grapefruit

i had a sip of fresca today. i knew i was going to hate it, but i still did it anyway. the concept of grapefruit soda is so repulsive.

ok wait you are not allowed to conflate actual grapefruit w/fresca

I CALL FOUL

i was surprised to discover that most people I know actually like grapefruit! it's one of the worst flavors i can think of. it ruins anything it's mixed with.

fresca contains "grapefruit juice concentrate"

i know it's not the same, but still horrible.

actual grapefruit is disgusting

I suppose Dan should start a tomato juice thread. You're both horribly wrong, by the way.

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^^^^^^^^ SHIT RULES W/ VODKA

XPOST LOL

i understand that people have different tastes, but grapefruit is so far into the realm of awful for me that it seems like someone could only maybe hate it less than i do.

but obviously that's not true.

stranger than fiction

LINGSQUIRT

my dad eats his grapefruit with SALT. I fear that eventually I will try this and like it, but for now I stick with a little sugar

this might surprise you, but i don't like squirt either.

tom that doesn't sound good.

LINGBERT OTM

i fucking hate grapefruit, and anything grapefruit-related, with a passion.

when i was four and in hospital for awhile, the evil nurses made me drink grapefruit juice every fucking morning until i cried. bitches. i hate gin aswell because it reminds me of grapefruit.

i'm glad you're coming to my country

lingsquirt ftw

lol your logon name is RUBYREDD and you hate GRAPEFRUIT

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I really like grapefruit and grapefruit juice.

My pharmacology book has a short section on how grapefruit juice interacts with some drugs and causes their activity to change in the body. CRAZY

My one bad grapefruit juice experience came when I was pregnant (when else) and craving grapefruit juice. I drank some. It did not end well.

me too, lingbert, me too.

you know they make a ruby red squirt as well.
oh I am dying over here
oops wait I think I mean HI DERE, I DIED

LINGSQUIRRRRRRRRRT

you know they make a ruby red squirt as well.

you sick, sick man

color me redd

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palmello is way shittier guys

grapefruit is the worst citrus fruit i have tasted.

pomelo

wilter you are a man of good taste. i'm glad we have this in common

i'll mail you all pomelos and then you'll be happy grapefruit exists

i haven't tried pomelo, but i can't imagine it's worse.

do you have any at your house? i will try it.

I would like a crate of tangelos myself.

I have never had a pomelo! Is that a pomegranite/orange combination?

hmmmm, apparently not:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomelo

god I love wikipedia

wiki describes it as a citrus fruit, usually a pale green to yellow when ripe, larger than a grapefruit, with sweet flesh and thick spongy rind but forgets to mention how bad it tastes

haha xpost

yes! I had not heard of these before.

xposts

i don't really like grapefruit, and i prefer not to spend breakfast time wrestling its pulp with a teaspoon, but i am not vehemently or profanely opposed to it, so i am probably sane about it.

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what's wrong with an orange, ya kno?

Naja's wearing a pomelo hat

xpost I like how that child is not going to smile no matter how hard his mother tries to make him.

She looks determined though.

That's how power struggles start. Just wait; someday that kid's psychiatrist is going to hear all about that incident!

that kid's eyes!

Better to tell your therapist about The Pomelo On The Head incident than to have really bad shit to report, though.

i don't really like grapefruit, and i prefer not to spend breakfast time wrestling its pulp with a teaspoon, but i am not vehemently or profanely opposed to it, so i am probably sane about it.

Squirt, though, is one of the five most brilliant inventions of mankind, along with Jones Cream Soda, Thomas Kemper Root Beer, Stewart's Orange & Cream Soda, and Coca-Cola. TRUE FACTS

Another beverage i enjoy is orange + mandarin juice.

^_^_^_^

it ruins anything it's mixed with

In particular, ecstasy (well, it increases its effects, so maybe "ruins" isn't the right word) but also, any number of medical drugs.

There are a great many words in that entry that I do not understand. Must pass that tip on to my friends wot enjoy teh pillz.

I <3 grapefruit in all its forms. And i want a can of squirt.

OMG SQUIRT IS LIKE THE BEST THING EVER

Grapefruit is awesome.

WHERE TO BUY THE SQUIRT???

in case anyone was unsure, googling 'squirt' while at work = very very bad idea.

hahhahaha

can we come to an agreement about fresca though? i am a uniter not a divider

grapefruit is a big piece of shit but fresca is ok

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i would eat all this grapefruits

Fresca is tolerable but Squirt is godhead.

Love Squirt, wouldn't cross the street for Fresca.

so that would be a no

Sorry; that "I'm a uniter, not a divider" stuff never seems to play out the way you'd expect it to.

Don't let today's masturbation threads ruin this awesome soft drink!

now am safe at home i can continue my search for a squirt.

daerest grapefruit, fear my insane hatred of you

i also agree that life would continue quite splendidly if i never ate another pear. they're def not in the gross category of grapefruit, but i certainly wouldn't be sad if i never had to eat one ever again. same goes for bananas.

this might sound dumb, but do you have passionfruit in the US?

not liking bananas is weird. maybe you should stay in oceania after all.

I'm allergic to kiwi fruit :(

today ruby learned that the punishment for crossing lingbert's fruit line is swift and severe.

excuse me. lingbert, but i don't hate bananas. i just don't like them all that much, except when they are at a very particular point of ripeness (barely yellow), and they must be eaten on grainy toast with tons of butter.

is it time to bring in the itr relationship maintenance dept. troops?

poor mark c:)

but you are not missing much really.

i mean poor mark c:(

passionfruit is not particularly popular here, ruby

I used to be able to eat them - they're a bit mimsy, they don't really taste of all that much. Nice enough when they're ripe but no, I'm not missing much.

They did give the ILXiverse the perfect comparison for rumpie's boyfriend's testicles, though.

*rumpie's boyfriend's testicles*

rubyredd, it's true, green bananas are gross

i will make a giant smoothie and pour it over all your heads

i love grapefruits and pears and i think all u haterz is mental.

now that it is not persimmon season i miss persimmons every single day.

AMERICA HAS ALL THE FRUITS

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BEER O CLOCK.

overripe bananas are gross too.

jergz, by 'not popular' do you mean that ppl don't really like them, or they're hard to get?

i wld prefer green to overripe i think.

that is a tough call

yeah i would rather eat green than overripe. the grossest thing is that little black tip, like a bee's stinger, at the bottom end of the banana. that thing really revolts me.

i hate all that slimy mushy grossness of the overripe ones.

i would say (generalization) that passionfruits aren't that well-liked and are harder to find. so both

it seems when you do find them, they are very expensive, too (which makes total sense).

Grapefruit Mimosa

Makes 8 drinks

2 cups pink grapefruit juice
8 ounces orange liqueur, such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau
1 (750-milliliter) bottle chilled sparkling wine

Combine grapefruit juice and orange liqueur in a tall pitcher, and stir. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

To make the cocktail, add 3 ounces of the grapefruit mixture to each of 8 champagne glasses.

Divide sparkling wine evenly among the glasses. Serve.

iw ould drinkall this grapefruit mimosas.

i had a guava mimosa once. it was yum.

actuallyi would leave out the grand marnier/cointreau

mmmm, grapefruit

Grapefruit is fantastic x10000.

My parents brought me a sackful of grapefruits and lemons from my aunt's trees in Arizona, and I candied all the peel.

12 lemons or 8 navel oranges or 5 pink grapefruit
7 1/2 cups sugar
6 cups water
Food coloring (optional): 3 drops yellow for lemon; 2 drops each of yellow and red for orange; 2 drops yellow and 1 drop red for grapefruit

Special equipment: a candy thermometer
Preparation
Quarter fruit lengthwise and remove peel (including white pith) in 1 piece from each quarter, reserving fruit for another use.

Cut peel lengthwise into 1/3-inch-wide strips (if using grapefruit, cut peel in half crosswise first). Put peel in a large bowl and cover with cold water, then soak 1 hour. Drain in a colander.

Blanch peel:
Transfer peel to a wide 4- to 6-quart heavy pot. Add cold water to cover by 1 inch and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, then drain in colander. Repeat blanching process 2 more times. Cover peel once more with cold water and simmer until skin side is tender, about 30 minutes, then drain in colander.

Cook peel in syrup:
Return pot to stovetop and add 6 cups sugar and 6 cups water. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Wash down any sugar crystals clinging to side of pot with a pastry brush dipped in cold water. Add food coloring (if using) and boil syrup, uncovered and undisturbed, until it registers 220°F on thermometer, about 30 minutes. Add peel and simmer over low heat until translucent, about 45 minutes. Remove from heat and let peel stand in syrup, uncovered, at room temperature 8 to 12 hours.

Return syrup with peel to a boil and boil, uncovered and undisturbed, until it registers 226°F on thermometer, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let peel stand in syrup, uncovered, at room temperature 8 to 12 hours.

Return syrup to a boil once more and boil, uncovered and undisturbed, until it registers 228°F on thermometer, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let peel stand in syrup, uncovered, at room temperature 8 to 12 hours.

Dry and coat peel:
Reheat syrup with peel over low heat just until syrup has liquefied (peel will have absorbed most of syrup), then drain peel in colander. Immediately spread peel, separating pieces, on 2 metal racks set in 2 shallow baking pans and dry, uncovered, until just barely sticky, 8 to 24 hours.

Spread 1/2 cup of remaining sugar on a plate and roll each piece of peel in sugar to coat well, then transfer to a sheet of wax paper. Add more sugar as needed to coat remaining peel. (Pour sugar through a medium-mesh sieve occasionally to remove bits of peel and clumps of sugar.) Dry sugared peel on wax paper 1 hour.

(I added 2 Tbsp. of citric acid to the coating sugar at the end.)

I can TOTALLY kill a thread.

that giant pro-grapefruit recipe made me speechless.

It made me angry.

wilter puts the fu rage trip in grapefruit

how did you think of that

:O

ive been drinking this bomb ass mexican grapefruit soda
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i tried a sip Izze grapefruit soda tonight, and it actually wasn't initially too bad going down, but then that nasty, lingering grapefruit aftertaste kicked in.

how did you think of that

i had a lot of work to do, that is how.

have you got rid of that lingberting aftertaste yet

yep. my mouth tastes admiralably grapefruit-free.

you poor soul

halve the (red) grapefruit, cover each half liberally in sugar, indulge

the best refreshment a jaggerman can get on these sultry summer days

grapefruit IS the most refreshing thing in summer, except i have it plain

that is also a legitimate refreshment tactic surmounter

fucking grapefruit

there are just not enough words to describe the feeling of a wedge of grapefruit bursting with flavor in your mouth

^^^ This guy knows. Sugar kills the ZING

couldn't have put it better myself xpost

sugar may kill the zing very slightly but only some of the grapefruit is sugared, you get zingy alternating with sweet juicy wonder, which is all part of the grand odyssey of eating a whole motherfkn grapefruit

I can't have grapefruit becuase of some meds I'm on and I miss red grapefruit something fierce. My brother made a grapefruit granita two weeks ago and it irked me no end not to be able to eat it or put it in my champagne.

That sucks. There is a little short section in my pharmacology book about grapefruit interacting with various medications. It just seems crazy. But it's true!

(I hope you can get off the meds and get some grapefruit soon, Michael!)

half grapefruit + drizzles of honey = solution to this sugar problem.

John always has the weirdest solutions to things.

Although I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd said, "I eat them with salt," so I don't know what I'm on about.

ban louis jagger

:D

my pops eats grapefruit with salt instead of sugar

my dad eats his grapefruit with SALT. I fear that eventually I will try this and like it, but for now I stick with a little sugar

-- El Tomboto, Friday, April 11, 2008 3:38 PM (3 months ago)

there should probably be a punishment for this.

for the repetition i mean, i'm not strict about grapefruit seasonings.

long day.

if you were here i would punish you by anecdote.

i think i was a bit too kind about grapefruit upthread, i dislike them more actively than i made out.

more like El Twiceposto, i would say

i knew you had a good, solid head on your shoulders, estela

that makes me sound like a something.

it's really fun when you halve it and hen get to drink the juice at the end!!!

estela you ARE a something

theres a very interesting debate to be had about salt or sugar on your fruits & i mean that

sugar sweetens but salt can draw out the flavor, it may just be that ETs dad is ONE INTENSE DUDE which would kind of, you know, make sense, genetically

My mom eats tomatoes with salt on them, while the rest of the family tends to sprinkle sugar on tomato slices. The salt thing seems crazier when we're talking about grapefruit, though... I guess because grapefruit seems "fruitier."

Omg can not imagine how awful sugar on tomatoes would be! Ew ew ew!

estela I had a pink tiro the other day for the first time, it was v good I must say.

I was quite naive about it all tho. I asked gf if she'd tried it before, she said 'only like a million times'. pwnt.

grapefruit is still fairly ordinary tho.

lingbert, you are something else again.

wilter, pink tiro looks appealing, if i am thinking of the right thing, i've never tried it.

xp sugar on ripe tomatoes is really good! But maybe I just think so because I grew up eating them that way...?

Other awesome tomato-related stuff: bruschetta with garlic and tomato piled on it; tomato, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil and a bit of oil... YUM

tomatos with salt otm

also green apple slices with salt

yup

salt on already salty tasting bacon

wilter, your girlfriend would have to have drunk pink tiro 136.9863 times a day for 20 years to be telling the truth here, i am a bit dubious since you had to ask her if she'd even tried it, surely you'd have noticed.

She wouldn't lie to me.

you should be more attentive then.

i know :(

maybe she should pick a fight with you about this.

ok folks you're not gonna like this but GJ is in serious danger of supplanting OJ as the KING

i have 2 grapefruits in my fridge RIGHT NOW.

what do you think of THAT, lingbert?!

naw dude GJ completely pwns OJ. case in point - greyhound/salty dog vs screwdriver.

OTFM

i am coming into the light

It really depends on the size of the gat the quality of the grapefruit. The most regularly delicious commonly available to me is Odwalla. But there's plenty of quart-in-a-can GJs out there that are worse than any OJ.

Summary: Good GJ >>> Great OJ. Bad GJ <<< Mediochre OJ.

Illness be making me drop letters up there.

Docs took me off some meds recently that prevented me from eating one of my fave foods ever, the grapefruit. At the grocery the other day I remembered I can now eat them again. This reunion is so poignant for me that I can't believe Oprah hasn't sensed it and sent a film crew here. Missed u, grapefruit.

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