Question of the day - Thursday 18 June

[GemsGem]

Hey everyone

I nearly forgot today’s question, I just remembered in the nick of time


What is your favorite and least favorite fruit ?


Mine are -
favorite - Peach
least favorite - Pear

 

[NY cat man]

Favorite: blueberries
Least favorite: pineapple

 

[game misconduct]

favorite-granny smith apples
least favorite-papaya the seeds just remind me of a bunch of ticks

 

[susanm9006]

Favorite: Cherries
Least favorite: Blueberries

 

[denice]

Favorite Watermelon
Least Favorite Apricots

 

[Xraystyle]

Favorite: watermelon or kiwi
least favorite: pineapple or tomato (when they are being served as a fruit, I like them cooked just not really raw so much)

 

[lizzie]

I really don't think I have a least favorite fruit.

 

[Silver Crazy]

Favourite Strawberries
Least Favorite Mangoes

 

[Willowy]

Favorite: ooh, too many to choose from. Mangoes? A nice ripe fresh pineapple? A nice ripe fresh muskmelon? Mandarins? Idk.

Least favorite: durian, haha. Do I have to pick something more common in the US? I don't like the texture of store-bought pears, but fresh off the tree they're great. Fresh papaya maybe (it's ok dried). It tastes like barf.

 

[MoochNNoodles]

Favorite...could be almost any but tonight I’ll say raspberries.

Least... none.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

Oh boy. This will be hard to narrow down for favorites... I'll just say watermelon (and also cherries, pineapple, nectarines, clementines...)

Least favorite: Blueberries (and also bananas and raspberries)

 

[mani]

favourite: Rasberries
Yuck: Durian

 

[Roxabelle]

Favourite fruit: way too many to list! I love fruit. Maybe watermelon or lychee if I had to choose (and even then I couldn’t choose).

Least favourite: maybe black currants because they’re just too tart to enjoy on their own (but go wonderfully in a pie or crumble) or Dragon Fruit. As impressive as they are to look at, the flavour is pretty watered-down. All style and no substance!

 

[Tik cat's mum]

Favourite golden delicious apple. Least favourite pears.

 

[Roxabelle]

Poor pears aren’t getting much love in this thread!

I love them but they have to be just right. When I buy them at the store they’re rock solid and inedible, but you turn your back on them for 5 minutes and they’re mush. But when you get them right.... oh baby!

 

[Mia6]

Prunes nay
Pineapples and Strawberries yay

 

[jcat]

Favorite: raspberries
Least favorite: bananas
Durian tastes good, but that smell!

 

[Xraystyle]

Asian Pears are amazing. They are better than the apples here (the pears are crisp whereas the apples are mealy, kind of the opposite)

Oh, I also really love persimmon!

dried or fresh, persimmon is a really excellent fall fruit.

 

[Norachan]

Seems like you get all the same kinds of fruit we get in Japan Xraystyle We get pretty good apples though, Hokkaido is perfect apple growing country.

Favourite fruit: Red russet apples, conference pears and fresh persimmon if they are really hard and crispy.
Least favourite fruit: Purple grapes, but I quite like the green ones.

 

[Xraystyle]

Seems like you get all the same kinds of fruit we get in Japan Xraystyle We get pretty good apples though, Hokkaido is perfect apple growing country.

Oh for sure! There was definitely a lot of variety sharing throughout the ages. Jeju Island is famous for their Hallabong oranges, so it is shocking to some Koreans I've talked to to learn that those actually originated from a Japanese variety! And I know what you mean about the apples. We get Fuji apples here, but they are usually part of those expensive gift sets rather than being readily available. One thing I"ve been jealous of is that Japan had a better supply of avocadoes, but the past few years I've noticed they are more readily available here. With global warming, I think Korea (or at least Jeju) might be able to grow them domestically soon. They began growing mangoes about 10 years ago, and now are starting to grow bananas and papayas!