Casual Conversation @lemm.ee inlandempire @jlai.lu 6mo ago

What's your favourite fruit(s) ?

I have always loved Pears since I was a kid, but recently I've had a newfound adoration for Strawberries.

For fruit juices nothing beats the good ol' apple juice :)

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Blackberries and raspberries! I still have fond memories of picking them walking the way to and from school
Raspberries right now
Durian. It's like eating a cream custard in fruit form. Longans and Lychees. (Related and similar in flavour, but not in form.) Sweet but with a little lilt of "something else" that makes them interesting.
Pomelo 😋
Raspberries, lychee, mango
Pineapple, banana, mango. Just about any tropical fruit.
Bananas are a classic, but I'm a big plum fan
Mangoes, the tropical kind. Also, grapes.
Apples, but they have the most variance unfortunately. The height of apples is amazing, but when you get a bad one it's utterly terrible
- I rate apples on a a scale of "too much apple" to "needs more apple". I also think most apples in grocery stores are just too big.
- Honeycrisp apples have become my new favorite over the years. Even a mid honeycrisp apple beats the pants off every red delicious or washington I've ever had. Fuji is a close second.
  
  Even then sometimes you just get shitty mealy ones that make me gag. My go to is honeycrisp or cosmic crisp now though
The only fruit juice I like is orange. Can't stand apple juice or cider. No idea why. I like apples, I just don't like that much apple flavor in my mouth or something.

Actual fruits... my favorites are probably raspberries with the caveat that I hate the seeds getting crushed and's sticking in my teeth. Plums are pretty good if you get them at the perfect ripeness - soft and sweet but not so juicy you look like you just left a porn shoot after eating one.
- For the cider, it might be how sweet it is/tastes. You can try drinking it warm/hot or you can try turning it into Mulled Cider if you want to give cider another shot.
  
  I don't chew raspberries, I'm a tongue against the roof of the mouth person, unless I want to spend way too much effort digging a seed out of a tooth.
Apricots and peaches
Sour cherries are my favorite fruit by far. They are good plain or in so many things, pies, cobblers, mixed into yogurt. Mulberries are another favorite. Those I have only had plain by the handful.
I'm not a big pear fan. Partly the general flavour, but also they always feel gritty to me. But that might depend on variety.

I really like raspberries. There aren't many others I'd consider a favourite but I like plenty of others.

Weirdly, not a big fan of melons or most other tropical fruit.
Pawpaws! If you get them just right, they're like eating a banana-mango custard.
Strawberries won over pears as they can be put into pierogies.
- Oh my gosh, now I want a strawberry blintz.
  
  I have seen naleśniki with strawberry jam or cream mixed with fresh fruit.
Blackberries and huckleberries, which makes living in the Pacific Northwest perfect for me. I'm sure I would hate dealing with the invasive blackberry that is found everywhere here if I didn't enjoy the fruit.
Berries. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, all the berries!
a really good watermelon is amazing and just hits that summer vibe so right.
Mangoes!
- Dried mango strips are a fantastic snack.
  
  I'm not a fan of fresh mangoes, but the dried ones are great.
I don't have any favourite but I like avocados, bananas, sugar apples and cantaloupes.
- I've never heard of somebody loving cantaloupe. How interesting.
  
  It tastes like a blend of pumpkin and watermelon to me, quite nice!
Peaches or blueberries have to be my favorites. Honestly one of my favorite parts of summer
- There's a pick-your-own blueberry place near my parents' home and the blueberries are both tastier and cheaper than store-bought, because we pick the ripest ones.
  
  Sometimes we come home with 20-30 pounds and stick em in the freezer. Makes for a killer snack and great for smoothies.
Pineapple and kiwi are my top two favs. I love sour stuff and these are the sourest fruits I know. But there is only one fruit I've tried that I really didn't like at all and that is cantaloupe. Shit tastes like a mango that's lost its flavor.
- There are 2 types of melon that call themselves cantaloupe, and they don't really taste like each other. Do you dislike both?
  
  I've only ever had North American cantaloupe and until your comment, it was the only cantaloupe I knew to exist.
I love passion fruit! The inside looks like a bunch of alien eyes, but it tastes so good.
I just wish they had more filling
Hard and tart yellow nectarines are the best. Regular apple juice is good but pressed apple juice is better. Cloudy and thicker, it has a less cloying flavor.
Nashi pears, berries, mango. I have a pear and blueberries on me right now.
Guavas
Tamarillos! They're pretty rare now, tart and sweet, looks a feijoa and a tomato crossed. Love em!
I can’t believe you like pears. Who likes pears? A fresh ripe pear is still mealy, like grainy mushy. Like an apple that’s gone past it’s prime.
- You're getting the wrong pears if they're mealy/grainy. I haven't seen the good pears in years, though. Everyone around me just carries those ugly brown ones that are like bags of sand inside 🤢
  
  The good ones are green and have the same texture as an apple. But I don't know what the species/type name is.
  
  Asian pears are typically not mealy
- Apparently a whole lot of people like pears.
  
  In today's lesson we've apparently learned that tastes differ.
Quinces
Add bananas and your list is my list, though I did have a hankering for some grapes earlier this week
I am obsessed with grapefruit. Juice, flavour, real deal. You name it I love it.
Nectarines are my soft spot because my mother loves them - I ate so many as kid. Recently, I have been really enjoying ripened kiwis and pineapple.
Two bananas.

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