How to eat grapefruit?

The flesh of most citrus fruits is divided into lobules covered with translucent film. In some citrus this whip has almost no taste, but the grapefruit is "unlucky". In the film surrounding the grapefruit slices, there are glycosides and quinic acid, giving it a bitter taste. Therefore, people usually eat grapefruit, having previously got rid of this film.

Before there is a grapefruit, you need to have itwash. Wash thoroughly until the peel begins to emit a delicate but well-visible citrus fragrance. Only after this, you can start eating grapefruit. Some eat grapefruit in a classic way: cut it into two halves "along the equator" (across the lobules) and eat the flesh with a spoon.

The variant of this method is to cut the grapefruit in half and a special knife for grapefruit to separate the pulp from the films. Then, if desired, pour the flesh with sugar andeat grapefruit with a spoon. However, this method is often not very convenient, especially if you do not have a special knife for grapefruit. How else do you eat grapefruit?

Here's a way for the patient. Grapefruit needs to be peeled, like mandarin or orange, and divided into slices (thanks to the dense film, which is covered with lobules, it is easy to do). Then each lobe needs to be cleaned from a bitter film, and the flesh is folded into a bowl or bowl. Deal with each lobule, you will receive a bowl with a fragrant pulp of grapefruit. If desired, you can pour it with sugar.

Some, by the way, do not trouble themselves by folding the pulp in the bowl and eat grapefruit directly in the process of cleaning: cleared the lobster, ate the flesh - proceed tocleaning the next lobule. We advise only to stock up with paper towels or damp napkins: if the grapefruit is ripe, the likelihood of smearing with sticky juice is very high.

And there are people who eat grapefruit as follows. First they carefully wash it in warm boiled water with soda, wipe dry and put in a bowl or a deep plate. After that, cut the rind in the upper part of the fruit with a sharp knife; The incision is made horizontally so as to expose the flesh, but not to touch it.

After that neatly cut and removed a "column" from the center of the grapefruit; in the end, the fruit should remain a hole 3 cm in diameter. Then the tea spoon is carefully squeezed the flesh in such a way as to squeeze out the juice. In this case, the juice should remain inside the fruit.

Then 2-4 spoons of sugar are poured into the hole and, gradually continuing to push the flesh of the fruit, pour the juice into a separate bowl, and then simply pour it out of the fruit, along the way scraping the pieces of pulp.

The resulting mixture is poured into wide glasses, if desired, sweetened and / or cooled and fed to the table. Option for an amateur, of course, but Many people like to eat grapefruit in this way.

By the way, to eat grapefruit gave you a real pleasure, the fruit should not only be properly served, but to start to choose the right one. A good grapefruit should have a clean and shiny skin without any mechanical or other damage. The heavier the grapefruit, the more juicy it will be.

And by the color of the peel of grapefruit you can determine its taste. There are two main groups of grapefruit varieties: yellow and red, the redder the pulp of grapefruit, the sweeter it is. There is an opinion that red grapefruits are a hybrid of grapefruit and pomegranate, but it is erroneous, because it is impossible to cross grapefruit with pomegranate, these are too different plants.

So, now you know, how to eat grapefruit, and will be able to fully enjoy his taste!