# Citrus fruits

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712 "2016-03-20T23:26:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712/41 "2016-03-24T06:20:54Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> Have you tried just peeling the grapefruit and eating it segment by segment? That’s how I do it.

I’ve never been able to eat citrus fruit segment by segment - the segment membrane makes me gag. When I was a child, I would split the segment at the top, peel back the membrane and eat the insides, but that makes a terrible mess. I will occasionally eat grapefruit by cutting it in half and scooping out the insides with a spoon, but oranges and tangerines are not edible to me unless juiced. Stupid gag reflex. :smack:

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712/42 "2016-03-24T10:27:36Z")

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> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#):
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> I’ve never been able to eat citrus fruit segment by segment - the segment membrane makes me gag. When I was a child, I would split the segment at the top, peel back the membrane and eat the insides, but that makes a terrible mess.

That method of eating works fine for pomelos; the pulp is firm enough that you can remove it by hand without having it turn to mush.

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**Author:** ![Wilson00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@Wilson00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson00)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712/43 "2016-03-24T11:27:01Z")

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some ways of eating citrus here really surprised me 🙂 I always cut grapefruits, oranges and lemons with a knife! Only with mandarines I do differently - I peel a skin and then I separate those parts.  
And now I’m getting hungry 😃

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citrus-fruits/749712/44 "2016-03-24T12:39:28Z")

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Pomelos! I love them! They are sweeter and waterier than a grapefruit, so lovely.

And I adore the deconstruction involved in eating one. Something about it is so very rewarding!

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