Pink Grapefruit

[Tobra]

The wife likes them, hence the tree. I have always appreciated the juice when paired with rum or vodka, or in place of lemon when cooking. Just ate one, dropped it when picking a few bags, and it was incredible. Mom puts brown sugar on them and sticks them under the broiler, but I just cut one end off and ate it. Anyone else a fan?

[id10t]

Yup. Sprinkle with just a few grains of sugar to give that extra bit of sweetness.

You may want to try a pumelo - like a pink grapefruit, but massively thick skin. Gotta cut and peel adn eventually you can get the pulp out to eat. Good stuff.

[BeyGon]

I have one almost every morning, I cut it in half, cut the segments, use a spoon to take them out in a bowl, squeeze it for the last juice. No sugar ever.
And, fresh grapefruit juice and Rum is great.

[flipper35]

I like them, but it interferes with my meds so I don't get to eat them very often.

[red-beard]

The real Texas Ruby Reds here need no sugar. They are at the low end of an orange for sweetness. Peel them and eat them.

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by flipper35

I like them, but it interferes with my meds so I don't get to eat them very often.

If it's BP meds you can eat or drink grapefruit juice 2 hours after taking.

[ckelly78z]

Love the juice, but don't care for the stringy texture...just like oranges for me.

[Tobra]

Ruby red is what this tree is James, I think they are plenty sweet, right off the tree. The flavor is a little overpowering if you juice them, have to water the juice down to drink it.

[Zeke]

I love grapefruit but they sometimes interfere with medications. I don't take a lot of meds but most my age are taking some kind of high BP stuff. So, I don't even look it up, I just don't eat them anymore. Love tangerines.

[scottmandue]

I like the juice but as others have said due to my meds can't drink it anymore. I was at a BBQ and they had a grapefruit tree heavy with fruit so one of the guys picked a bunch and made a pitcher of juice, it was delicious, then I had diarrhea for 48 hours so obviously I haven't had any since.

[Hugh R]

When my kids were little, I decided I liked grapefruit juice because the kids didn't like it, so there was always some in the refrig.

[jac1976]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

When my kids were little, I decided I liked grapefruit juice because the kids didn't like it, so there was always some in the refrig.

May try your approach...4 year-old keeps drinking all my beer.

[Tobra]

Try switching to Guinness or something else a little bit dark.

[masraum]

Ruby Red Grapefruit when perfectly ripe are very sweet and need nothing other than to be eaten. i normally peel them and eat the sections like that.

Growing up, one of my grandparents had a grapefruit tree in their yard. It was the white kind. Those have little to no sweetness. I was always served those, cut in half, with sugar sprinkled on them with a grapefruit spoon.

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

When my kids were little, I decided I liked grapefruit juice because the kids didn't like it, so there was always some in the refrig.

+1 My son has a way of hoovering anything in sight except grapefruit juice.