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Post by whollygoats on Nov 27, 2016 23:20:45 GMT
I'm in the midst of an all-out grapefruit binge. Citrus x paradisi. Dawg, I lurves me some decent ruby red grapefruit with a dash of salt!
I've been banned from eating them for years because of a medication (statins, for cholesterol) and I finally just stopped taking the minimal dose so I could binge on grapefruit while the ruby red season is in full swing. Then, my physician, who tells me that my cholesterol has risen again, that I need to restart the minimalist statins, at least, and then, he searched his database on the grapefruit ban and found that it is because an enzyme in grapefruit stimulates the body to use the synthetic statins to produce even more natural statins, which causes the muscle aches....so, if I take the minimal dose _and_ eat grapefruit, or drink grapefruit juice, then I'm getting more statins...which he wants. I will have to restart taking CoQ-10 to counter the muscle ache effects.
I like lemons and limes just fine. I despise oranges, but that's another long story which I've probably already told here, but could be pressed to repeat it. None of them poses the same problem as do grapefruit.
And...do you non-USers call them 'grapefruit', or do you use something else, like 'pomelo'? Or, perhaps, 'corpulent lemon'?
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Post by JoeP on Nov 27, 2016 23:47:56 GMT
Grapefruit is the correct word.
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Post by Kye on Nov 27, 2016 23:52:36 GMT
I can't eat grapefruit either because of my heart meds, but no great loss --I don't like them.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 28, 2016 0:36:22 GMT
Yes...It is a mature, cultured taste. I don't think it to be 'acquired', though. It seems one either likes it, or despises it.
Many are traumatized by squirted juice in the eye, although such can happen with any citrus fruit with adverse effect.
Some can be turned off by early experiential exposure to dry, bitter examples of bad husbandry, rather than the juicy, sour-tart, exemplars of tree-ripened grapefruit. Ruby red Texas grapefruit.
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Post by Kye on Nov 28, 2016 0:44:26 GMT
I'm not a great fan of sour in general --including pickles, lemons, even strawberries or salad dressing.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 28, 2016 3:03:14 GMT
I tend to connect folks who like grapefruit with those who like gin. I think of them as 'similar' flavors.
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Post by Kye on Nov 28, 2016 3:11:25 GMT
I do like gin!
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Post by Mari on Nov 28, 2016 16:09:59 GMT
I like oranges and lemon (but the latter only in something else, not separately), but I don't like grapefruits. Not enough sweetness to counteract the sourness.
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Post by Sarah W. on Nov 29, 2016 21:39:40 GMT
I love grapefruit, but I've never had it with salt. I don't think I'd like that.
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Post by Moose on Nov 29, 2016 23:21:51 GMT
I like grapefruit juice. I've never had it unjuiced. I don't like 'bits.'
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 30, 2016 4:07:16 GMT
I love grapefruit, but I've never had it with salt. I don't think I'd like that. Heh...The flavor element which most object to is the sourness due to the acidity. Salt, being an alkaline, acts to neutralize the acidity. I think it 'sweetens' it. Sugar, from my experience, heightens the bitterness. Me? I detest sugar on grapefruit; I'll stick with lightly salted.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 30, 2016 4:08:52 GMT
I like grapefruit juice. I've never had it unjuiced. I don't like 'bits.' I think the 'bits' are fine, but I must admit, it is the juice which I like. And the membranes which separate the wedges are as nasty as the outer rine. Nasty.
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Post by Mari on Nov 30, 2016 15:48:52 GMT
Salt on water melon makes it sweeter.
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Post by whollygoats on Nov 30, 2016 18:17:20 GMT
Salt on water melon makes it sweeter. Interesting. Salt is known as a 'flavor enhancer'. I have never tried it on watermelon, since I think the flavor is a pretty sweet as is, and I would not be interested in enhancing that. I do, however, use it as a flavor enhancer with cantalope melons. Here is an overview of the trait in the US.
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Post by Moose on Nov 30, 2016 22:02:06 GMT
I was meaning the membrane yes not the 'bits'. It's why I don't eat oranges.
I've heard the salt on watermelon thing and keep meaning to try it but never got round to it
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Post by tangent on Dec 1, 2016 0:07:44 GMT
Whilst you're putting salt on watermelon, don't forget to add a little pepper
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 10:30:08 GMT
What about putting sugar on tomatoes? I know a fair few who do that. I don't like it - tastes awful.
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 1, 2016 17:20:38 GMT
It sounds awful. I salt tomatoes, too, when I eat them as uncooked fruit.
Nope...Not gonna put any ground peppercorn on my watermelon.
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Post by Mari on Dec 1, 2016 18:00:16 GMT
I don't like the idea of adding sugar in most regards. Adding sugar to strawberries is in my opinion a sin.
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Post by Moose on Dec 1, 2016 18:47:43 GMT
Sugar on tomatoes? I've never tried that .. and I've a feeling that I never will . I suppose technically they are a fruit though ..
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Post by Kye on Dec 1, 2016 18:49:51 GMT
Lots of people put sugar in tomato sauce, or so I hear.
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Post by Moose on Dec 1, 2016 19:37:31 GMT
Ketchup has it come to think of it. Though I prefer tomato puree to ketchup
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 1, 2016 19:52:35 GMT
I don't like the idea of adding sugar in most regards. Adding sugar to strawberries is in my opinion a sin. If you have to add sugar to strawberries, then you got bad strawberries. The ultimate compliment to good strawberries is that no sugar was needed.
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Post by Mari on Dec 1, 2016 20:07:22 GMT
That.
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Post by Moose on Dec 1, 2016 21:19:06 GMT
Bit of cream is nice though
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Post by whollygoats on Dec 1, 2016 22:12:31 GMT
Whipped.
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Post by tangent on Dec 1, 2016 22:54:10 GMT
Sugar on tomatoes?... I suppose technically they are a fruit though .. And therefore deserve to be served with custard.
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Post by Alvamiga on Dec 2, 2016 12:50:30 GMT
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Post by tangent on Dec 4, 2016 9:40:00 GMT
I remember seeing that at the time.
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Post by Moose on Dec 6, 2016 3:04:46 GMT
I suspect it might make me feel rather ill. Though not worse than fish fingers and custard I suppose.
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