# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/41 "2014-10-02T14:02:22Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > 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. I tend to concur with a separate Apples poll. Maybe even a Apple Varieties Pre-Poll thingy. Anybody else up for managing that enterprise? I’d also support an “_exotic_ Fruits” poll – if I were pretty sure which of those things I have never tasted actually qualify. 🙂 Would someone with more wide-ranging and sensitive tastes be willing to make a subgroup of such a thing? I’m all for letting this particular thread run until a day with no posts occurs. By then we can discuss the more effective follow-up options here. Thanks for the input already! It’s a fun thread, if I do say so myself! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/42 "2014-10-02T14:32:17Z")
Strawberries (small, ripe and at room temperature) Raspberries Ripe pears Ripe bananas Non-cling peaches Apples (not the rock hard crisp ones though) Blackberries ---
**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:** [October 2, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/43 "2014-10-02T16:43:11Z")
I don’t eat that much fruit, but if presented with a spread, I’m going straight for: Kiwi is outstanding Pears - a favorite since childhood Cantaloupe Honeydew . ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/44 "2014-10-02T16:57:16Z")
Banana Canteloupe Watermelon ---
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/45 "2014-10-02T17:02:31Z")
Okay, gang, here’s a summary of what’s been said so far with as little editing of content as possible. I have tried to include all mentions (good and bad) and every occurrence of them. Maybe the multiple polls solution won’t be necessary since the list is not all that formidable after all. However, your input on what to do next would be helpful. We may just leave it at this list in lieu of a poll per se. ====================================== anona apples apples apples apples Apples apples (not all varieties) apples Apples Apples apples Apples Apples – Apples: winesaps, King Davids, Grimes Goldens Red Delicious (especially granny Smith) (elstar and golden delicious apples) Annie Smith apples Macintosh Pink Lady Red Delicious apricot apricots Apricot apricots Asian Pear Asian pear Aisan Pears bananas bananas Bananas bananas Banana bananas Banana Bananas banana bananas Bananas Bananas banana bananas banana Bananas bananas bananas bananas berries berries Berries other berries bing cherries Bing cherries black raspberries black raspberries Black raspberries blackberries blackberries Blackberries blackberries blackberries blackberries Blackberries blackberries Blackberries blackberries Blackberries blueberries Blueberry Blueberries blueberries Blueberries blueberries blueberries Blueberries Blueberries cantaloupe cantaloupe Cantaloupe cantaloupe Cantaloupe cantaloupe Cantaloupe cantaloupes Cantaloupe Cherimoya cherimoya cherries Cherries Cherries cherries cherries (black and Queen Anne) clementines Clementines Clementines clementines (esp. Moroccan) coconuts coconut coconuts custard apples (cherimoya, although the pawpaw mentioned upthread sounds similar) dates Dates dates Dragon fruit durian Durian figs figs Figs Figs grapefruits grapefruits Grapefruit grapefruit grapefruits (red) grapes (white mostly, seedless) grapes (white mostly, seedless) grapes Grape Grapes grapes Grapes grapes (red or green but seedless please) White grapes grapes (seedless) White grapes Seedless grapes grapes honeydew Honeydew melon honeydew honeydew melons Honeydew kiwi Kiwi kiwi Kiwi Kiwi kiwi Kiwi Longan Lychee mamey sapote (sapote rojo) Mandarin oranges mango mangos Mango Mango mango Mangoes mango mangos Mangoes Mango Mangosteen Melons of any sort minneolas Nanking cherries (Prunus tomentosa) nectarines nectarines nectarines nectarines Nectarines nectarine nectarines nectarines oranges oranges Oranges oranges orange oranges oranges Papayas papayas Passion fruit passionfruit pawpaw Paw paw pawpaw peaches peaches peaches Peaches peaches peach peaches Peaches peaches peaches pears pears pears pears Pears pears (all varieties) pears Pears pears pears Pears persimmon pineapple Pineapple Pineapple pineapple pineapples plums plums plums plum plums plum plums Plums plums (esp. black) pluots Pluot (a wonderful combination of plum and apricot) Pomegranate Pomegranate quadrato banana raspberries raspberries raspberries raspberries Raspberries raspberries raspberries raspberries Raspberries Raspberries Red grapefruit sapodilla (nispero) Starfruit star fruit stone fruit strawberries strawberries strawberries Strawberry strawberries strawberries strawberries strawberries strawberries Strawberries tangerines tangerines tomatoes watermelon watermelon Watermelon watermelon Watermelon watermelon Watermelon watermelons watermelon watermelon Watermelon White sapote wild raspberries, aka wineberries wineberries (yes there is a distinct flavor difference between these three varieties of raspberries) ======================= **NB: doesn’t include gigi’s post or any after hers.** ---
**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, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/46 "2014-10-02T17:10:24Z")
I did add **gigi** ’s choices to the collected data, in case it needs to be reposted (?!) later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/47 "2014-10-02T17:27:24Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > Apricot Apricots first (well ripe), way ahead of all others. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/48 "2014-10-03T12:07:29Z")
Here are recaps of posts I’ve made that suggest where to go next. Unless I hear otherwise I’ll put up a Private Multiple Choice Poll on the theme of “Which of these fruits have you eaten AND enjoyed?” by Sunday at the latest. > [@Zeldar](#): > > 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? > [@Moonlitherial](#): > > 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. > > \<\< Clipped \>\> > [@Zeldar](#): > > I tend to concur with a separate Apples poll. Maybe even a Apple Varieties Pre-Poll thingy. Anybody else up for managing that enterprise? > > I’d also support an “_exotic_ Fruits” poll – if I were pretty sure which of those things I have never tasted actually qualify. 🙂 > > Would someone with more wide-ranging and sensitive tastes be willing to make a subgroup of such a thing? > > I’m all for letting this particular thread run until a day with no posts occurs. By then we can discuss the more effective follow-up options here. > > Thanks for the input already! It’s a fun thread, if I do say so myself! 🙂 > [@Zeldar](#): > > \<\< clipped \>\> > Maybe the multiple polls solution won’t be necessary since the list is not all that formidable after all. > > However, your input on what to do next would be helpful. We may just leave it at this list in lieu of a poll per se. > > # ======================= \<\< clipped \>\> Do you have any ideas for enhancements to this basic idea? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/49 "2014-10-03T12:39:18Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I really like Elton John. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Wow! It took 13 posts! I’m stunned. 😃 Well I have a real job too, get’s in the way of posting. [But many artist are into fruit, just check this list out.](http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=23759) But actually I like this one of Elton when he was a [young, ripe and raw](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Elton_John_Hamburg_1972_1603720004.jpg) talent. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/50 "2014-10-03T12:49:04Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Well I have a real job too, get’s in the way of posting. [But many artist are into fruit, just check this list out.](http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=23759) But actually I like this one of Elton when he was a [young, ripe and raw](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Elton_John_Hamburg_1972_1603720004.jpg) talent. Great stuff! Thanks for adding to the concepts. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098/51 "2014-10-03T12:58:36Z")
cherries clementines apples (Pink Lady and Honeycrisp are the best for eating raw) strawberries pears cantaloupe watermelon grapes (white mostly, seedless) kiwi I like most fruit, but really dislike both bananas and mango. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collecting-whats-your-favorite-raw-fruit/700098.md?page=2)