What in the world.....? Fruit?

CrazyAdventure · June 2011

Hello my fellow fitness pals

I have an inquiry on fruit!

At the beginning of the week I went shopping for some fruit. I wound up getting a variety of things, but what I have the most difficulty with are the melons or skinned fruit. For instance, this morning I went to cut open one of the grapefruits I had purchased and GROSS it was dried and shriveled on the inside!

I don't know about you all, but that's almost enough to turn me away from grapefruit for awhile! So is biting into that one gross grape of the bunch or cutting open an orange to find almost no juice. So please help! I don't want to hate grapefruit or cantelope or oranges because I truly love them (when they're good!)

So does anyone have a trick up their sleeve on picking out the good fruit? (especially grapefruit, oranges, cantelope, and watermelons)

freerange · June 2011

Yes, they should feel heavy in your hand. If you pick it up and it feels light put it back. Melons are a flip of the coin, I used to think I could thump them and tell, but anymore I just grab one and hope.

trac3 · June 2011

I'm a PIA ~ I always make the produce guy open them up and let me try before I buy!!! Produce is too expensive to be tossing!!:grumble:

For grapefruit/oranges I always look for a smooth, almost shiny top/bottom ~ it usually means the fruit is full of juice, and smell it! That's what I picked up from the produce people when they were showing me what looked good ~ the real bumpy, peely type skins are usually dry and yucky inside!

I try to get a lot of my fruit from Costco ~ I take it back if it's bad, and they exchange or return my money, no problem..... good luck with the fruit quest!:laugh:

MrsSki · June 2011

I smell fruit when I buy it, if I don't smell anything, I don't buy it. Also oranges and grape fruits should feel heavy. And the thumping on melons technique sometimes works, sometimes not. Where do you buy your fruit? Is there somewhere else you can go? I go to one grocery store of almost everything, and another just for produce.

hallie1107 · June 2011

One thing I have learned about picking a good watermelon (because they are my fav), the bigger the yellow spot is on the "bottom", the sweeter the fruit will be. That yellow spot is where the melon sat on the ground and ripened. I won't buy any of the "personal sized" ones because the don't have any spots at all. Thumping does work on melons but you need to know what you're listening for. Good luck!!

What in the world.....? Fruit?

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