# You get to eat just three types of fruit over the next five years **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760 "2019-07-28T16:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/21 "2019-07-28T20:58:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Is it possible to consume a forbidden fruit unknowingly\* and what happens? > > \*As an example, a blueberry danish that also contains a bit of guava paste and lemon juice. It’s in the ingredient list but not featured on the label. If the transgression was inadvertent you shall not be punished. > [@silenus](#): > > …OTOH, if I could supply unlimited amounts of perfectly ripe fruit regardless of the season, I could make a killing selling to high-end restaurants. Then I would select cantaloupe, watermelon either peaches or honeydew. Or pick three rarely imported melons that would command an even higher premium. Profiting from your fruit is not in the spirit of the mandate and is not allowed. You get your fresh fruit delivered to you, but it is for your own consumption only. > [@Scribble](#): > > What about squashes, cucumbers, beans, and peas? They’re all fruits, but they’re not listed in this poll. > > If you’re limited to three kinds of fruit, wouldn’t that mean that you’re also limited in which seeds you can eat? After all, seeds are parts of fruits. So why aren’t all the grains, seeds, and nuts we eat given as choices? You must be a barrel of laughs at dinner parties. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/22 "2019-07-28T21:26:28Z")
Apples. Lots of varieties, sweet, sour, mixed. Cranberries. I’m American and I need my cranberries, especially in November. Lemon. Hot toddy, lemon bars, lemon chicken, chicken picatta, lemonade, lemon drop margarita, shall I go on? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/23 "2019-07-28T22:40:23Z")
Damn you King of the fruit. Id pick cherries, bananas and oranges. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/24 "2019-07-28T23:01:34Z")
At inseason ripeness and flavor, all year? I’m picking raspberry, strawberry, and peach. Gonna really miss blueberries and blackcaps, though; also my intermittent bananas and pears. And good sweet cider. ETA: oh and cherries! But thanks for the wine! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/25 "2019-07-28T23:13:58Z")
I’m one of those pineapple-on-pizza types, so that’s #1; sometimes I’m in the mood for blackberries, and sometimes I’m in the mood for strawberries — and sometimes I’m in the mood for pineapple by itself — and I guess I’ll miss nectarines, but, sure, figure that’d give me a good enough 1-2-3 to enjoy for years. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/26 "2019-07-28T23:14:08Z")
My every day foods include apples, bananas, and snacking on dried cherries along with almonds. I’d miss all the berries, peaches, watermelon, and lemon juice for cooking lots but these are my dietary staples dude! ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/27 "2019-07-28T23:16:51Z")
I see I picked the less popular choices. If I had to never eat bananas again I would not be heartbroken, though I consume 1-2 a week. Commercial varieties (actually there’s probably just one) are bland and blah. At the end of my five-year fruit deprivation sentence I might splurge on home-grown strawberries and raspberries. ---
**Author:** ![Rayks\_Marcial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Rayks\_Marcial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayks_Marcial)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/28 "2019-07-28T23:23:05Z")
Apple, strawberry, grape. First, I love pies and preserves. Second, I’m a wine drinker. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/29 "2019-07-28T23:27:44Z")
Apples, blueberries, pomegranates. Hard cider to replace wine, applejack to replace cognac. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/30 "2019-07-29T00:19:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > They are all generally treated as vegetables. Come on, how hard is this? Yes, many of the vegetables we use are actually “fruits” in the botanical sense, but the common sense, squashes, cukes, beans, and peas are veggies. Not necessarily. Think of red bean paste in red bean buns. That’s a culinary use in which beans are sweet, like fruits. And think of baked squashes. Many of them are sweet and used to make pies. So culinarily, they’re at least partially in the fruit category. So is corn, given the existence of corn ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/31 "2019-07-29T00:31:46Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Not necessarily. Think of red bean paste in red bean buns. That’s a culinary use in which beans are sweet, like fruits. > > And think of baked squashes. Many of them are sweet and used to make pies. So culinarily, they’re at least partially in the fruit category. > > So is corn, given the existence of corn ice cream. Yes, and zucchini bread and carrot cake and all that are sweet, but ask the average person whether zucchini, carrot, squash, corn, red beans, are fruit or vegetable, you’ll find the answers gravitating toward one category over the other. Don’t be difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/32 "2019-07-29T00:35:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Don’t be difficult. Why not? Being difficult–or, as I would describe it, thinking about what each hypothetical actually posits–is half the fun. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/33 "2019-07-29T00:42:20Z")
Sigh. I really didn’t think I’d need to spell it out in the OP, but here you go. You can choose your fruits and still cram your maws as full as you want of the following and not be in violation: [ul] [li]Avocado[/li][li]Beans of any variety[/li][li] Bell pepper[/li][li] Chili pepper[/li][li] Corn kernel[/li][li] Cucumber[/li][li] Eggplant[/li][li]Gefilte fish[/li][li]Hostess Twinkies[/li][li]Italian Wedding soup[/li][li]Legumes[/li][li]Nuts[/li][li] Olive[/li][li] Pea[/li][li]Pig knuckles[/li][li] Pumpkin[/li][li]Rocky Mountain oysters[/li][li]Seeds[/li][li]Sourdough bread[/li][li] Squash[/li][li] Tomato[/li][li]Vegemite[/li][li]Welsh rarebit[/li][li] Zucchini[/li][/ul] And, of course, wine. KoF ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/34 "2019-07-29T00:50:14Z")
King of Fruit weighing in (finally). This was actually pretty difficult for me. \*\*Apples \*\*and **bananas** , a big favorite 'round here, don’t do much for me. See you in 2024. I came close to picking **pineapple** , **orange/tan/clem** , **raspberry** , and **lemon**. I will miss you all. I went with: **Lime** , solely for my killer guacamole. **Watermelon**. I got ahold of a good one last week and I can’t get enough of it. **Peach**. There is nothing like a juicy peach. Believe it or not, I am munching on a delicious peach as I type this. kof ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/35 "2019-07-29T03:29:32Z")
I feel like the major breakout will be between people who know how to cook a bit and those who don’t. Lemon and lime are common ingredients in a wide variety of dishes so, without at least one of the two, you’re suddenly going to find that a lot of your favorite dishes are distinctly worse. If I didn’t have to choose lime, I would have gone with an “other” for my third choice and picked figs. The other two picks are mango and watermelon. I usually tend towards the mellower fruit. Strawberries are cherries are too sour for me, generally, and I’ve had my life fill of apples. I’m happy to take a five year break from them. > **[Baked Figs with Goat Cheese • Happy Kitchen](https://happykitchen.rocks/baked-figs-goat-cheese/)** > > Easy 15-minute Baked Figs with Goat Cheese, walnuts, honey and sage recipe. These baked figs make for an elegant savory appetizer your guests will love! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/36 "2019-07-29T05:04:49Z")
Apples (just need Granny Smiths, personally), grapes and oranges/tangerines/clementines for me. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/37 "2019-07-29T07:55:35Z")
So if I don’t pick grape, I can never have anything with raisins in again? Well, that was an easy choice… Grape Lemon Blackberry I think it’s a cheat to have orange/tangerine/clementine but separate out the peach and nectarine, I mean they’re the same species, which the citruses listed aren’t really. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/38 "2019-07-29T09:48:15Z")
Since I’m on a kidney-friendly diet, I have to go with the fruits on that diet: Apples Blueberries Cranberries Wish I could include oranges and bananas, but no. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/39 "2019-07-29T09:52:30Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > So if I don’t pick grape, I can never have anything with raisins in again? Well, that was an easy choice… > > Grape > Lemon > Blackberry > > I think it’s a cheat to have orange/tangerine/clementine but separate out the peach and nectarine, I mean they’re the same species, which the citruses listed aren’t really. Lawd amighty, tell us about your fondness for raisins. I see them as grapes with all the good stuff sucked out. Peach and nectarine - yeah, I suppose I could have combined them. I guess it didn’t occur to me because I view peaches as far superior (i.e. not in the same category). kof ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760/40 "2019-07-29T11:19:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Lawd amighty, tell us about your fondness for raisins. I see them as grapes with all the good stuff sucked out. What, water? 😃 No raisins = no fruitcake, no mince pies, no [bobotie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobotie), no panettone, no stollen, no Eccles cake, no currant buns, no teacakes, no Christmas cake, no Christmas pudding. No joy, basically. Hell, half the reason I picked lemon was for the dried lemon and citron peel (succade) that goes into fruit mince. I’ll miss the other fruit like dried apples, but raisins are the most important component Also, I’m forcing bergamot in under “lemon” so I can have my cakes with Earl Grey. Where are we classifying dates? Fruit or not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-eat-just-three-types-of-fruit-over-the-next-five-years/837760.md?page=3)