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?

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[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

I got some of that hideously expensive pomegranite juice in the cute little bottle (POM), but I've yet to try the actual fruit.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with texture issues! It took me forEVAR to be able to stomach bananas, and I still can't eat them if they're overly ripe. So mushy and smooshy! I'm also very picky about apples, and must have sweet, ripe, juicy, crisp ones. I do not think that is too much to ask. :-P I'm gonna see if mom will get some clementines when I go home this weekend (she's the fruit-eater in our family and she likes it all.) I'm intrigued now, and you are the second person to recommend them.

Grape juice does kinda burn, I guess due to the dryness? Kinda like wine, which would...make sense. Duh.

I'm fortunate that my parents never pushed me to eat fruits, I guess because I was so good about eating my veggies. But now, I think it's just time I got over this issue. I am hoping for recovery for myself, too!! I am very much enjoying the ones I'm eating now, so it's looking good. ;-)

(Oh, off-season/hothouse tomatoes are soooo bad. If a tomato looks pink and has no juice to it, bleh. We grow the best tomatoes I've ever had in our garden. I absolutely live for late summer when I can just go pick a tomato, bring it in the house and eat it, warm from the sun. Ahhhh, heaven.)

[nessachan.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I recommend Clementines. They are so easy to peel (no knives or peelers needed) and they don't make a big mess so I like to take them when I travel. I hate how you have to buy a crate, though. >:(

They don't have as much white stuff as an orange, it's generally pretty easy to remove the gag-worthy pieces.