Favorite Fruit (4 Viewers)

[El Caliente]

Are yall familiar with these sour suckers?

In Venezuela and Cuba we call them Mamones. You bite open the shell and suck on the sour jelly like innards until you get to the hard pit in the center.

They were everywhere in Venezuela, and you could just pull them off the trees as you walked down the street.

They weren’t my favorite fruit, and they probably caused more decay to my teeth than I knew (since I never saw a dentist while I served in Venezuela).

 

[donato]

mango

 

[donato]

It’s interesting, while mangoes and pineapple and probably similar in terms of amount of work it takes to get to the fruit - I’m fine with ‘peeling’ pineapple but mango is too daunting

I guess there are different types of mangoes, but how are they difficult to peel? They seem to be relatively easy.

 

[gummbo70114]

I guess there are different types of mangoes, but how are they difficult to peel? They seem to be relatively easy.

I guess you just have to be smarter than a mango

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I guess there are different types of mangoes, but how are they difficult to peel? They seem to be relatively easy.

I just mean ‘getting the fruit’
So peeling but also getting meat off seed

 

[Nisey55]

I just had the best cherries I’ve ever had

Didn’t come from a farmers market or fancy grocery store, I wasn’t out of town at a store I’ve never heard of, bought them at my local supermarket

Not a fancy or new variety just plain red cherries but they were exactly what you want cherries to be

Just plain delicious

Already been back to the store twice

I’ve eaten more cherries in the past week than probably the last several years combined

My Mom had horrible hayfever/allergy one year and swore that eating cherries cured her. She had gotten some and couldn't stop eating them, she never ate alot, and had to get more. Vitamin C I guess.

 

[Consigliere]

Shocked that berries (blue) are not on the list.

They add flavor to anything, easy to use, and anti-inflammatories counteract booze.

 

[Madmarsha]

for me it was a pear…i am convinced nothing will ever be as good as that damn pear

 

[Madmarsha]

10

7, 8, or 9 if it's going on ice cream. 10 and 11 if going in a smoothie.

 

[Madmarsha]

I just mean ‘getting the fruit’
So peeling but also getting meat off seed

 

[Taurus]

Shocked that berries (blue) are not on the list.

They add flavor to anything, easy to use, and anti-inflammatories counteract booze.

I love 'em, I have 1/2 acre of them, but I can't put them above huckleberries.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

The SEED is the issue

 

[Swamprat]

I'm from da bayou... Satsumas are #1 in my book... NOTHING like a fridge chilled satsuma as a mid-morning snack...

 

[Merl]

7, 8, or 9 if it's going on ice cream. 10 and 11 if going in a smoothie.

11 or 12 for Banana Nut Bread. When I was a kid my Mom would buy two bunches bananas whenever they were on sale. One would be put up out of reach of me and y sister to let get almost black and soft and the other we could eat. My Mom wasn't a great cook but there were somethings nobody ever made better and her Banana Nut Bread is one.

 

[Optimus Prime]

11 or 12 for Banana Nut Bread. When I was a kid my Mom would buy two bunches bananas whenever they were on sale. One would be put up out of reach of me and y sister to let get almost black and soft and the other we could eat. My Mom wasn't a great cook but there were somethings nobody ever made better and her Banana Nut Bread is one.

it's funny how many people have a similar story

"My mom/grandma was a terrible cook except for _________ which was the best I've ever had"