Eating or being consumed by Jakfruit

I purchased 1/2 of a jakfruit Saturday at the Wagon Wheel Flea Market. I chose the smallest one possible and it still weighed about 10 lbs. I had to promise to buy it if the seller cut it (even though pieces of jakfruit are easier to sell at $2.50 lb rather than the 30 - 50 lb whole fruit). So, I promised. As soon as she cut into it with her machete, fragrance erupted from it. It smelled just like juicy fruit gum. We put my fruit on a plastic bag and then into my Whole Foods bag to carry around the market and then out to the car. This is my first jakfruit purchase. Amanda and I had been at Ashok's house during the week and had eaten several pieces of fruit he received from Chris Rollins of the Fruit and Spice Park in Miami. It was so good I decided to try my hand at breaking into one and enjoying the fruit. It was much easier just eating the fruit at Ashok's. Jakfruit is filled with a milky latex substance. I was told to coat myself and my knife and everything else with vegetable oil so it wouldn't stick to everything. This was a very helpful tip because in short order the stringy latex consumed everything that wasn't coated in oil. The fruit was very tasty and crunchy and was suprising little for my $20 purchase.