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How do you eat fruit?

Marianne72

I have rituals with eating different types of fruit - do share yours! I put prepared fruit in a small bowl before eating:

1. bananas - remove skin, including the little pit and 'strings', cut into 2" chunks

2. apples - cut into four, slice off cores, then cut each into 2

3. grapes - take a small bunch and remove stems

4. mango - slice into 2, slice out the pit, eat rest with spoon

Pears are a special case, being notoriously unpredictable. They go from hard to mush in an indeterminate time. This fruit appears to be sentient, so the best approach is to saunter past the bowl nonchalently, careful not to 'eyeball' it [in the manner of David Attenborough and the gorillas]. On the return journey, casually stroke the skin and take a little prod [that way this naughty fruit is less aware of your interest]. Do the same every day - eave it a day and it's bound to be too late! On what seems an appropriate encounter, grab said fruit, quickly prepare and pop into your mouth to savour. Voila!

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  • I have an aversion to stickiness (or greasyness) on fingers or face, so avoid fruit, like oranges, where juices are unavoidable (tangerines and satsumas are OK). I would only ever eat something like a peach or pear at home where I can instantly wash my hands and face afterwards. 

  • in reply to Martin

    I like to use a wooden cocktail stick to pick up pieces of fruit (to avoid the whole sugary / sticky / fruit juicy fingers business).

    I have found Morrisons Essentials 300 Cocktail Sticks £0.60 are a consistent quality for this task. 

    They are usually found packaged in a small red cardboard box (by the paper plates).

    It is particularly handy to just carry a cocktail stick when out and about - as it is lighter weight / smaller to carry than a fork / spork etc.

    In a workplace - I have also found it to be a useful technique.  I have yet to find anyone steal a box of cocktail sticks (...whereas, cutlery often risks magically growing legs!) 

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  • in reply to Martin

    I like to use a wooden cocktail stick to pick up pieces of fruit (to avoid the whole sugary / sticky / fruit juicy fingers business).

    I have found Morrisons Essentials 300 Cocktail Sticks £0.60 are a consistent quality for this task. 

    They are usually found packaged in a small red cardboard box (by the paper plates).

    It is particularly handy to just carry a cocktail stick when out and about - as it is lighter weight / smaller to carry than a fork / spork etc.

    In a workplace - I have also found it to be a useful technique.  I have yet to find anyone steal a box of cocktail sticks (...whereas, cutlery often risks magically growing legs!) 

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