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Your Favorite Fruit?
July 01, 2017, 12:50 PM
FenderBenderYour Favorite Fruit?
Strawberrys
July 01, 2017, 12:53 PM
oilpatch29Milo Yiannopoulos
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July 01, 2017, 12:56 PM
OKCGeneI can't narrow it down to 1, so here's my top 2.
I love the 4012 Oranges and the Pacific Rose Apple.
Then, if and when available, a really good and fresh Hawaiian papaya with a fresh lime squeezed over it. Must be a Hawaiian papaya, none other are as good.
Desert several nights a week is a bowl of strawberries, blueberries and banana with a spritz of whipped cream.
Peaches are wonderful when fresh, I have 2 peach trees in the back yard. I'll make peach jams and jellies out of the ones I don't devour, freeze or can.
July 01, 2017, 02:09 PM
justjoeMangosteen.
I've never seen them in the US, but if you ever see them, buy a whole lot of them.
Trying to describe their flavor is like trying to describe a new color. They have a coarse brown rind, and, inside, the fruit is sectioned, sort of like an orange. How good are they?
In Sri Lanka they are only available for a few weeks, when they are in season. I had my driver take me to Kandy to buy some at the market. I forgot that General Zia, then the president of Pakistan, was in town for the day. So, we drove into a sea of people just as the General was arriving in a motorcade preceded by lance carrying horsemen.
My driver began looking around desperately, trying to find a route out of this madness. But I had spied a mangosteen stand. "Stay right here!" I yelled, opened the door, and jumped out into the insanity.
I made it back with two bags of mangosteens, a few bruises, and only one shoe.
Yes, they are that good.
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July 01, 2017, 05:33 PM
PHPaulquote:
Originally posted by bendable:
on the rare occasions that you can find good one's, plums.
the short shelf life makes it tough to find
Growing up in Michigan, a "neighbor" (several miles away) had a plum orchard. When they were tree-ripe, we'd go over and get a bunch (a bushel, maybe?) and Mom would can them, pits and all. They're excellent fresh of course, but they're also a treat canned along about February...
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
July 01, 2017, 05:48 PM
joel9507Red raspberries.
July 01, 2017, 06:35 PM
bald1Already posted Honeycrisp apples but someone mentioned plums. Damned hard to find around here but the golden yellow plums are fantastic.
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July 01, 2017, 08:03 PM
casMy favorite fruit is ripe fruit, which I don't think I've had in 35+ years.
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July 01, 2017, 08:06 PM
wcb6092Wild blueberries picked from Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia.
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July 01, 2017, 08:08 PM
dsietsPeach.
July 01, 2017, 08:42 PM
BisleyblackhawkSimply...a peach...I be loving me some "just right" (where the juice runs down your chin) ripe peaches
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July 01, 2017, 11:09 PM
sig77Apples. Pink lady or ambrosia.
There are 3 kinds of people, those that understand numbers and those that don't. July 02, 2017, 12:10 AM
2010ChallengerI guess my favorites are Pink Lady, Gala, or green (unripened) delicious apples. A good, potent orange is right behind.
I won't touch the following:
Peaches
Apricots
Plums
Tomatoes (Most disgusting thing to ever come out of the ground, IMHO)
July 02, 2017, 12:16 AM
1lowlifeLime...
Lime in my Mexican beer.
Lime with my high $$$ Tequila.
Lime in my guacamole..
Lime in my meat marinade.
Lime.
A good ripe Texas pink grapefruit is a close second....
July 02, 2017, 12:27 AM
amcPluots, but ask me tomorrow and it might be mangos or or plums. Hard to pick just 1.
July 02, 2017, 12:44 AM
YogiBearAloha,
I like Dragon Fruit, comes in different colors both outside and inside.
What is usually sold
The inside
Fairly bland tasting but very good for your health.
July 02, 2017, 06:03 AM
dwright1951Toss up between a good ripe eating (versus cooking) pear or a tree ripe peach.
July 02, 2017, 07:00 AM
AquilonOnce, when my daughter was younger, I asked her what fruit she would like with her dinner. She answered, "steak." That's my child.
Anyhow, the correct answer is blackberries.
July 02, 2017, 08:09 AM
MrToadGee, that's a tough one. I don't know that I have favorites, because for me it's seasonal.
As a side note, we're having an elderly friend over on the 4th who has been on a restricted diet and has a hard time getting around with arthritis, and she really like fruit, but hasn't been exposed to too many international types, so we went over to our local "exotic" food store, Jungle Jim's, and picked up a variety of fruits she has never tried, various mangoes, papayas, some lychees, dragonfruit, etc. We'll see what her favorite it.
If you like religion, laws or sausage, then you shouldn't watch them being made. July 02, 2017, 08:10 AM
MrToadquote:
Originally posted by YogiBear:
Aloha,
I like Dragon Fruit, comes in different colors both outside and inside.
What is usually sold
The inside
Fairly bland tasting but very good for your health.
I've been told the more common white-fleshed type is more bland. I've never had the darker dragon fruit but would like to try.
If you like religion, laws or sausage, then you shouldn't watch them being made.