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This might also help people find better versions of fruits they may not otherwise enjoy

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[–] brap 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Pink Lady apples. Perfect balance of sweet and tart for me.

[–] ArkhamNightshift 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Came here to say this! Beautifully crisp too. I hate most red apples for how soft they can be and how grainy they can feel sometimes. Maybe I've had ones at the wrong side of ripe, but pink ladies are the perfect hybrid of green and red. I used to love Macintoshes for this but pink ladies are much better

[–] brap 3 points 6 months ago

Oh man yeah, didn't even think about the texture. Gonna go get one at lunch time now.

[–] quinkin 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, although the kanzi apples can be better sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A few years ago, I was in Asia for the first time. On a ship in Malaysia, to be specific. I was chitchatting with a Malaysian coworker before our shift started, and on our way out I grabbed a nice looking fruit on my way out of the galley. I took a bite, and it was like nothing I'd ever tasted before, so of course I had to ask what kind of fruit it was.

"Uh.... a pear?" My coworker replied, surprised that I had to ask. To me pears are green, and has a completely different texture. I never knew yellow ones existed until then.

[–] Wizard_Pope 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Arent most pears yellow when they are ripe?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm from Indonesia and it's common to see distinctively different kind of pears. There are pears that are significantly yellow even when ripe, they are also more round-shaped than the usual pear-shaped pear.

Sometimes they can be more crunchy like apple.

Tbh I don't know the exact name, I just called them "yellow pear."

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Ambrosia apples (the big ripe ones, not the small ones that I could swear are counterfeit Gala).

Ataulfo mangoes. Yellow. Small. Delicious.

Spanish mandarin oranges. Easy to peel, delicious. Other oranges can't hold shade to this one.

Forelle pears. Fragrant, juicy... Bartlett pears will seem like cardboard after having these.

Sungold kiwi. Not only are they sweet, but the skin is thinner and has no hairs, so you can just wash them and eat them whole.

[–] felixwhynot 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fuji apples

Care Care oranges

[–] j4k3 6 points 6 months ago

Largish yellow raisins. I like them in oatmeal cookies and with mixed nuts cooked in a nice long grain rice with some saffron.

[–] AA5B 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Granny Smith apples. They have intense flavor and solid crispness, unlike other variety vaguely sweet mushy apples. Most importantly, they’re still good out of season.

Every year I go wild with variety for 1-2 month, then return to Grannies for the rest of the year

[–] TheKracken 2 points 6 months ago

Absolutely. Love Granny Smith.

[–] lemming741 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like cosmic crisp apples.

[–] ladytaters 2 points 6 months ago

Same. They've replaced Pink Ladies as my favorite. The texture and perfect amount of sweetness make them such a joy!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Today 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Honeycrisp or fuji apples. Cara cara oranges. Meyer lemons. Still undecided on the cotton candy grapes.

[–] grasshopper_mouse 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm on Team Honeycrisp 100%, even though they always cost more.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Green apples.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Red kiwi, they taste better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Thomcord grapes (Thompson x Concord hybrid) are amazing. They taste like grape jelly if grape jelly wasn’t sickly sweet. They’ve also got a mild tart bite to them that I love. I can never find them anywhere most of the time but I always snatch one up when I see it.

[–] berryjam 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cara cara oranges. Honey crisp apples. Alphonso mangos. Vidalia onions (not a fruit tho)

[–] BitchPeas 2 points 6 months ago

Cara cara oranges are so special and yummy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Fuji apples when I make apple cobbler.

For just sitting there eating peanut butter on an apple, a honeycrisp. I used to go for Galas because they were cheap, but lately I decided $1 more per pound of apples is better than occasionally eating a dozen donuts when I want something sweet. Overall, just better to spend more money on healthier food than to absolutely optimize my grocery budget then binge on junk food when the optimization freaks me out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Chuoi cau bananas (monkey banana) from Vietnam. It didn't really matter what type I had over there, they beat any banana I'd had thru my entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Golden delicious apples. I don't even consider others, although tbf, their taste does vary a little, depending on where I bought them.

[–] ChexMax 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As a former Golden delicious stan, may I suggest trying honey crisp? Now there are two apples I prefer and I get a little variety

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[–] d00phy 3 points 6 months ago

Being from FL, I’m a snob about FL oranges. Particularly navels and blood varieties. California oranges can fuck right off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Jazz apples Tangelos Medjool Dates

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[–] Zehzin 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

White dragonfruit - bad

Red dragonfruit - the good shit

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Not many. I don't like the fructosey sweet flavour of most fruit. So I love tomatoes, but not much else...

Maybe this thread will help me :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Acorn Squash, 1 hour at 400f, split oiled with a bit of brown sugar in them

[–] waz 2 points 6 months ago

Depending on my mood I go butter and brown sugar, or olive oil, garlic, and Parmesan.

[–] AWittyUsername 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Zamli dates. Jazz Apple. Pink lady apple.

[–] BitchPeas 2 points 6 months ago

Pink lady is my favorite apple ever. Crisp, sweet, sour. Perfection. I eat them almost every day.

[–] meekah 2 points 6 months ago

I love Jazz apples but pink lady never grew on me. They are like polar opposites, I think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Prince William Pears. They're so sweet and juicy!! So juicy it always dribbles down my chin when I take a bite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Sweetango apples and sumo mandarin oranges. Sweetangos are the better honey crisp.

[–] Lightor 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Golden Kiwis, not only can you eat the skin, it makes it delicious.

[–] waz 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I eat the skin of regular kiwi's. Am I not supposed to?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Sindhri Mangoes

Nendran bananas

[–] Apeman42 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yellow kiwi blow green kiwi away. Little to no fuzz, so you can eat like an apple without peeling, and less tart. Also maybe a hint of banana to the taste?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Ataulfo mangoes. At least in the northeast US, they are reliably delicious and ripen on the counter.

Cortland apples

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 2 points 6 months ago

Lychee fruit is wonderful. Also pomelos, but they are hideously expensive now.

[–] RBWells 2 points 6 months ago

I suppose I am a basic bitch - Honeycrisp apples, Mission figs (fresh), haas avocados and the wee golden Champagne mangoes are the best IMO.

Oranges, though? Valencia or tangelos are flavorful, the navel oranges are bland nonsense.

[–] Brewchin 2 points 5 months ago

Bananas. 30 minutes later it's "hello fibre and potassium, time to visit the loo!" But seriously, there are so many great fruits.

Some from me: Blackberries are my hands-down favourite (and available everywhere in the wild in the UK autumn), raspberries, apples (so many varieties), navel oranges, mandarins, dragon fruit, watermelon, pears, rockmelon/cantaloupe, soft peaches (rare; most need a hammer and chisel), plums, damsons (in jam), and grapes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Lucy glo apples are one of the only apples I'll eat. So good, they're visually fun, and at least the stand I get them from they're always very crisp

[–] anon6789 2 points 6 months ago

Fuji or Pink Lady for red apples, Mutsu (aka. Crispin) for green apples. Jonagolds split the difference.

[–] AgentGrimstone 1 points 5 months ago

Cold Fuji apples

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