Re: Grapefruit
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  • Subject: Re: Grapefruit
  • From: Z* <z*@comcast.net>
  • Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:06:20 -0600
My guess would be that tastes have changed and people now prefer a
grapefruit that tastes more like an orange. I love grapefruit and
avocado salad, but I have not had it in years. I hope you have a Merry
Christmas in any case.


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On Dec 17, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:

> you can still get them here.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM, <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone tell me why I can no longer find plain old yellow grapefruit?
>> 
>> Grapefruit and avocado salad is a standard around our house at this time
>> of year - an essential for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
>> 
>> When I was a child in Florida in the ' 30s, pink grapefruit were a
>> novelty, but we decided they didn't really taste as good as the regular
>> kind.  One semester when I was in college, I financed a summer trip by
>> not paying the dining-hall fee, and I subsisted that semester on a diet
>> of grapefruit and potato chips.  Yes, I survived that and didn't really
>> gain
>> any weight.  Anyhow, I have always been fond of old-fashioned yellow
>> grapefruit, not the pink ones.  Nowadays, the only thing I can find in
>> the stores are the pink ones.  I still don't think they taste as good as
>> the old ones.
>> 
>> Do they not grow the old ones any more?  I guess they cut down all the
>> grapefruit trees to put up condos for old people.
>> 
>> Auralie
>> 
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