Anyone else prefer grapefruit to oranges?
 

I think grapefruit is the far superior citrus. What do you think?

Especially the Pink ones

If only they came in cutie size, seedless, and were easy to peel, they would be perfect...

i think the pomelo is the most superior citrus

+1

Rind can be wonderfully aromatic too

I don't "prefer" it over oranges (blood orange is probably my favorite fruit), but I certainly consider it to be worthy of consideration...

I love a grapefruit for breakfast... the GF an I will split one every once in a while... if it's not sweet enough, I'll sprinkle some sugar (for her) or stevia (for me) on it to cut the sourness. Makes an excellent lo-cal brekkie.

Grapefruit also have some interesting properties that other citrus do not possess. For example, there is an enzyme that is unique to grapefruit, that blocks fat absorption in humans. So if you eat a grapefruit, or have a glass of grapefruit juice, before chowing down on a big sausage/bacon/potatos/eggs/etc. breakfast, you will actually "pass" more of the fat than you otherwise would.

There is another enzyme, also unique to grapefruit, that magnifies the effects of certain types of drugs. (It's why some drugs carry warning labels against grapefruit eating). You can google this for more info.

Oh yea, and a Stoli Greyhound is probably in my top 10 of cocktails. ^ ^

I think I'll have one or a few whilst watching the Yankees beat the Sox. ;)

To make it peel easy, briefly dunk an orange or grapefruit into boiling water and let it sit a bit. When you're ready to eat it, it'll peel very easy and the pith (white stuff) won't be sticking to the fruit.

Can't help you with the seeds or size.

While I enjoy eating oranges, I prefer grapefruit.An even easier solution is to use the palm of your hand to firmly roll the citrus fruit around several times on a hard surface. This helps to loosen the peel from the fruit.

You thread title is like a thought from my own mind! I eat one most days for breakfast. I peel it and eat it like an orange. My husband doesn't like the skin of the individual pieces, his Mom used to peel them for him, something I will never do....

What a cruel, cruel thread.... I love grapefruit & could eat it for breakfast lunch 'n dinner.
But, the cardiologist says no.:(
Grapefruit has some sort of problems with quite a few medications & can render some of 'em useless. That's why you would rarely see it on the menu in a hospital.

I switched to grapefruit only recently after discovering the Harbor Island variety at our local Whole Foods. For whatever reason, I rarely see the Ruby variety here, but Ruby is all I see when I go to my parents' in California.

Harbor Island is pinkish but mostly white, and is not nearly as bitter. Still, I used to be a big orange juice fan and now think it is way too sweet, so my tastes have apparently adapted.

http://www.harborislandcitrus.com/menu/sweet-citrus

Have you had a Sumo though?

That sounds like the lychee, nature's best tropical fruit!

Grapefruit juice all the way, I always get a bottle of freshly-squeezed one at my local supermarket. Sure beats the big brand ones that are carton-packed thousands of miles away...

Worth noting, among the same brand, it's grapefruit juice not-from-concentrate in the carton at the store, but look a the ingredients of the same brand in other packaging and it might be more like grapefruit flavored water.

To me, this whole thread is like comparing Grapefruit and Oranges

I am partial to sweet clementines :)

Yes. Oranges are a bit too sweet.

I wish grapefruit really did have the fat-blocking property that an earlier poster attributed to them. At least in my case, they don't seem to work. :( ;)

They block the fat from leaving the body. You have it reversed.

Sweet Clementines, good times never seemed so good....

Grapefruit juice at breakfast. Orange juice goes better with Vodka.

Some of the restaurante have the ready to eat grapefruit wedges with no skin/seeds and I love to them for breakfast when I travel. I guess they come in a can or a jar. Any idea where I can buy them in bulk? I looked at Costco and Sam's club but no luck in finding.

They come in wholesale 5 gal pails.

Grapefuit is best in cocktails. For breakfast... blech.

Any idea on where I can buy them in the DFW area?

Food service wholesaler will have them, but they generally do not sell to the public. If you know any restaurants well you might be able to have them order a pail for you.
They also need to be refrigerated, so imaging the size of a larger pail of paint and fit that into your fridge.

...or, a couple of other grapefruit aficionados could share in the cost and they could divide the contents of the five gallon container into smaller containers to fit in their respective refrigerators and repeat as necessary.

I would be one of those people, if I could...

Umm, maybe I should have one of our establishment order some and repack them into 1 gallon containers to resell to grapefruit loving FTers? BUT Refrigerated shipping will probably kill this idea.

Nope. Oranges all the way.

I think they're both enjoyable, but I often add a bit of lemon to orange juice, to lessen the saccharine impact...just not so much to try to make it taste like a grapefruit.

I enjoy pink sweet grapefruit & bloody oranges ;)

I completely agree...

...however, I wonder if comparing grapefruits to oranges is like...well...comparing apples to oranges...

Have you ever tried Rio Ruby Red Grapefruit from Pittman and Davis?
Their grapefruit is far superior over all other grapefruit!

I don't mind grapefruit, but I like oranges better.

I would like to have grapefruit but they always feel too sour compared to oranges, on average.

Thank you for resurrecting a 9 year old thread. Where did all those people go?

I like ruby red grapefruit and California navel oranges best. But I grab a pink grapefruit off the neighbors tree every other day because it’s free and would otherwise go to waste.

Oh, quoting my 9-years young self...I'm still a fan of both, but have found a new place that has the best oranges I've ever tasted: Veracruz, Mexico. Those oranges are in their own league of deliciousness.

However, I definitely do still enjoy drinking any type of grapefruit juice to orange juice when not in Mexico...

Put me down as firmly in the grapefruit column.
I probably haven't had an actual orange since I was a kid. I still like and drink orange juice, but if given the choice I'll pick grapefruit juice.