How do you eat your grapefruit?

SarahMorganP
SarahMorganP Posts: 921 Member
in Food and Nutrition
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?

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  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I cut mine in half and use a grapefruit spoon. I've never heard of peeling it.
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    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
    majope Posts: 1,325 Member
    Cut it in half, sprinkle it with brown sugar, broil it until bubbly, then eat it with a spoon. It gets soooooo juicy.
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    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 :tongue:
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    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
    KassLamb Posts: 98 Member
    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
    SarahMorganP Posts: 921 Member
    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
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    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
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    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
    divemunkey Posts: 288 Member
    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
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    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
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    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
    nokanjaijo Posts: 466 Member
    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
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    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
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    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
    rosy003 Posts: 251 Member
    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
    dsmpunk Posts: 262 Member
    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
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    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
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    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
    AllAboutThatTreble Posts: 156 Member
    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
    nel0311 Posts: 248
    cut it in half put a little truvia on it and eat it awkwardly with a spoon :D
  • robot_potato
    robot_potato Posts: 1,535 Member
    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
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    I peel it, peel the membrane off too. Yummy!

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