Comments on: Tasting grapefruit juice

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:51:46 +0000

Canned grapefruit juice has a nasty metallic bitterness, as though the acid in the juice has eaten into the walls of the can. Ugh, yuck, an excellent reason to fall over. As an adult I love fresh grapefruit, but as a child, I needed sugar on it (my grandmother of the Villager outfits used to place a welcome maraschino cherry in the center.) Kids’ taste buds react more powerfully to the bitterness than our more jaded adult mouths.

By: LisaM

LisaM — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:20:45 +0000

This past summer, I mixed up some frozen lemonade for my son and nephews. The 6-year old couldn’t wait. He kept saying, “I LOVE lemonade!” I served it, although it looked a little cloudy, which I thought was caused by air bubbles in the water. One taste and he made a horrible face and said, “I HATE lemonade!” It was grapefruit juice. He’s now a little leery of anything I serve him.

I too like to eat plain grapefruit, but the juice is nasty.

By: raf

raf — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:33:14 +0000

Does Child/Family Services know about this child abuse?

By: John Dough

John Dough — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:58:59 +0000

Try sprinkling a little salt on the grapefruit instead of sugar. The operative word in that last sentence is LITTLE.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:18:42 +0000

foxmarks: it might make her keel over again 🙂

By: CV

CV — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:52:49 +0000

Foxmarks, my thoughts exactly. A little vodka and cranberry juice do wonders for grapefruit juice (aka The Seabreeze).

She may change her mind in a couple of decades 🙂

By: foxmarks

foxmarks — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:56:30 +0000

She should try it with vodka on a summer evening. In about 20 years…

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:11:47 +0000

Too funny! I have to say, I love grapefruit juice.

By: Occam's Beard

Occam's Beard — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:41:14 +0000

What a cutie!

By: Gringo

Gringo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:37:33 +0000

I eat a Ruby Red grapefruit every day, in the way that people will peel an orange and eat, and not out of masochism. I will occasionally cheat by sprinkling sugar on it. I eat only red grapefruit- Ruby Red or others.

I do not like grapefruit in juice form, however. As canned grapefruit juice is usually not Ruby Red, that might explain it.

A German student visiting the States told me how much he liked grapefruit here. Chalk that up to Ruby Red.