How do you eat your grapefruit?

SarahMorganP

Just a silly question. I was peeling my grapefruit the other day and my coworker was looking at me in a very strange way. I asked her what was wrong and she said she had never seen anyone eat a grapefruit that way. I was so confused by what she meant, how else could you eat a grapefruit? She said she cuts it in half and then uses a spoon to scoop sections out? Huh? I peel it and eat it like an orange.

So how do you eat your grapefruit?

WendyTerry420

I cut mine in half and use a grapefruit spoon. I've never heard of peeling it.

SweetestLibby

I peel it like and orange and eat. sometimes I slice it and eat it...I didn't know there was a wrong way to eat a piece of fruit...

majope

Cut it in half, sprinkle it with brown sugar, broil it until bubbly, then eat it with a spoon. It gets soooooo juicy.

MercenaryNoetic26

Bahaha! Yuppies! I only ever saw the grapefruit spoon on Dirty Dancing and when working for Crate & Barrel.

I eat my friggin' grapefruit like an orange. I eat all the fiber.

Oh, and I love yuppies. I try to be like them

Ed98043

I peel and eat now, but when I grew up, the household ate them the slice-and-scoop way. There were even special little serrated pointy spoons for the job. Maybe it's a generational thing.

KassLamb

I cut it in half and spoon it out. I've tried just eating it like an orange when I didn't have a spoon, but the membrane is just too tough for me to enjoy it that way.

Edit: no, I don't use a special spoon. Ain't nobody got time for that! I use a real spoon.

SarahMorganP

I cut it in half and spoon it out. I've tried just eating it like an orange when I didn't have a spoon, but the membrane is just too tough for me to enjoy it that way.

Edit: no, I don't use a special spoon. Ain't nobody got time for that! I use a real spoon.

I don't eat the membrane. I just peel that off as well, just like I do with an orange.

WendyTerry420

I peel and eat now, but when I grew up, the household ate them the slice-and-scoop way. There were even special little serrated pointy spoons for the job. Maybe it's a generational thing.

I got lucky. My grapefruit spoon came with my house. It now stays at my desk at work, which is where I eat my grapefruit.

melaniecheeks

I'm not familiar with people eating it like an orange, I might try that!

I sometimes have it cut in half and eat with a teaspoon, though it's tricky. Lately I've been buying ready prepared grapefruit segments in juice in a plastic tub - much easier!

divemunkey

I grew up eating it with a spoon, but I find that wastes too much fruit, so now I peel them like an orange, but I don't eat the thick membranes. It makes them time consuming and messy, but It's good to slow down and concentrate on what you put in your mouth, right?

fit4lifeUcan2

I either cut mine in half and dig it out with a grapefruit spoon or peel it like an orange and also peel off the outer cover of those slices because to me its bitter. I prefer the ruby red grapefruits.

megsmom2

I don't have any grapefruit spoons...but I have a gadget that loosens the sections from the membranes so you can eat with a regular spoon. Or I peel it with a knife and just dice it and eat it that way. Ruby Red ones rock!

nokanjaijo

I cut it in half and spoon it out. I've tried just eating it like an orange when I didn't have a spoon, but the membrane is just too tough for me to enjoy it that way.

Edit: no, I don't use a special spoon. Ain't nobody got time for that! I use a real spoon.

I don't eat the membrane. I just peel that off as well, just like I do with an orange.

This is exactly what I do. But I do eat the membrane of the orange because it isn't bitter the way a grapefruit membrane is.

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

I cut off the peel then cut it up into little pieces, drain out the juice, then pour some splenda over it and eat the chunks with a fork.

3foldchord

Either in half with a spoon(no sugar, it's so yummy as is) or peeled like an orange. My husbad's grandfather cuts his in half, drizzles honey over it, then heats it in the microwave. I tried it a few time - not bad.

rosy003

I peel it like an orange too! I have gotten many strange looks over the years, but I think it is the best way to eat it. In college, our dining hall only had grapefruit already cut in half so that got pretty messy. I refuse to use a spoon for citrus!

dsmpunk

Chew through the fiber and eat it like you mean it. I feel like I am wasting half of it if I eat it with a spoon.

3foldchord

There were even special little serrated pointy spoons for the job. Maybe it's a generational thing.

I got lucky. My grapefruit spoon came with my house. It now stays at my desk at work, which is where I eat my grapefruit.

We had special grapefruit spoons growing up. I loved those spoons! I use a paring knife and a smaller spoon (ice cream sundae spoon actually)

WendyTerry420

There were even special little serrated pointy spoons for the job. Maybe it's a generational thing.

I got lucky. My grapefruit spoon came with my house. It now stays at my desk at work, which is where I eat my grapefruit.

We had special grapefruit spoons growing up. I loved those spoons! I use a paring knife and a smaller spoon (ice cream sundae spoon actually)

My kids had to ask me what it was when we found it. I hadn't seen one in ages! I tend to eat as much as I can with the grapefruit spoon, then I hold it (and my head) over my trash can at work and squeeze the rest of the juice into my mouth. :laugh:

It's not exactly graceful, but it's yummy!






And yes, ruby reds are the best!

AllAboutThatTreble

I used to hate grapefruit because I ate it like an orange and that fibrous membrane-y part is bitter. But my friend introduced me to eating it with a spoon, and now I buy a huge bag of grapefruit!

nel0311

cut it in half put a little truvia on it and eat it awkwardly with a spoon

robot_potato

I've never heard of someone eating like an orange. I cut it in half and sprinkle it with brown sugar or a bit of honey. Sometimes I broil it as well. I thought everyone did it this way.

Onaughmae

I peel it, peel the membrane off too. Yummy!