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

[mynthe.livejournal.com]

I've never been a fan of fruits too! I'm like you, if someone has them in front of me, I will eat them. But I won't go out of my way to get them, even if my mom has bought some and put it in the fridge. It's not something I think of when I want to eat anything. Once in a while though, I pass by a fruit stall and I get tempted to eat some fruits. But I do love my orange+carrot juice. I need to take a pic of a fruit stall to show you the fruits available!

I like mangoes, they are lovely, like someone mentioned, but you need to make sure they are ripe or they will be hard and sour. Love kiwis, especially if you can find the "golden" ones, which are yellow inside instead of green. These taste much nicer than the green ones, which are actually quite lovely anyway. I don't think you can get tropical fruits, but if you come across rambutans, you might want to try those. They are red and "hairy" looking on the outside, and has a translucent white flesh inside. You might not want to bite too close to the seed as it has a flaky-like skin on it which doesn't sit well with me.

I like guava. Here we'll have sour plum powder sprinkled over cut guava before we eat it. Yummilicious. The best guava is crunchy but soft to chew. I also like bananas, but they can't be too soft.

I'm not a big fan of papayas. They are just too squishy. I can take them now and then but if you ask me to pick a fruit, it won't be papaya. I also do not like berries that much, they are just too plain sweet! I'm a weird person, I know!

P/S: You can have all my brussels sprouts!

[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

I would love to see a picture of your fruit stall! See, I also love pictures of fruit. :-P I've also got little fruit doo-dads around my kitchen, so I think that they are very pretty. I just never wanted to eat them.

I never knew there was a "golden" kiwi. All I've ever seen are the green ones. I find them very tart, so that's my problem with them. Also never heard of a rambutan. Although I don't know that "hairy" sounds very appealing. ;-)

What does the guava taste like? Is it very sweet? See, I have the opposite issue with most berries, in that I find them too tart. If I'm going to eat fruit, I want it to be sugary! :-P

I think that Brussels sprouts taste like (well, and look like) little cabbages. Bake or boil them, then put just a little butter and some garlic powder on them. Yum!