size fruit for the best flavour, texture and quantity. Small ones tend to be more moist and bitter but fewer servings, while bigger ones have more quantity, flesh is more dry but simpler in flavour. Medium ones are right in between.

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your statistical findings on the 25% of pulp on fruit weight, and the qualitative aspect of the different fruit size. This is really insightful. Is there a reliable way to choose a musang king with thin and light husk? Reason being, this area can significantly impact the weigh composition of the pulp yield like the third fruit weighing 1.4kg that we observed. The seeds were great, but husk was super heavy.

@theanalyticalcook 4 ай бұрын

@@KCfaith For yield, I heard "light" durian is better and having more compartments is good too (5 star vs 4 or 3 star). Choosing a durian that is light for its size and high number of compartments could yield more flesh than husk so it's better value for money. The underlying reason I believe is because durian flesh is less dense than the husk (I haven't verified this yet but a quick way to measure density is to use the a water displacement test)

@leongkartat5442 4 ай бұрын

@@theanalyticalcook this is true, as lighter durians of the same size tend to have smaller seeds.

@HevaNaisdey 4 ай бұрын

This was interesting to watch 👏👍

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

@leongkartat5442 4 ай бұрын

Why not compare the flesh weight to cost? That would be more precise instead of comparing the fruit yield. Just my point of view.

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. Those fruits of different sizes were of similar grade at RM66 per kg, so whichever that have better yield per kg would be the winner. That's why we did not take the cost into consideration. But, if they were of different price points per kg, the fresh weight to cost would be relevant. For example, if smaller size durians are sold at lower price and bigger ones at higher price per kg at similar grade, then it will make sense to compare yield in cost. That's why with this observation, we think it is probably more worth while to go for smaller fruits if they are priced at lower price per kg.

@leongkartat5442 4 ай бұрын

@@KCfaith My mistake. I thought they were of different grades.

@user-od7jy8pn9x 4 ай бұрын

i always wonder too, good effort. hope to hear more of yr analysis. if my poor maths interpretation is correct, husk surface area increases in a bigger durian by factor of 2, whereas the volume increases more by a factor of 3 thereby explaning the higher percentage of pulp & seeds as seen in yr table

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

I think it depends on the husk weight. I realize I made a typo error in the composition percentage of the husk in first durian (a) 1.14kg although the weight captured is correct. The husk weight composition should be 68.4% instead of 64.4%. I suppose the study on these 3 durians is for some rough indication and a bigger sample will be needed to be conclusive in terms of ratios. A comment in this post from someone who has made similar observation suggested the pulp weight ratio to fruit for MK is around 25%. My observation for these 3 fruits was 23% to 24%. Quite close though.

@wailinglee1335 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the experiment. Do notice that the rounder the durian, the bigger the seeds as opposed to the ones with sharper ends.

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

So, go for rounded ones but with sharper ends to have higher chance of getting smaller seeds?

@wailinglee1335 4 ай бұрын

Actually, I did the observation based on your experiment.

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Oh.. I don't think so la.

@wailinglee1335 4 ай бұрын

@@KCfaith sorry, I don't have the experience..

@yy1489 4 ай бұрын

Next to experiment different shapes of durian of same quality and weights..how many pulp/price ratio

@KCfaith 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha.. certainly round ones will hold more pulp because they would have more compartments. We learned that odd shaped durian would have less compartment and some very small compartment is empty. But, odd shaped durians have higher chance of tasting better because all the nutrients are concentrated in the smaller number of pulp.