Fruits

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-12-15 11:22am

What are your favorites and how often do you eat fruits? Which fruits do you dislike?

I eat 3 to 5 servings of fruits a day. When cherries are in season, I can usually be seen carrying a bag of cherries around with me as I'll be eating them all day. When they're not in season, I eat mostly oranges (at least 3 a day) and bananas, peaches, and strawberries are nice too. I dislike apples, and plums and pears sometimes give me the gag reflex. Pomegranite and pomegranite juice is kinda nasty, too.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-12-15 11:41am

I've been tempted to start a "Favorite Fruit" thread in the past, but haven't due to the wise-assed comments I've anticipated.

Anyhoo...

1) Peaches. A good, ripe peach where the juice runs down your arm, the kind that you practically drink rather than eat is #1 in my book. Their close relative the nectarine rates pretty damned high, too.

2) Pears. Again, the perfectly ripe pear that's soft and bursting with juice is heaven.

3) Strawberries. Raw, cooked, preserves, anything with strawberries is supoib. Warm stawberries on pancakes with whipped cream, orgasmically good.

4) A tart variety of apple. I steer clear of red and yelow delicious types, just not as good to me.

Grapes, oranges, and the rare treat of a good mango or papaya are all better than no fruit at all, too.

The only ones that I don't really care for are raspberries and bananas...but I'll eat 'em.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-12-15 11:50am

I'm fine with any fruit except grapefruit, because they're far too sour for my taste.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2004-12-15 11:58am

I usually put a load of sugar on my grapefruit for breakfast, takes away the sour to a good point for me

Oh god now I want grapefruit.

I love strawberries, granny smith apples, clemetines/tangerines.
I like bananas (very rarely will I eat them), blueberries, grapes.
I hate raspberries, the seeds just get to me. I like cherries.

Can't think of anymore fruits I like...

All this but I rarely eat fruit. I should really start eating more fruit. The only thing that's in the fridge right now is clemetines and apples. Haven't had any in about a month. Should eat them before they go bad, thanks for the reminder

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-12-15 12:09pm

Blueberries are by far my favorite. When they are in season i have been known to eat nothing but blueberries and coffee for breakfast. Strawberries are another favorite. I also like grapes, oranges, bananas, peaches plums and pineapple.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-12-15 12:28pm

I'd eat more fruit if I could afford to buy it.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-12-15 12:31pm

LadyTevar wrote:I'd eat more fruit if I could afford to buy it.

when i was a kid we were poor, but we had a grapevine and some kind of berry tree in the backyard. i would blimb the tree and eat berries all afternoon in the summer.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2004-12-15 12:32pm

Bertie Wooster wrote:What are your favorites and how often do you eat fruits? Which fruits do you dislike?

Favorite "fruit": watermelon (served in pair).
"Fruit" I dislike: banana

Take it as you will, I don't think I need to explain the details.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-12-15 01:16pm

Apple
Orange
Bannana
Pear

I don't eat them as often as I should.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-12-15 01:26pm

I avoid fruit like the plague. Sometimes I eat pomagranates. And pineapples, but only if they're on my pizza. But never on purpose. Oh no, not by themselves. Never.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2004-12-15 01:33pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:I'd eat more fruit if I could afford to buy it.
when i was a kid we were poor, but we had a grapevine and some kind of berry tree in the backyard. i would blimb the tree and eat berries all afternoon in the summer.

When I was young, we had a chestnut tree in our yard, various blackberry bushes growing wild, and access to two cherry trees and four apple trees in other neighboring yards. My uncle grew raspberries and strawberries in his garden, so we'd get those as well.

DeadM · Post by **DeadM** » 2004-12-15 01:38pm

The big three:

Apple
Orange
Bannana

Mandarines, grapes and watermelons are also good.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2004-12-15 01:39pm

Lady Tevar, your last post reminded me of when I was a kid, we had a neighbour who grew Rhubarb... MMMMM Yummy rhubarb! We used to go there at least once every couple days to ask for some, we'd wash it and dip it in sugar... yum yum yum. Don't know if Rhubarb is a fruit or what but it was damn yummy.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-12-15 01:41pm

LadyTevar wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:I'd eat more fruit if I could afford to buy it.
when i was a kid we were poor, but we had a grapevine and some kind of berry tree in the backyard. i would blimb the tree and eat berries all afternoon in the summer.
When I was young, we had a chestnut tree in our yard, various blackberry bushes growing wild, and access to two cherry trees and four apple trees in other neighboring yards. My uncle grew raspberries and strawberries in his garden, so we'd get those as well.

We always had blackberries, but they pissed me off, because I hated them.

bohemianfey · Post by **bohemianfey** » 2004-12-15 01:44pm

Frank Hipper wrote:I've been tempted to start a "Favorite Fruit" thread in the past, but haven't due to the wise-assed comments I've anticipated.

Anyhoo...

1) Peaches. A good, ripe peach where the juice runs down your arm, the kind that you practically drink rather than eat is #1 in my book. Their close relative the nectarine rates pretty damned high, too.

Someone I know very well is terrified of peaches. Something about the skin freaks him out.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-12-15 02:31pm

bohemianfey wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:I've been tempted to start a "Favorite Fruit" thread in the past, but haven't due to the wise-assed comments I've anticipated.

Anyhoo...

1) Peaches. A good, ripe peach where the juice runs down your arm, the kind that you practically drink rather than eat is #1 in my book. Their close relative the nectarine rates pretty damned high, too.
Someone I know very well is terrified of peaches. Something about the skin freaks him out.

My mom peels hers, she can't stand the skin...but she isn't scared of it.

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-12-15 02:45pm

Some peaches look like a girl's butt, but that's not scary.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-12-15 02:51pm

The goods: bananas, pears, blackberries, seedless grapes, kiwi, clementine oranges, sweet apples, cherries
The bads: peaches, strawberries, apricots, grapefruit
Everything else: meh

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-12-15 03:00pm

Likes: Apples(Granny Smiths), Bananas, Grapes(seedless), and Oranges.

Dislikes: Grapefruit

Other: eh...I've tried bunches.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-12-15 04:09pm

My favorite fruit doesn't exist anywhere else in the world and you've probably never heard of it.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-12-15 04:11pm

favorites that i usually eat whenever the chance arises are pears, blackberries and blueberries. haven't tried pomegranates before due to them being somewhat difficult to get ahold of in the midwest, but they're definitely on my list of things to try.

Mrs Kendall · Post by **Mrs Kendall** » 2004-12-15 04:22pm

Slartibartfast wrote:My favorite fruit doesn't exist anywhere else in the world and you've probably never heard of it.

Tell us we might know

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-12-15 04:49pm

The good:

1. Rasberries. There truly is no finer fruit. Red or gold, doesn't matter, but te flavor is to die for.
2. Peaches.
3. Bananas.
4. Strawberries (sometimes with a bit of cream).
5. Cantelope.

The Bad:

1. Honeydew--soggy and massively over-rated.
2. Craptastic apples. There can be good apples, but there are some utterly awful ones, too--I'd rather eat horribly sour oranges and such than bite into massively soggy apples.
3. Kiwis. Ugh.

The Ugly:

1. Pineapples--I wavered between putting this both on my best and worst list. I've had pineapples that would make you think they're ambrosia for mortals, and I've had these awful, wooden ones. Their appearance is so strange, though, that they have to be placed here.
2. Pomegranates--what the fuck are they? They make for decent eating, but what's up with their appearance? How can that possibly be beneficial for the plant?
3. Breadfruit--surprisingly good when it's cooked for long enough (and assuming you have a sharp and quick enough knife to prevent the plant's juices from infecting the innards), but the appearance of the skin makes you feel like you're cutting open lizard, and if you poke it with your finger then the texture won't reassure you too much.
Edit: Also, if you get the sap from the stem on your hands it makes for bad times.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-12-15 05:03pm

Likes(actively enjoy eating): Bananas, Watermelon, Clementines, lemons and limes(last two many because I like sour).
Dislikes: Pineapple, coconut.
Everything else I might or might not eat, depends on the fruit.

Post by **Broomstick** » 2004-12-15 05:25pm

Let's see - in no particular order I eat apples (Jonathans & Granny Smith especially), pears, honeydew, watermelon, bananas, starfruit/carambola, pricky pear catus, grapefruit, papaya, coconut, pineapple, pomegranates (mmm... pomegranates....), strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, lemons, peaches, and cherries. Especially those Ranier "golden" cherries.

Cranberries I take as juice. Sometimes with a little vodka added.

I sort of tolerate cantalope and mango. And apricots, but only if they're dried.

Used to eat orange and kiwi, but now they give me hives and rashes >sniff!< I miss kiwis!

I'm still looking for a source of paw-paws. You'd think I could buy them around here, I mean, they're native to this location and for Og's sake one of their nicknames is "Indiana banana" but noooooooo----!

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