Friday, January 2, 2009

grapefruit: the poodles of the citrus world

my kids eat like supermodels. some days all they want is cucumbers, tomatoes or grapefruit.

grapefruit, i've discovered, are high-maintenance little pissers. cut in half. take the curved knife and free each half from its peel. cut each stoooopid section out of its pithy confines. dump sections into a bowl, then wrestle out those that don't want to make the journey. 

it takes longer to prep a grapefruit than it does to eat it. too much fluffing and buffing and coaxing.

2 comments:

Debbie said...

I knew there was a reason I didn't eat grapefruit. It tastes like poodles.

Suzi said...

Now remember, I don't eat anything that came out of the ground: aren't grapefruit the things that also spit at you when you cut them? And, doesn't it always hit you in the eye??

Give it up, eat CHEETOS! (but not your cat Debbie!) Preparation: open the bag, dump them out! No fuss, no muss. Worst thing: cheed on your fingers. Ick!