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grasswire

(50,130 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 01:03 AM Jan 2012

Thank you, thank you Texas, for ruby red GRAPEFRUITS!


So so so delicious this year. Five for a dollah! Yum! I would eat several a day except that they might interfere with medication. But I have a whole one, peeled and eaten out of hand. I think the pith might be very nutritious -- read something recently about the good stuff in orange pith.

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Thank you, thank you Texas, for ruby red GRAPEFRUITS! (Original Post) grasswire Jan 2012 OP
They have been delicious! livetohike Jan 2012 #1
Just be glad there are some. We got a couple of hurricanes into oneshooter Jan 2012 #2
What a great price! yellerpup Jan 2012 #3
That "good stuff" is bioflavenoids. As for the medications,... HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4
I haven't bought any yet this year. Denninmi Jan 2012 #5
tell me about your grapefruit pie grasswire Jan 2012 #9
Eat one for me Irishonly Jan 2012 #6
So yummy. ceile Jan 2012 #7
I love grapefruit! flying rabbit Jan 2012 #8
I loooove grapefruit sooo much! Lucinda Jan 2012 #10

livetohike

(22,156 posts)
1. They have been delicious!
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 09:19 AM
Jan 2012

We've been eating them for weeks and I'm about to buy some more, although they are 49 cents each here. Maybe they will be cheaper today .

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
2. Just be glad there are some. We got a couple of hurricanes into
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 10:34 AM
Jan 2012

northern Mexico that sent enough rain int the Valley to keep the trees producing. But it was a near thing!

yellerpup

(12,253 posts)
3. What a great price!
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:58 AM
Jan 2012

When I lived in Oklahoma, guys would go door-to-door selling them (and oranges) and there is no better fruit to be had than Rio Grande grapefruit. I'd always buy a crate of them half grapefruit/half oranges. Better'n candy! Glad you scored, grasswire!

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
4. That "good stuff" is bioflavenoids. As for the medications,...
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 04:33 PM
Jan 2012

Here's a link to the Mayo Clinic that lists the common ones...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN00413

NOTE: Not medical advice - just a link to a resource.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
5. I haven't bought any yet this year.
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 05:54 PM
Jan 2012

I guess I should pick some up.

Grapefruit pie sounds really good about now!

Irishonly

(3,344 posts)
6. Eat one for me
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 06:45 PM
Jan 2012

I can't have grapefruit because of a medication. I love grapefruit and haven't had any in a couple of years.

ceile

(8,692 posts)
7. So yummy.
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 06:56 PM
Jan 2012

I remember when I was a kid, my grandaddy in Corpus would send a box full for Xmas (in my kid brain in was Xmas- could be wrong about that) from his trees in the back yard. Sadly one year they froze and never returned. Haven't had one in a while. Thanks for the reminder!

flying rabbit

(4,636 posts)
8. I love grapefruit!
Thu Jan 5, 2012, 10:49 PM
Jan 2012

yet I have never peeled and eaten one. I always cut them in half and spoon out the goodness. Must try this.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
10. I loooove grapefruit sooo much!
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:11 AM
Jan 2012

Thanks for mentioning them! Will have Bill check the store today and see if they have any.

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