Re: Friday - 02.28.2025 - Dinner Plans

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:27:03 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-03-07 2:05 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 17:57:26 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

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I think perhaps not being able to eat oranges or to drink the juice
makes it taste all the better. The last time I ate grapefruit was more
than 40 years ago and I still remember how much my system was rebelling
even the next day. No thanks.

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My dad used to eat grapefruit. He would go through some ritual of
separating the segments using a grapefruit knife before sprinkling on
some sugar. I tried it and found the ritual relaxing and the taste
delicious.

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They used to sell special knives and spoons for grapefruit.  Son of a
gun... I went online to search and they still do.
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I was getting into the fruit until I found out that
grapefruit was incompatible with my diabetes medication. My foray into
grapefruit heaven lasted a couple of months. Even now, I dream of
grapefruit every now and then.

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I once made a ruby grapefruit sorbet. It was very good. I was able to
get away with small servings of it.  It was pretty easy to make.All I
had to do was make some simple syrup, cool it and then mix it with some
red grapefruit juice and into the ice cream maker.

It sounds excellent. In my old age, I started appreciating bitter melon
and grapefruit. Bitter melon is supposed to lower blood sugar levels.
Well, that's what the Chinese say. I guess I'd rather eat bitter melon
than bitter grapefruit.