My band did the grapefruit fundraiser as well. Wonder if anyone still does that…
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.
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.
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.
Testify, Eleanor. The bands are still selling it. I still have some from the last sale.
A little salt sweetens a grapefruit. I have a grapefruit knife to cut the segments.
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.