Well, you think to yourself, that's an odd subtitle — “grapefruit remains.” I agree. I'm about to show you a picture of what's left of a grapefruit after I've set upon it. Here's the picture. Avert your gaze if necessary.
This is my new habit. I try to eat a grapefruit every day. The pink ones in particular taste very good, and most grapefruit you find nowadays are pink, because they taste better, which is to say sweeter.
First, I slice the grapefruit in half, then quarters, etc. Then, bending over the sink, I attack the fruit. The pink/red flesh is sweet, the juice runs down my beard into the sink, the rinds pile up, and then I'm finished. Usually I'm alone, like a dog who takes his treat somewhere private before eating it. For a healthy act, it's become an oddly guilty pleasure.
This habit started before my dad died, in case you were wondering. It's not some strange behavioral tic of my mourning. As I am writing this, however, I realize it does have a connection to my dad, as I imagine most things will. I shared with him and Hadassah this latest food habit of mine the last time I saw him in person, which was at dinner at a restaurant in Manhattan, March 19th, a week before he fell. It was part of a resolution to see him more, having just come to understand the uncertain length of his life expectancy. He was amused by it, although he noted that many people can't eat grapefruit because they are on statin drugs which apparently don't interact well with a chemical in the grapefruit. This was not the deepest lesson my dad ever taught me, but it was probably the final one. And I'll remember it, and it will probably do me good in one way or another, sometime or another.
SO, if you're not on any medication that precludes it, I recommend an occasional or even daily grapefruit highly, and I further recommend my chosen approach to eating them, although there are many other, less messy methods you might choose as well.
My dad appreciated my sense of humor, as dry and offbeat as it often is. And that's one of the many things I appreciated about my dad, who was a guy who had a way of bringing good vibes wherever he went.
Matt
The Indian River grapefruits are red or pink and have a wonderful sweet taste. I cut the grapefruit in half; then I take the half and slice it all the way (about 6-8 slices) and I eat it right off the rind. I save the other half for the next time. Grapefruits are full of vitamin C, filling and low calorie.
Try Florida grapefruit. They have a thinner rind and are sweeter than the Texas one in the photo. I too have one each day when they’re in season.