# Pre-Poll Data Collecting -- What's your Favorite "raw" fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098 "2014-10-01T17:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/21 "2014-10-02T00:13:58Z")
berries, berries and more berries. raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blueberries, etc then mango, plum, peach, nectarine, passionfruit, kiwi, orange, banana. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/22 "2014-10-02T00:18:34Z")
Watermelon White grapes Aisan Pears-probably my favorite but so hard to find and expensive… ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/23 "2014-10-02T00:35:06Z")
Oh, wait…I want to add two that I rarely see here but I love love love: Fresh dates. Fresh figs. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/24 "2014-10-02T00:39:11Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I really like Elton John. Hey, I resemble that! I’d be hard pressed to list a fruit I didn’t like. Here are the ones I do like: apples apricots\* bananas\* blackberries blueberries\* cantaloupes cherries coconuts\* grapefruits (red) grapes (seedless) honeydew melons mangos\* nectarines oranges peaches pears pineapples pluots\* plums raspberries strawberries tangerines watermelons \*extra-favorites ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/25 "2014-10-02T00:47:10Z")
Y’all are doing great! Way past where I would have gotten without your help. How to turn these into meaningful polls is now a big concern. Here’s one approach: 1. One prelim poll for “fruits you have actually eaten and like.” (multiple choice – no limit to responses) 2. Of the top x-number in the prelim allow up to five Top Favorites (this would need to be a public poll so that the five votes could be enforced – anything after the first five would be dropped) 3. a “booby prize” poll for the losers in the ones that didn’t make the top group (to be determined at poll time) – one choice only! Just an idea, so far. Ideas for a better (simpler) way for a poll to mean anything? ---
**Author:** ![get\_lives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/26 "2014-10-02T01:27:23Z")
Cherimoya. Durian mamey sapote (sapote rojo) White sapote quadrato banana sapodilla (nispero) Ripe figs ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/27 "2014-10-02T01:48:14Z")
Black raspberries (no, they don’t taste like blackberries or red raspberries) Apples: winesaps, King Davids, Grimes Goldens watermelon Nanking cherries (_Prunus tomentosa_) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/28 "2014-10-02T02:00:37Z")
I like almost all fruits in theory but I will have to judge it by my reaction when I encounter them. 1. A good watermelon - I have eaten whole ones in one sitting. 2. White grapes - can’t stop when I start. 3. Mangoes - I don’t want to peel them myself but feel free if you want to feed it to me. 4. Berries - raspberries and blackberries are my favorite. The only fruits I don’t like very much are Mandarin oranges and Red Delicious apples. They are just a little off and overproduced. The type of banana sold in the U.S. aren’t that great either but I will still eat a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/29 "2014-10-02T03:01:47Z")
Bananas Apples Pears Plums Raspberries Blueberries Blackberries Seedless grapes ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/30 "2014-10-02T03:07:18Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I dislike blackberries I definitely don’t want to be a second-guessing dick, but are you talking domesticated or wild blackberries? I strongly dislike the former, perhaps because the latter are my favorite fruit. A domesticated blackberry tends to be a mushy oversweet blob, while a wild blackberry is bitter and sour and sweet and deeply flavored with the essence of a hot summer day, a truly wild flavor. In the poll, it might be worth separating out some wild fruits like this. I had a friend who thought he hated blueberries until he tried my wild blueberry pie, made with our weekend harvest, for example. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/31 "2014-10-02T03:49:57Z")
Figs, but they have to be picked fully ripe from the tree the same day. After a few hours, they begin to ferment, when they are especially good. Mango peelings can be eaten along with the fruit, peeling it wastes too much of it. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/32 "2014-10-02T03:52:12Z")
Pretty much the only fruits I eat raw are strawberries and bananas. I have a problem with things like apples: I like them best cold, but my teeth are sensitive to cold. So if I ate them raw, I’d have to cut them up. By the time I’ve cut them up, I’d just as soon throw some oats and butter over the top and bake them into a crisp. Also, I really dislike having sticky hands. Bananas are perfectly designed to keep your hands clean. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/33 "2014-10-02T03:58:45Z")
Haven’t seen it listed yet - my favorite raw fruit is the pawpaw. Custardy, banana-ish heavenly almost pudding-like treat. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/34 "2014-10-02T04:53:58Z")
I am fortunate because I live in the tropics. We got fruit! And they all have their season. Its incredible! But my favorite fruit is the anona. Its season is April/May. Its peak flavor lasts two days! So, it is not likely to be transported over long distances. You will have to come here to enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/35 "2014-10-02T06:16:17Z")
I’m not a big fruit person; the quality is way more hit or miss than vegetables, and disappointing fruit is so frustrating. That said, I love _really good_: Bing cherries Blueberries Clementines ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Stilettos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Red\_Stilettos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Stilettos)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/36 "2014-10-02T06:28:27Z")
I can’t think of any fruits I truly dislike, but I do have four favorites that I will never turn down: Figs Peaches Blackberries Watermelon ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/37 "2014-10-02T09:09:13Z")
Apricot ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/38 "2014-10-02T12:30:23Z")
Paw paw. It’s the season. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/39 "2014-10-02T13:10:40Z")
I like almost all fruit. Can’t eat grapefruit any more (drug interactions). My favorites: cherries (black and Queen Anne) pears grapes oranges clementines (esp. Moroccan) blackberries (esp. free plucked off bush and glommed on the spot) other berries papayas apples (especially granny Smith) bananas custard apples (cherimoya, although the pawpaw mentioned upthread sounds similar) plums (esp. black) apricots peaches (but the ones we get seem to turn from too hard to rotting in one day) nectarines ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/40 "2014-10-02T13:48:59Z")
There aren’t a lot of fruits I dislike and I’ll avoid the long listing since almost everything I enjoy has already been mentioned but for a poll, Apples almost needs a separate poll on it’s own, the differences between a Macintosh and a Pink Lady and a Red Delicious are huge. I would also add the list the Pluot, a wonderful combination of plum and apricot which started showing up here a few years ago. I buy a big bag every time I see them, somehow the addition of apricot turns it into the perfect plum every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098.md?page=3)