rank the fruits

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 04:57 PM

Gawker says

1. Blueberry
2. Mango
3. Peach
4. Cherry
5. Banana
6. Watermelon
7. Lime
8. Pomegranate
9. Orange
10. Kiwi

I say

1. Strawberry
2. Peach
3. Blueberry
4. Watermelon
5. Cherry
6. Grape
7. Pear
8. Apple
9. Lime
10. Orange

Griff · 08-12-2013, 05:04 PM

I say

1. Blackberry
2. Blueberry
3. Banana
4. Nectarine
5. Pomegranate
6. Grape
7. Cantaloupe
8. Apple
9. Watermelon
10. Orange

Chocolatl · 08-12-2013, 06:11 PM

I think we can all agree that honeydew is the lowest of the low, and is nothing but filler in the fruit salads of life.

Clodfobble · 08-12-2013, 06:16 PM

AMEN! Honeydew is not even a fruit, as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather eat vegetables.

Grape, peach, and mango also have no place on my hierarchy.

orthodoc · 08-12-2013, 06:29 PM

Agree! Honeydew, bleh!

But where are the raspberries? Won't somebody think of the raspberries? They should be #2, right after blueberries. And very closely followed by peaches. Then apples, and ... everything except melons.

Chocolatl · 08-12-2013, 07:05 PM

And no love for the humble lemon?

lumberjim · 08-12-2013, 07:14 PM

Ever try salt on your honeydew?

Yummy

The concord grape is the noblest of fruits.

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 07:28 PM

Honeydew, the name makes it sound better than it is. Pomegranate needs marketing assistance. Terrible name.

Undertoad · 08-12-2013, 07:28 PM

In fact if you put honey and dew on honeydew it would improve it.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2013, 07:52 PM

Ripe Honeydew is pure ambrosia. Unfortunately the Honeydew passes from under ripe to rotten in minutes, always in the dark, always while you sleep.

monster · 08-12-2013, 09:54 PM

Blueberries are NASTY unless picked wild in the UP of Michigan. Those Incredibly hulking Impostors in the stores should be forced to take another name. Like Yuckberries.

Raspberries
Lemons
Oranges
Grapefruit
Kiwifruit
Clementines
Plums
Pineapple
Grapes

Griff · 08-13-2013, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Blueberries are NASTY unless picked wild in the UP of Michigan. Those Incredibly hulking Impostors in the stores should be forced to take another name. Like Yuckberries.

We have excellent wild blueberries here as well. I have tame bushes that are way better than those oversize suckers. I think the blueberry breeders almost screwed up as badly as the strawberry folks. Wild strawberries are absolute dynamite. We're lucky with berries because Danny Wegman's buyers do a particularly good job keeping the right varieties on the shelf.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-02-2013, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

We have excellent wild blueberries here as well. I have tame bushes that are way better than those oversize suckers. I think the blueberry breeders almost screwed up as badly as the strawberry folks.

Hold on there, Griff: you're thirty or forty years behind the times on the strawberries. Here in the heart of strawberry country, we routinely eat huge strawberries the size of a baby's fist that are packed full of flavor. It might be simply that it's short shipping distances, or it might be that the berry growers around here decided, "okay, we got size, now how about flavor?" and got flavor too.

Way back when, the bigger the blander, and the little wild ones concentrated strawberry flavor impressively -- but now you don't need to go wild-berrying to have the good stuff. I make a strawberry shortcake of the farmed stuff that will knock your socks over your back fence. Sometimes with a dollop of Mexican crema agria (like a slightly sour rather thick kefir) for a bit of adult taste. Haven't tried liqueuring the whipped cream yet...

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2013, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Here in the heart of strawberry country, we routinely eat huge strawberries the size of a baby's fist that are packed full of flavor.

They don't make it here, and unfortunately those producers have such a stranglehold on the market, it's hard to find anything else.

BigV · 09-05-2013, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

We have excellent wild blueberries here as well. I have tame bushes that are way better than those oversize suckers. I think the blueberry breeders almost screwed up as badly as the strawberry folks. Wild strawberries are absolute dynamite. We're lucky with berries because Danny Wegman's buyers do a particularly good job keeping the right varieties on the shelf.

Not unlike the roses you'll find at the floral counter adjacent to the produce section in Safeway, etc. They look uniformly gorgeous, but they could be plastic or photoshopped for that matter, as they have no smell at all.

The strawberries here also emphasize, emphasis on size, size over flavor.

08-12-2013, 04:57 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	rank the fruits Gawker says 1. Blueberry 2. Mango 3. Peach 4. Cherry 5. Banana 6. Watermelon 7. Lime 8. Pomegranate 9. Orange 10. Kiwi I say 1. Strawberry 2. Peach 3. Blueberry 4. Watermelon 5. Cherry 6. Grape 7. Pear 8. Apple 9. Lime 10. Orange

08-12-2013, 06:16 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	AMEN! Honeydew is not even a fruit, as far as I'm concerned. I'd rather eat vegetables. Grape, peach, and mango also have no place on my hierarchy. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-12-2013, 06:29 PM	#5
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Agree! Honeydew, bleh! But where are the raspberries? Won't somebody think of the raspberries? They should be #2, right after blueberries. And very closely followed by peaches. Then apples, and ... everything except melons. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-12-2013, 07:14 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Ever try salt on your honeydew? Yummy The concord grape is the noblest of fruits. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-12-2013, 07:52 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Ripe Honeydew is pure ambrosia. Unfortunately the Honeydew passes from under ripe to rotten in minutes, always in the dark, always while you sleep. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-12-2013, 05:04 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I say 1. Blackberry 2. Blueberry 3. Banana 4. Nectarine 5. Pomegranate 6. Grape 7. Cantaloupe 8. Apple 9. Watermelon 10. Orange __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-12-2013, 06:11 PM	#3
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I think we can all agree that honeydew is the lowest of the low, and is nothing but filler in the fruit salads of life.

08-12-2013, 07:05 PM	#6
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	And no love for the humble lemon?

08-12-2013, 07:28 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Honeydew, the name makes it sound better than it is. Pomegranate needs marketing assistance. Terrible name.

08-12-2013, 09:54 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Blueberries are NASTY unless picked wild in the UP of Michigan. Those Incredibly hulking Impostors in the stores should be forced to take another name. Like Yuckberries. Raspberries Lemons Oranges Grapefruit Kiwifruit Clementines Plums Pineapple Grapes __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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