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Martha Stewart's Lifestyle Site Thinks Durian And Jackfruit Are The Same

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By Sadho Ram — 11 Sep 2018, 01:50 PM

Cover image via Martha Stewart & ahfugs (edited)

There is a storm brewing on Twitter with Southeast Asians losing their calm, and naturally so, after seeing an article about jackfruits on Martha Stewart's lifestyle site which carries a photo of durians

Yes, the article — titled Here's Exactly How To Use Jackfruit, published on the American lifestyle guru and cookbook author's namesake site under a section named Strive — thinks durian and jackfruit are basically the same fruit.

Take for example this line which is talking about jackfruit but appears right before the photo of the durians: "A recent report from restaurant management platform Upserve that analyzed American menu items found that jackfruit saw a 131 percent increase in popularity in 2017. This tropical fruit, often grown in India and southeast Asia, has a texture that can be an excellent substitute for meat."

Image from Martha Stewart
Image via Martha Stewart

The fact that a famous lifestyle site could so easily confuse the two distinctively different fruits has rightly triggered the netizens

While some ridiculed Martha Stewart

Others asked for more diverse writers on her team

For the uninitiated, here's how the two are different:

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