Important poll for grapefruit eaters

melrrr · December 2011

rrr and I have been splitting a fresh grapefruit off our trees every morning. His dad also eats grapefruit every day, and in their house they have a grapefruit knife. I had never seen a grapefruit knife before going to his parents' house. We don't have a grapefruit knife (or grapefruit spoon), but rrr cuts each section before he gets his spoon to eat it.

I, on the other hand, dig straight in with a regular spoon.

When you compare our eaten fruit, mine is clearly more efficiently eaten. I told rrr this and he said "well, I am more civilized because I use special tools." I told him I follow the Alton Brown philosophy that it's better to use tools that have many purposes.

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FinallyKrisB · December 2011

I peel and eat mine like an orange.

michellebelle · December 2011

I dig in like you do.

Love the title. Thought this was going to be about some salmonella outbreak or something since it was marked "important." ha!

mom2ll · December 2011

We received grapefruit spoons as a wedding gift (no I didn't register for them). Since we have them I use them. However, I still feel the need to cut along the sections. They seem to get stuck and the spoons are really small and kind of scary looking.

FutureMrsJW · December 2011

I voted yes, even though we don't eat grapefruit by itself. We do have a set of grapefruit spoons. They were a wedding gift without a name or card attached. My parents have always had grapefruit spoons. They were probably the ones that gave them to us!

Quizzle · December 2011

I do not use a special tool, but I do cut along the edges.

Kimmer123 · December 2011

We have a grapefruit knife. I cut it in half with a regular knife, cut the segments and outer edge with the grapefruit knife and eat it with a regular spoon.

My parents had knife and spoon sets when I was growing up that we used.

04JaxBride · December 2011

I do not cut,and use a regular spoon. When at my mom's house, I use one of the smaller long handled baby spoons she has from when we were little.

What is a grapefruit knife, and pray tell, a grapefruit spoon? I freaking love grapefruit. I have often thought there should be a special grapefruit eating tool!

aprilprincess · December 2011

I have a grapefruit knife, but I would like to get a grapefruit spoon. The knife doesn't really make too much of a difference to me.

Kimmer123 · December 2011

04JaxBride:
I do not cut,and use a regular spoon. When at my mom's house, I use one of the smaller long handled baby spoons she has from when we were little.

What is a grapefruit knife, and pray tell, a grapefruit spoon? I freaking love grapefruit. I have often thought there should be a special grapefruit eating tool!

A grapefruit knife is a serrated knife with a little bend at the tip. A grapefruit spoon is like a spork, it's serrated . Instead of a spoon and a fork, it's the love child of a spoon and a knife.

darva · December 2011

There should be more sporks in the world. They are awesome.

My mom has 2 grapefruit spoons; I should steal one from her. lol At home, I use a regular spoon and dig in or just peel it like an orange.

hutchsl · January 2012

I have grapefruit spoons but still cut along the edges first. After I eat it I squeeze any remaining juice out and drink it.

rayskit10 · January 2012

FinallyKrisB:
I peel and eat mine like an orange.

Me, too. I started doing this after realizing no matter which of the other techniques (discussed here) I used, too much pulp was going to waste.

sad5781 · January 2012

I don't eat grapefruit but we do have grapefruit spoons because that is what my parents used and my husband loves grapefruit. He used to eat his grapefruit with the grapefruit spoon until he went on medication that prevents him from being able to eat grapefruit. It was a sad day in our house when he learned he couldnt have grapefruit/grapefruit juice anymore.

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