And the Most Annoying Fruit in the World Award goes to...

Yes. That's why I usually only buy 2-3 at a time.

Kiwi came to my mind first because I like them but when I eat them I get that tingling sensation behind the ears. You know, that feeling you get when you eat something tart and sweet. It's so annoying.

Red raspberries is another. They go bad in the blink of an eye. I get them home and within a day I see mold starting....irritating!!

True -- I thought about adding raspberries to the list, but because I haven't had much experience with them -- especially compared to all of the others I mentioned -- I thought I might not yet be quite the fair judge! But yes, the few times I have bought them, that has also been my experience.

I hate bananas. Not because they are annoying but because they taste bad, smell bad and have a bad texture (IMO, of course).

But I like the term "Goldilocks fruit". I'm totally stealing it.

For me, the pear is the worst for being Goldilocks. It seems there is a one day window for a pear to be exactly ripe before it goes over the dark (aka mushy) side. But on that one day, it's probably my favorite fruit.

lol steal away..

And I cannot beLIEVE you don't like bananas..although you aren't the first person I've met who feels that way.

When they are just right, they're one of my top favorite fruits -- they are SO..FREAKING...GOOD...when just right, lol

And I feel you on pears -- I remember years ago, one of my best friends told me her favorite fruit of all time was pears. And a mutual friend and I were both just like :-O :-O :-O :-O :-O :-O !!! We couldn't even believe it. Like, out of ALLL of the wonderful, tasty and juicy fruits out there...a pear?! It just seemed like such a boring choice, lol..and, even more ironic, this friend is far from boring -- she's always been very "colorful", full of energy, and hiLARious.. That might've been why her statement was even more shocking.

But years later, after personally avoiding them for so long (b/c I had for so long, from childhood, thought they were just a really "meh" -- uninteresting -- fruit), I decided to try 'em again, and I don't know WHAT it was, but I loved it. Totally changed my view on my friend's admission, and I even called (or texted?) her to specifically tell her that and apologize, lol

However...since then, like you said, I've found pears to be a crap shoot -- when they're good, they're great, and it is indeed a very small window when they're good. Outside of that, they're useless and no wonder why I had deemed them boring for so long!

But okay, my dissertation on pears is complete

I read once that if you rinse bananas in cold water, dry them and then seperate them all, they'd last longer.

I tried it.

It works. Don't ask me how or why...but I haven't thrown away a rotten banana in the last year.


*shrugs*

TRYING. Thank you!

lol Another random thing that I found works with berries...


FIll a bowl....but in a few tablespoons of vinegar and add the berries. Swish them around for a few mins. Drain. Rinse well. Let dry, put in dry bowl and stick in fridge.

lol My berries last me the week without putting on any fur coats...strawberries up to two weeks.

Try it, it works.

Hmm that sounds pretty oodd, lol, but I'd be willing to try this as well. Just about anything to get my fruit to last!


So many wonderful and different ideas on this thread -- thanks everyone SO MUCH! I just might cry if, in listening to you guys, I find myself no longer having the "banana issue" from here on out!