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OMG, Laurie, were we in the same class? Could be - I had Home Ec and the boys had shop. Years after we moved to Calif. some people came to visit us from Ohio. I about fainted - it was the "shop" teacher from my high school.Quote:
Originally Posted by lbaker
Grapefruit - gotta tell you - I have always loved it. It is great with some avocado and thousand island dressing............very pretty too.
Sounds lovely! It is also great mixed with crabmeat, and a slightly spicy dressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by gini
Nobody exploded a grapefruit yet? :p
I love grapefruit too,I can never eat it though cause it's so hard to get out and just becomes a mess.
what a great idea! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Killearn Kitties
TARGET PRACTICE!!! :p
I haven't had a grapefruit since I was a kid (my mom LOVES them), but I don't really remember what they tasted like. I do, however, remember not liking them too much, but next time I go to the market I am going to find a ruby red and buy one and try it out again. This thread has perked my curiousity.
hehe when I went shopping last night, I bought one just because of this thread. :D
:D :D Isn't it funny how much of an effect this site has on all of us! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cookiebaker
If you use a small serrated knife (like the one Phred showed) it's very easy to cut the sections out, use the spoon to squeeze out the juice after you eat the sections. mmmmmm
No kiddin'! I had no idea of what I was starting. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Pam
You all were very close.....
The parts of the GF that are the bitterest are the rind and the skin on the sections.
If you have the desire peel it, then remove the skin.
Not as bitter maybe better?
ROOM TEMPERATURE - makes the grapefruit MUCH sweeter. The pink/ruby red I really love but will peel and eat all types. :)
hmmm....off to the grocery store tomorrow...I forgot to pick up, er, BLEACH, yeah that's right! :D
I grew up eating grapefruit with sugar on top but now I prefer to eat it plain. I also like grapfruit juice too.:)
I love grapefruit, grapefruit juice... anything tart. I eat lemons and limes like an orange, lol. :D
I had a pink grapefruit with grilled sugar on top today- after this thread I really had to get it. :D
We should get money from the grapefruit farmers.
Bought TWO grapefruit today - pink from Texas! (Come on, where are we gonna grow it in CANADA??? Best we do is apple orchards and grapes in BC and southern Ontario! :D )
Peeled and ate a whole one tonight! MMMMM!
I don't think I've ever tried actual grapefruit. I've had unsweetened grapefruit juice though and that was definitely vile!
What are you made of, brave one? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Catty1
Peel and rind! :DQuote:
What are you made of, brave one?
Key is - the stuff has to be ROOM TEMP. Juice and the fruit is a lot sweeter. Yes, it's still tart - but I like that edge! :)
Ok, well, I have some grapefruit left so I'm going to brave up and try some at room temperature and also grilled w/brown sugar. After that, if I still don't like it, I'm done forever w/a clear conscience that I tried one of God's fruits and, as grateful as I am for variety, it's just one fruit that isn't for me. I'll let you know if I like or dislike it.
Here's my biggest problem with GF....
It doesn't grow on a vine, doesn't look anything at all like grapes, doesn't taste like grapes....so, WTF? :confused:
for dinner. Still vile. I'm gonna go have an Oreo now. At least that's something I understand. :confused:
ok I can't believe I (me of all people) am going to say this.
But I bought a grapefruit on Sat. I *think* it was just a plain ol' grapefruit not Ruby Red or anything - the insides weren't real pink/red.
I cut it in half and doused both halves with lots of sugar and let it set for awhile - sectioned it and took a tentative bite. And I liked it so much I ate BOTH halves!!!
I was eating it thinking - I can't believe I am doing this. I have had a hate/hate relationship with grapefruit all my life!
Grapefruit IS vile. Totally. That is one food I would only eat if I were starving to death ... maybe.
Grapefruit, olives and onions ... three foods that I can't smell or think about, let alone eat.
Ewwwwww......
onions- yepper - EEWWWWWW most of the time I have to REALLY be in the mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisterdog
my opinion has changed on the Olives and Grapefruit.
I've come to love black AND green olives in the last 5 years.
I dunno why b/c before I thought they were the devil's appetizer!
that could be as well - not for sure - but I'm your your 35 pound weightloss has helped your heartburn as well!Quote:
Originally Posted by catnapper
**thumbs UP**
Mary, you gave it a good try! Fair enough.
Olives and onions? NAAAH....maybe a FEW onions grilled with a steak, or disguised as onion rings...
They don't agree with my tummy, unfortunately...
I like to eat fruit in their natural state w/out a lot of sugar. I try not to eat sugar at all but I do confess to having an Oreo addiction. I love onions and olives, though not black olives. Green olives stuffed w/jalapeno peppers, now that's good eatin'!
medussa you don't know what you're missing - I could live on grapefruit, and I never put sugar on them. Ordinairy or pink I just plain love grapefruits.
I'm with Medusa... grapefruit is vile. And Phred, my grandmother used to eat it with a grapefruit spoon - serrated at the tip, just like the photo in your post. I'm not a fan of citrus fruit in general. I'd rather have a mango, thanks.
Only one person mentioned medication interactions so I thought I'd bring it back up (I'm a nurse). Here is a pretty detailed list.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/foo...rition/AN00413
Not bring it back up, at least not in that context! I thought I'd mention it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
Cassie's mom - Glad you did bring it back up, I must have missed the first post on interactions. I checked the list of meds for interactions and there were four that I'm taking. I guess the much loved grapefruit will have to be put on the shelf till I see the doc.....waaahhhh.
So, I've been thinking about grapefruit since this thread started but haven't actually bought any. My mother went to Florida last week and came back with tangerines and a bag of grapefruit. She said that they didn't have oranges at this time of the year. I was scared because I don't like the tang of grapefruit, but I thought I would try part of one with some of the suggestions in this thread. It was pretty good. I actually ate the whole thing. I did put sugar on it but it wasn't tart at all. I don't know what kind they are. I don't think they are ruby red though. I don't like the skins on the slices. Next time I think I may try eating it a different way. But I will eat it again. It was probably a much better evening snack for me than the alternative of ice cream would have been...not in taste, but in nutritional value.
Way to ruin some good sugar.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by shais_mom
lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by rosethecopycat
I actually liked it! :D
Because of this thread I'm now addicted to grapefruit! Because of this thread I bought my first grapefruit (didn't care for them as a kid) and I was just FLOORED when I took my first bite of a Texas pink grapefruit. It was the most delicious thing EVER. I buy a bag of graperfruits every time I go grocery shopping now. Quinn loves them, too. She always wants to share grapefruit with mommy, and sometimes she is able to eat an entire grapefruit and I have to cut myself another one. YUMMY!
I am completely jealous, as I am now highly allergic to them. Enjoy one for me, okay? I sniff them when I pass them in the market ... but that's all I can do. Nowhere near as satisfying as biting into a spoonful of grapefruit, feeling the little juice-pockets that comprise them burst in your mouth ....Quote:
Originally Posted by AdoreMyDogs
Oh Karen, stop! My mouth just watered and not because I want a grapefruit! LOL I had no idea what a stir I would cause w/this thread. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Karen
I tried grapefruit once,and to be 100% honest i think i would rather go grab a handful of dirt outside and eat that.
My mother eats them for every meal..I dont know how,But i think that is the way it is when you don't like something,You dont know why or how someone could eat something like that.
I have only tried the one kind,Im open to trying anything different,But grapefruit is never on my grocery list.
I had grapefruits regularly after this thread started- I had somehow forgotten how much I liked them ;)
I just ate the best fricking grapefruit.
I stole it from my neighbor's tree, I actually took two.
Every morning going to school, I'd spy them as they were growing, He's not home so I woke up at 1:35 the other morning, walked out to the front of his house, reached over and nabbed two.
It was cold, juicy and sweet.
Had I taken the time to segment that bad boy?
I would not have that small taste of bitterness that comes with eating the skin on each section.:eek:
California Citrus. It's a steal!:eek: