Grapefruit - annoying/not annoying

[Yossarian]

Red grapefruit is more unnatural than I realised

In 1929, farmers stumbled on the Ruby Red grapefruit, a natural mutant. Its flesh eventually faded to pink, however, and scientists fired radiation to produce mutants of deeper color — Star Ruby, released in 1971, and Rio Red, released in 1985. The mutant offspring now account for about 75 percent of all grapefruit grown in Texas.

 

[StoneRoad]

I too have a bendy knife to help with the prep, and a serrated, scrape-y spoon for peak extraction...I then cover it all in honey

I forgot to mention the "special spoons" - thanks for the reminder !

 

[JimW]

Thrown out of the youth hostel dormitory for offering special spoons.

 

[BigMoaner]

I’ll work through a grapefruit that is cut in half with a lot of sprinkled sugar, sure

 

[ouirdeaux]

White grapefruit is wonderful. Pink grapefruit is a tad disappointing.

Paradoxically, pink grapefruit juice is better than the white kind.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Grapefruit with sugar is -- well, I was going to say an abomination unto the Lord, but that's a bit harsh. But I can't help thinking it's grapefruit for people who don't like grapefruit, just as Starbucks is coffee for people who don't like coffee.

 

[marshall]

Honey's ok though, right?

 

[Happy Tree]

Like you don't deserve to have grapefruit unless you're prepared to suffer its bitterness. Nah. I like to segment oranges and pink grapefruit into a bowl, add a bit of sugar.

 

[Orang Utan]

Coffee lovers are weird. It’s a drug not a drink!
All effective drugs taste horrible. Imagine people debating the finer points of the flavour of MDMA.

 

[ouirdeaux]

All effective drugs taste horrible.

Except coffee. And cannabis.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Except coffee. And cannabis.

And lots of alcoholic beverages.

 

[ska invita]

I l bought one two weeks ago
It sat on the side
Then it sat in the fridge
Finally faced it and it had gone off and went in the bin
They're great though
Or are they

 

[petee]

the red grapefriut is the fruit of the gods

 

[weltweit]

I forget which med,, but at least one of my meds says whatever else you do : DON'T EAT GRAPEFRUIT!

 

[Aladdin]

I love the taste of grapefruit and especially grapefruit juice. But it reacts with several of my many meds. The motherfucker piece of shit.

Yep. Me too.
I love love love grapefruit.
But sadly I had a massive allergic reaction to it... once...after eating 3 in a go.
And now I need to carry an epipen cos wouldn't you know...some shower gels and soaps use grapefruit and I once had a reaction to some fancy shower gel that turned out to have grapefruit in it.

I have to read the tiny print on products...

I miss grapefruit. That tang is unlike anything else.

 

[dessiato]

I like it but am not allowed to eat it because it interferes with my drugs.

 

[BigMoaner]

That cutting it in half then digging round the edge thing is a sorry process though.

 

[Aladdin]

That cutting it in half then digging round the edge thing is a sorry process though.

I used to like that

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Half a red/pink grapefruit to start the day is pretty fucking awesome.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

That cutting it in half then digging round the edge thing is a sorry process though.

You can get a special tool for going round the edge of grapefruit.

 

[Agrippa57]

I love grapefruit. Unfortunately statins...

 

[BigMoaner]

Half a red/pink grapefruit to start the day is pretty fucking awesome.

Do you put sugar on that bad bastard?

 

[maomao]

I love me a pink grapefruit. But pomelos can fuck right off. They don't even have juice.

It's not meant to have juice. Are you hungry or thirsty?

I love pomelo but this thread has just reminded me it interacts with my blood pressure meds. Bollocks.

 

[Orang Utan]

if you need to put sugar on a fruit, it’s a shit fruit

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Do you put sugar on that bad bastard?

Nope. Red/pink grapefruit is usually kinda sweet, but just sharp enough for a kick to wake you up in the morning. Wouldn't put sugar on regular gf either, just accept it's meant to be a bit sharp/sour.

 

[Epona]

Some people wantonly put sugar on pretty much everything, or so it seems.
Not having that much of a sweet tooth, the only time I'll reach for it is when I'm baking or cooking (sweet and sour type stuff, or to balance acidity in other ingredients), I'm very rarely inclined to sprinkle it on top of stuff.

Although I did used to put it on kiwi fruit until I realised that I have a topical reaction to them where it is actually burning the skin off the inside of my mouth, rather than "just a bit sour"

 

[BigMoaner]

its like having bowel of Sour Patches

 

[BigMoaner]

Some people wantonly put sugar on pretty much everything, or so it seems.
Not having that much of a sweet tooth, the only time I'll reach for it is when I'm baking or cooking (sweet and sour type stuff, or to balance acidity in other ingredients), I'm very rarely inclined to sprinkle it on top of stuff.

Although I did used to put it on kiwi fruit until I realised that I have a topical reaction to them where it is actually burning the skin off the inside of my mouth, rather than "just a bit sour"

not really a sweet tooth guy except once every few months i seem to get a bit silly. last week i had 6 bowels of choc weetos in a row at 10pm.

 

[BigMoaner]

i've had woks of Frosties too on darker nights.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

its like having bowel of Sour Patches

You maybe just need to challenge your sweet tooth! Lots of things are too sweet (or salty) nowadays.