The last grapefruit of the year

[vavavroom]

My hybrid citrus tree has given me the last grapefruit of the year. The grapefruits grow late in the year while the lemons grow year-round.

 

[Malo83]

Look a little petrified.

 

[atikovi]

Thick skinned.

 

[vavavroom]

That's a pomelo. They look like that with a thick layer of albedo.

 

[Kira]

Googled "albedo" after hearing all my life it was good to eat......it does check a few boxes.
Better to harvest it and bury it in another dish. It doesn't have much taste, so why not?
A friend ingests whole citrus peel using a blender recipe. I forget what it's supposed to do for him.

 

[simple_gifts]

Thick skinned.

A requirement to post on BITOG, IMHO.

 

[Kestas]

Did you try juicing it?

 

[vavavroom]

Googled "albedo" after hearing all my life it was good to eat......it does check a few boxes.
Better to harvest it and bury it in another dish. It doesn't have much taste, so why not?
A friend ingests whole citrus peel using a blender recipe. I forget what it's supposed to do for him.

I have been eating a whole lemon, including the skin, every day for many years. Sometimes I slice the lemon, sometimes I stick it into a blender and blend it with other things. With oranges, I usually nibble some of the rinds and I always eat as much of the pith as possible. Obviously I use only organic citrus since I have no desire in ingesting residue from pesticides.

 

[vavavroom]

Did you try juicing it?

I don't juice citrus. I blend it whole with usually an apple and water and often some other things. I do want all the fiber.

 

[Passport1]

My mother lived in Florida at the edge of a golf course. Had a grapefruit tree in her back yard (technically on the course). Produced very good red fruit. The golfers had it cut down.

Big thumbs down to those golfers.

 

[Owen Lucas]

I have been eating a whole lemon, including the skin, every day for many years. Sometimes I slice the lemon, sometimes I stick it into a blender and blend it with other things. With oranges, I usually nibble some of the rinds and I always eat as much of the pith as possible. Obviously I use only organic citrus since I have no desire in ingesting residue from pesticides.

Any reason for eating the skin? Is it for fiber or something. I have an old relative who is 102 and she straight up eats the lemon garnish with her water when we go out to a restaurant.

 

[vavavroom]

Any reason for eating the skin? Is it for fiber or something. I have an old relative who is 102 and she straight up eats the lemon garnish with her water when we go out to a restaurant.

Most of the nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber are in the skin. Bitter, sour, I love it all.

 

[Owen Lucas]

Most of the nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber are in the skin. Bitter, sour, I love it all.

Awesome, next lemon I see, I'm eating it whole.

 

[Motu]

Grapefruit is very common in NZ, nearly everyone has a lemon tree and a grapefruit tree in their yard...old style yellow ones.. Can't be eaten with some medication...so I have orange marmalade these days.