# Tips for eating grapefruit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462 "2011-02-24T16:40:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/21 "2011-02-26T18:31:57Z")
My band did the grapefruit fundraiser as well. Wonder if anyone still does that… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/22 "2011-02-26T18:49:24Z")
I’m another peeler and eater - with grapefruits you really have to get all the white stuff off the outside (the pith?) because it’s so bitter, but I don’t see the need for sugar on grapefruit, either - it has such a lovely flavour on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/23 "2011-02-26T20:08:11Z")
for those who sweeten their grapefruit (which seems like a minority around here), try this: Brown Sugar. You’d think this is totally weird, but it works. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/24 "2011-02-26T21:46:01Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > My band did the grapefruit fundraiser as well. Wonder if anyone still does that… Yes. The bands around here sell Indian River citrus fruit every fall. I ate an entire crate of grapefruit by myself over the month of December, because nobody else in the house likes it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/25 "2011-02-26T22:31:15Z")
Testify, Eleanor. The bands are still selling it. I still have some from the last sale. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/26 "2011-02-26T22:44:32Z")
A little salt sweetens a grapefruit. I have a grapefruit knife to cut the segments. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462/27 "2011-02-28T17:12:00Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > for those who sweeten their grapefruit (which seems like a minority around here), try this: Brown Sugar. You’d think this is totally weird, but it works. Another popular way of eating grapefruit was to top a half with a smidge of butter and a sprinkling of brown sugar, then to broil it for a minute. It seems to be an older way of enjoying grapefruit, don’t know if many people do it anymore… might have gone the way of velveeta, jello salad, and spam 😉 The heat seemed to really release the juice and some flavors and it ate differently than a cold grapefruit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-eating-grapefruit/572462.md?page=1)