This video is great! The presenter does a great job outlining each option with the pluses and minuses of each approach! I learned alot and I hold red seal papers in cooking!
Literally my new favorite fruit. I'm 33 and finally learned how to do it right lol! I like the last method. I couldn't believe how easily the meat of the fruit came out! Wow delicious💛
The pro method for me! Was taught this in college- I was a home economics major, it was all about the presentation. Pink grapefruit with avocados on a lettuce leaf with red onion and Catalina dressing ( just a drizzle) is delicious! Miss my pink grapefruit tree in AZ.
I grew up in Florida with an amazing grapefruit tree in the back yard and the Pro method is definitely the way to do it. My dad taught me when I was a kid. Removing the sections can get juicy, so it's best to do that over a big bowl. You can also put aside your sharp knife and use a butter knife the flip the sections out.
I had grapefruit for the first time today. I had no idea how to eat it, so i tried the conventional method like orange. Turns out the flesh contains bitter residue... I hated it... Towards the ends I started leaving the membrane & eating just the flesh. Turns out it's a lovely fruit, as long as u know how to eat it
I just bought one today as well. To avoid regrets I decided to watch tutorials on how to eat it. (edit) Oh wait, after method 3 I realized I have actually eaten grapefruit before but it's the local variety. The ones we had at my hometown has a yellow green color and never turned orange. However the pulp inside is still the same as this orange colored variety in the video. The third method is how we eat it.
Peel is very rich in pectin, you should eat learn to eat at least some of it because of it's health, detoxicating effect it has for us. One of the best sources of it nature has to offer.
Very informative for me as I am now worrying how to cut the pomelo that a kind soul gave to me. Thank you very much. Also, I find the body language going along with the instructions eloquently supportive and nice.
Great video! My parents always did it like your dad. I was going to browse to see if there were a few different methods, but you covered several all in one video. Thanks 😊
When living, growing food builds fiber and holds a structure, that's where the more Vitamin C can be found. The white (or "albedo") has nearly all the Vit C in citrus. I cut some white rind and some of the fibrous section walls and add when blending. Or, many times, I'll just eat it. You don't have to swallow the fiber, especially the really tough stuff, you can take it back out of your mouth once you've chewed it up somewhat. Lovely vid. Thx for doing and sharing.
That was awesome thank you so much! my favorite is number five, I'm 54 and I never knew how to do this before except for the first method exclamation mark thank you again I look forward to more videos, I would love to see a tomato cutting one!
Did you ever stop to think for a moment "have I been doing this wrong all my life?" then search online and think "someone probably made a video about it"? This is it. Thanks.
The last method worked wonderfully. It will take me a bit of practice to get better at it. But in all honestly it wasn't that hard and I have so much more grapefruit flesh then I normally do. Thanks!
I, see there are a lot of THANK, YOU 😊 WELL, here goes another one !! I am, sure you have made a lot of experiences with grapefruit much more enjoyable !! 😃
I remember my grandmother serving grapefruit with your father’s spoon method but I’m making a mixed fruits salad so I’m going for your last approach. Thanks!
I just came back from Paris and the hotel served breakfast buffet. They had grapefruit that tasted AMAZING. It was present in perfect sections so you could just pop nit in your mouth.. These methods are good I think your method where you slice put the fruit while rotating it looks the closest 😋
Happy New Year! I just tried this! The pro method is now my go-to method for eating grapefruit. I already cut other citrus fruits like that but, of course, no membrane. Thanks Erica!
I started eating grapefruit almost every day the past few months and found I was naturally inclined to do the method where you peel it like an orange, but then with my fingers I tear off the membrane. It’s quite messy, which is the main negative of it, but I do feel like I get every little delicious part of the flesh this way. Might try the pro method (the last one) next time, looks delicious and a good way to make a citrus salad!
Method 1 and 5 are the best by far. Method 1 is the one I have always used the most because I am lazy. I don't like to add sugar or salt to mine though. I really miss yellow grapefruit though since it's so hard to find these days.
The "undressing" method is how I actually eat Orange as I find the membrane to be too tough for my preference, so I don't think I will enjoy the "eat it like an orange" method. The last one is the one I came for but being how much of the lovely fruit is left out, I might use it only for guests or when I am about to use the juice in topings as well. But thank you, I finally found the information I was looking for and the explanation. Without your video I would still find it confusing and feeling like I am missing out on other ways and techniques of eating a grapefruit. Thank you so so much 💗 Highly appreciated ❤👏
Ma'am, Thank you so much for this video. All my life I have been trying to learn how to eat these fruits, and finally today I decided to learn from an expert, God bless you! So easy!
I think that it's interesting that there are many ways to cut open grapefruits! ^_^ I love cutting them in half with a knife, and eating the sections of fruit with a spoon, since I always ate grapefruits like that when I was a child! :D
also this was great information, I love grapefruit but hate trying to eat them, I feel like I waste 99 percent of the flesh because I just chew up the membrane and spit it out or try to scoop the flesh out with a spoon wich just results in a tiny amount of flesh and mostly juice. this method might seem wasteful but honestly I just went in the kitchen and tried it and it produced far more grapefruit flesh than any other method.plus it is enjoyable to do!
Thank you for this video! I have always eaten grapefruit like your number one option, but I’m going to try number three. I think that looks the best to me. Ha ha, see what I did there?!
Man, i love grapefruit! With my diet (low fodmap to keep my ibs in check!) I can have 80 grams every day, which is about 8 sections of a medium sized grapefruit. For normal days, ill have half a grapefruit with breakfast and I'll eat it your "classic way" and cutting the parts with a grapefruit knife. When I'm taking it on the fo, or have friends coming over for breakfast/lunch, i'll cut it the pro way. I'll try to catch as much juice as possible by cutting the sections over a bowl. Then I'll keep the cut sections in an airtight container with the juices. I sometimes boil the peel as part of a simmer pot (makes the house smell divine!) And use it to make a simple all purpose cleaner! (Look up lemon peel cleaning spray and use grapefruit peel instead of lemon!)
you always hear about ER visits from cutting avocados...surprised we don't hear about more grapefruit...lol everyone only had the first method growing up bc their mom got the pampered chef funky grapefruit knife :D
Method 5. I would add that once you get to the seperation part, put a plate under to collect any juice, which would be much harder to collect from the chopping board.
I personally like to eat it as an orange. However if it needs to be cut without the membering, I prefer method nr 5. Question. Is it more healthy to eat it as an orange??
Apparently the membrane does have some health benefits. So if you're looking to maximize that, I'm sure the eat it like the orange method would be great!
I'm glad you showed us the pro method. I've never seen it before. Growing up I ate them like your dad ate his. As a teenager I saw a friend do the undress method and I thought she was crazy. It takes a long time and is messy. But it also tastes sweeter so I've eaten them that way since then. I'll now move to the pro method.
The reason I'm watching this is because my mom always used to cut it and then an then have us scoop out the pieces with the spoon with a little sugar on top. But I decided today that I was just gonna eat like an orange and skip the bother of no running a knife along the membrane and all that.. I was Just gonna peel and eat it. Come to find out you're really can't eat one like that and enjoy it. I had the biggest mess in the end. I never knew that's why my mom did what she did. But now I know ..So thank you very much for your vide, you rock?
Hi Ms. Side Up, I like this video but was wondering if you had ever sliced the grapefruit with the skin on, in quarters (or eighths), and then taken these pieces and bitten into them. It's an incredible way to enjoy the juiciness of them. Thanks, Scott.
for the first way, you do not need to get in-between slices, just cut the center like a square then cut around the outside edge. like a donut. they pop out automatically.
Method #1 is by far the easiest method. Although I do it differently than you. The first thing I do (I was taught this way) is after you cut the grapfruit in half, run the knife around the circumference of the inner fleshy part of the grapfruit THEN do the individual slices of each grapfruit section. It's just easier to get the circumference done all at once then doing it on each individual slice.
I cut the whole fruit in slices and half-slices, just eating it straight off the peel. I then cut the peel in smaller sections and simmer on low heat for 3 hrs. Goody medicine that helps you absorb nutrients better. Organic of course.
