Your Favorite Fruit

[JohnMichael]

My favorite fruits are peaches and pears. Right at that perfect state of ripeness.

[blackraven]

Mine are Colorado peaches, Honey Crisp and Pink Lady Apples. A good orange or tangerine will do as well.

[Smokey]

Pears and peaches seem to be kind of fruit that have to be eaten at exactly right stage of ripness (not too soft or not too hard). Other wise there is simply no flavor.

I don't know about mango though

[ForeverAutumn]

I actually like pears before they are ripe. They have to be crisp. Once they get soft they're too ripe for me.

[Smokey]

I actually like pears before they are ripe. They have to be crisp.

You must have good teeth

Most pears I see in the supermarket seem to be under ripe to me. If we buy some, we usually let it sit at room temperature for couple of days to soften it little bit.

[ForeverAutumn]

You must have good teeth

Most pears I see in the supermarket seem to be under ripe to me. If we buy some, we usually let it sit at room temperature for couple of days to soften it little bit.

When they get too soft, I cook them with onions and carrots, or butternut squash, in some low sodium veggie broth and then puree it to make soup. It's yummy!

[dean_martin]

When they get too soft, I cook them with onions and carrots, or butternut squash, in some low sodium veggie broth and then puree it to make soup. It's yummy!

Never heard of preparing pears like that. This was the first Christmas in years that we didn't get a box of pears from my uncle (he's quite old and widowed so I'm just glad he's still with us - he let us know ahead of time that he was slowing down some this year). We would share the pears with the rest of the family because we couldn't eat them all before they went bad. We should have experimented more.

[dean_martin]

I don't know about mango though

Mango is very similar. You don't want it too firm or too soft. Mangoes change color from green to red/yellow/orange as they ripen. Look for the right color and just a little give when you squeeze and it's ready.

Kudos to you for posting a pic of a pomegranate. That's not something you see everyday at an av site.

[Smokey]

Kudos to you for posting a pic of a pomegranate. That's not something you see everyday at an av site.

Maybe that help popularity of the fruit as at the supermarket some cashier at check out look at fruit and wonder what they are

I am really weird when it comes to fruit. I love orange juice, but not oranges. I love apple juice, but not apples. I love cranberry juice and pomegranate juice, but not cranberry's or pomegranates.

Oh man, you are missing all the good stuff. They say the fruit fiber also contain alot of nutritious value that is missing in juice form. A brand name called Naked Juice is probably as close as you are going to get to real fruit, but they are like $3 for 15 oz juice bottle.

[bobsticks]

I like to say the word "kumquat"...

[Feanor]

I like to say the word "kumquat"...

We'd love to hear your voice saying "kumquat" ... of course hearing you sing Hallelujah would even nicer.

It's a pity that this site doesn't specifically support audio clip insertion, but I suppose a video would do, or just link to an MP3 file.

[dean_martin]

I like to say the word "kumquat"...

It is a fun word. My in-laws have a kumquat tree. It was full at Christmas.