Grapefruit Diet

Grapefruit tastes great and is also great for our health. You can read more about the health benefits and grapefruit nutrition here. However one impediment to consuming them or a factor that can put me off eating them is the effort it takes to get them ready for eating. As a child my mother used to cut them in half them use a bent serrated knife which made it really easy for us to scoop out the contents. Doing it this way is fairly straight forward but it does unfortunately leave some of the fruit uneaten. It is a good method to use if you do not want to eat any of the skin containing the grapefruit segments. Even though the juicy fruit is the best tasting part I now do want to eat more of the skin in an effort to consume more fiber. So I went searching for a details on how to peel a grapefruit.

Up till now I have been simply cutting the top and bottom off the fruit then using my hands to start ripping off the outer skin. This leaves me with a white ball which is the fruit unfortunately still surrounded by pith. Then removing this is a slow process. I can get it looking pretty good but the only issue with this method is that it takes a fairly long time to get the bits of fruit into an edible state. Then I came across an idea that was supposed to make the removal of the white pith much easier. The answer…put the grapefruit into a pot of water that has just boiled and leave it for five minutes or so [edit: 5 minutes is too long, my grapefruit fruit was warm on the outer sections even though the dead center remained cool]. Even though the grapefruit is placed into very hot water, the inside parts remain cool. [edit: when the grapefruit has been left in the hot water for a while it feels kind of spongy and soft on the outside] So I still use a peeling method, namely cut off the top then just get in amongst it with my hands and fingers. The difference though is that after sitting in the pot of hot water the white pith, also known as albedo, comes off much more easily. [edit: this way to peel a grapefruit really does work, it is amazing how easily the white pith falls away. I am going to experiment will shorter periods in the hot water to see if I can peel it easily but have the fruit remain cold.

Simple grapefruit peeling steps

• boil pot of water then turn off the heat.
• place grapefruit into the boiled water.
• leave for less than five minutes.
• remove grapefruit and cut off top section.
• use hands to peel the rest of the grapefruit.

Then you can simply sit down and enjoy a delicious healthy refreshing piece of fruit.