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

[theldara.livejournal.com]

And if you like sweet, have you tried pineapple?

Oh yes, fresh pineapple is so good! I am kinda so-so on canned pineapple, but fresh ripe just cut? It's amazing. Kills my stomach (hello acids!) but so very good.

I'm the same way with peaches ;) Take-or-leave the canned, but the perfect fresh ripe one is heavenly.

Onions are of the devil

AGREED. EW. Peppers are right there too. EW.

[baseballchica03.livejournal.com]

YES! And menus at restaurants almost never bother to warn for onions. They're in practically EVERYTHING and it is so yucky and awful.

I am allergic to peaches, so I cannot share the love. But if peach cobbler with fresh peaches didn't make me itch so much, I'd be aaaaaaaaaall about it.

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

nonspecific is allergic to onions, and any sort of onion product. So whenever I cook for her, I have to make sure that there's not even any onion powder in sauces or spices that I'm using. Even if she wasn't allergic, I'm pretty sure she'd just hate them. But yes, they're in a whole lot of stuff.

I wonder what it is about the peaches that you're allergic to? I'm actually curious to go to South Carolina to get some peaches this summer when my family goes down there (SC peaches are, I think second only to Georgia peaches for their quality.) The only peaches I've tried are ones that are shipped in, not in season. Apparently the peaches that they go down there to pick are the best thing since sliced bread, so I'm gonna give 'em another shot. I will think of you, and eat one in your honor, if I do go. ;-)

[baseballchica03.livejournal.com]

I wonder what it is about the peaches that you're allergic to?

I don't know, but it's not just the fuzz like everyone always suggests because I get itchy eating/drinking anything peach that even has "natural and artificial flavoring". My grandma is allergic to them, too. I hope that my allergy doesn't get worse over time like hers has. Right now, I can't eat peaches and I steer clear from apricots because they're so similar, but she has also developed an allergy to plums, which are in the same family. I love plums like crazy, so I hope I don't get that, too. (She also said that she used to eat peaches anyway even though they made her itch, which is prob what made the allergy worse. So hopefully avoiding them will keep it at bay for me.)

[theldara.livejournal.com]

The only peaches I've tried are ones that are shipped in, not in season.

If you put 'em in a brown paper bag and fold the top over for a day or two, the off-season peaches are greatly improved. Nothing like in-season though, that's for sure!

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

Onions are of the devil

No wonder you and Kara are friends. ;-)

I can do canned peaches, pears and pineapple (most likely because of the syrup), but fresh just doesn't do it for me.

[theldara.livejournal.com]

I do believe a mutual hatred of onion came up early in our getting-to-know-you stages. ;)