# I Microwaved a Kiwifruit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 20, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807 "2022-02-20T00:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/1 "2022-02-20T00:55:35Z")
As I announced in a previous thread, I have signed up with Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating. The meals come in little wrapped up trays like TV dinners, with a huge label on each with nutritional information. The label obscures the food inside the tray. So I chose the Chicken Shawarma, and there was a little brown ball in the tray that I took to be a falafel. I mean, it’s Chicken Shawarma, right? Well, I slapped that sucker in the microwave, and nuked it for three minutes. Imagine my surprise when I found the falafel to be a kiwifruit! Disappointment oozed through my soul. Until I tasted it. It was hot and soft, tangy sweet and delectable. It melted as I sucked at it, yet held together neatly in its skin. Dare I say it was unctuous? Yes, it was kiwi at it’s most decadent. I highly recommend nuking kiwis. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/2 "2022-02-20T01:18:35Z")
Cool. Good grilled too. Once I was just fooling around with the grill and threw on a bunch of cut fruit for fun and made a grilled fruit salad. Huge hit in the house. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/3 "2022-02-20T02:05:07Z")
huh. that would never have occurred to me. Sounds good, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/4 "2022-02-20T12:53:00Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > grilled fruit salad. Our neighbors have a huge apple orchard, but they have a small peach orchard as well. When they have ripe peaches I grill them most nights. Slice in half, remove pit, put on grill cut side down. Drizzle with honey when you flip them. Kiwis, huh. On my list. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/5 "2022-02-20T16:52:18Z")
I’m not sure sliced kiwis would hold up on the grill. My kiwi was whole, and the texture was very liquidy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/6 "2022-02-20T17:54:51Z")
I’m thing I’ll halve a few and grill skin down till warm/hot. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/7 "2022-02-20T19:09:59Z")
Kiwis don’t explode when microwaved?!? 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/8 "2022-02-20T21:55:45Z")
Mine didn’t. Maybe poke a hole or two in it like a potato? But I didn’t poke any holes. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/9 "2022-02-21T01:23:18Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Mine didn’t. Maybe poke a hole or two in it like a potato? In my experience, potatoes don’t explode without holes in the microwave, either. They just take longer to warm up—and you can get a squeal as the steam finds its own way to release. Note, I’m not recommending this, per se. Maybe it’s like the water in a perfectly clear glass, where something can go wrong but usually doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/10 "2022-02-21T01:30:47Z")
I like these kinds of fruit because they’re cold, sweet, and juicy. I don’t think I’ll microwave or grill them, but I’ll mention this to less picky eaters who might enjoy that. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/11 "2022-02-21T13:15:29Z")
I like kiwi but don’t totally enjoy all the little seeds. Do the seeds get softer (or less annoying) when nuked? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/12 "2022-02-21T18:25:18Z")
Definitely. Didn’t even notice seeds. It was like a drink in a little pouch. Like a smoothie, texture-wise. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/13 "2022-02-22T00:40:48Z")
Thanks. Definitely going to try this! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-microwaved-a-kiwifruit/959807/14 "2022-02-22T02:24:10Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > It was hot and soft, tangy sweet and delectable. It melted as I sucked at it, yet held together neatly in its skin. Dare I say it was unctuous? This sounds disgusting but your description is so compelling, I’d try it.