Fruit loupe

[bluesilverkdg]

It may amaze and astonish some of you who know me well, to know that I have been eating fruit lately. I have never cared for fruit. I tried to eat it, but I think it was partly a texture thing and...I don't know what other problems I had with it, but I just never, ever ate it. I mean, if someone HAD a grape and offered me one (because that happens all the time), I wouldn't refuse it. But I can't say that I ever liked fruit, and I certainly never kept any in my home. Even when I was a kid, I thought bananas were gross. I found them slimy and nasty. My mom would be all devious and try to slip strawberries into my cereal, but I was having none of that. I've always liked fruit-FLAVORED things. Candy, jello, gum, Kool-Aid...that was acceptable. I enjoy smelling like fruit. And I like fruit juice. I could drink orange juice 'til the cows come home, whenever that is. But I just couldn't bring myself to eat the real thing.

However, I recently decided that I just needed a little more fruit in my world. So, I started off with some basics: apples, bananas and grapes. I've actually still not branched out much beyond this. I dare not try anything too exotic like papaya or starfruit. Oh, I did eat a peach the other day, and I found it stringy and not sweet enough. Oranges are still a no-go. That white crap around them is just disgusting! I cannot find berries of any type that are sweet enough for my liking. (I firmly believe blueberries to be of the devil.) I would like to enjoy cherries (that are not surrounded by creamy syrup and covered in chocolate), but I just can't do it. Grapefruit scares me. Oh, and kiwi = Yuck. My mom told me I might like papaya, however I'm dubious of this notion. I can tolerate watermelon, but I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about. Canteloupe and honeydew and all those other melons can just bite me, though. Blech.
But I have deemed apples, bananas and grapes an acceptable between-meals snack, and I've gotta admit, much to my surprise, I'm actually kind of enjoying them! Maybe I'm just finally growing up.

It's funny, I will eat just about any vegetable under the sun. Seriously. Brussels sprouts? Yum. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, endive, peppers, squash, zucchini? Bring 'em on! I could live on spinach and other greens. And of course potatoes, beans of all sorts, and tomatoes are just about the best things ever (please don't try to tell me how tomatoes are a fruit...lalalalalalala...I can't hear you.) I don't care for turnips or beets. I think those are the only veggies I just don't like at all. And I'm only OK with onions if they're cooked. But otherwise, veggies have always been my friend. Not so with fruit, but I am glad to report that I have now made peace with (some of) them.

Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable? And do people just eat them by themselves? I mean, I like guacamole a lot. If it IS a fruit, but you eat it with tortilla chips, well, then color me intrigued.

Maybe one of these days I'll live real dangerously and pick up some dragonfruit or guava or something. What does guava taste like, anyway?

Comments

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

OK..what's the deal with clementines? Do they have that same white crap around them that oranges have? I've heard they're sweeter, so maybe I could do them, as long as I could get all the white crap off.

I've tried to eat oranges and...what are those things...tangerines? I think my issue with them is largely a texture thing, though. I do like squeezing them for juice, but I know you get a lot more fiber from eating the actual fruit.

[baseballchica03.livejournal.com]

Clementines are small like tangerines, but they're sweeter than regular oranges. (I'm not a tangerine fan; there's a bit too much tang for me.) But clementines are seriously like candy sweet if you get good ones. And they're healthy for you! I'm pretty sure I got so sick a couple of weeks ago because I'd been eating like 4 clementines a day and seriously upping my vitamin C intake, then I went away for the weekend and didn't have any extra C at all. My body didn't know what to do with itself.

Anyway, they still do have that "white stuff," which is what holds the skin to the orange. I always peel all of the little bits off meticulously.

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

I've seen them in the store, but from what I've noticed, you always have to get like a box or bag of then...you can't just get one to try, which is what I'd like to do.

If I could get rid of the white stuff, I might be OK. Hey...I'm going home this weekend. My mother loves fruits of all types. I may see if she'll get a box or bag of clementines and just let me try one. :-) So devious!

[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

Well, if you can't get her to follow your devious plans, let me know. I'll be GLAD to have an excuse to get some. (Not that I really need an excuse, but anyways...) :-)