Fruit and Vegetables

[K.C.]

Pomegranate juice mmmmmmmmm! SEVEN EUROS though at Carrefour! SEVEN FUCKING EUROS for a LITER

It's because they just REFUSE to grow outside of very a specific climate.

I remember we had a tree in our backyard in Baghdad. Good fucking luck trying to grow it beyond Middle East/India.

 

[Phoenix]

I EAT THE SEEDS

Who the fuck would spit the seeds?

 

[Phoenix]

Watermelon is the best fruit, summery, crunchy, sweet and watery. I’m salivating just thinking of it.

 

[Dark Carnival]

It's because they just REFUSE to grow outside of very a specific climate.

I remember we had a tree in our backyard in Baghdad. Good fucking luck trying to grow it beyond Middle East/India.

We had one in our backyard in Baghdad too! Grandpa used to tell us they use its branches to UNCLOG TOILETS coz they're bendy and don't break

 

[RS]

Who the fuck would spit the seeds?

 

[Lucille]

I can’t eat Dill since a particularly disastrous Midsommer party with a Swedish flatmate and waking up drinking hungover after too many schnapps to discover the kitchen REEKING of dill and pickled herring.

 

[Phoenix]

You are a disgrace.

 

[Debbie Jellinsky]

I love pomegranate. Cut in half and then bash the outsides with a wooden spoon to make the fruit fall out.

You know, I tried this at least a dozen times and I only ever get half the seeds out. Then you have the pulp going everywhere and juice splattering over the kitchen counter. Life's too short for pomegranate (unless you buy the seeds for extortionate prices in M&S or Tesco).

 

[Dark Carnival]

Who the fuck would spit the seeds?

Precious QUEENS like @RaspberrySwirl I feel.

 

[Dark Carnival]

WELL THERE YOU GO

 

[Sheena]

As if you’ve ever spat out ANY seed in your ENTIRE LIFE

 

[K.C.]

We had one in our backyard in Baghdad too! Grandpa used to tell us they use its branches to UNCLOG TOILETS coz they're bendy and don't break

The petty resourcefulness of Middle Easterners is just too much.

Wait, I thought you were from Lebanon? Or are you a bit of both?

 

[Lucille]

We had one in our backyard in Baghdad too! Grandpa used to tell us they use its branches to UNCLOG TOILETS coz they're bendy and don't break

Like a Middle Eastern DOUCHE.

 

[Kate]

PERSEMONS.

Had to google this. It’s a Sharon fruit! I like them.

 

[RS]

I can’t eat Dill since a particularly disastrous Midsommer party with a Swedish flatmate and waking up drinking hungover after too many schnapps to discover the kitchen REEKING of dill and pickled herring.

Ain’t that a Midsummer night’s mardröm

 

[RS]

As if you’ve ever spat out ANY seed in your ENTIRE LIFE

I’d never spit out the seed of LIFE

 

[Dark Carnival]

The petty resourcefulness of Middle Easterners is just too much.

Wait, I thought you were from Lebanon? Or are you a bit of both?

BOTH! Lebanese mother, Iraqi father!

 

[K.C.]

Like a Middle Eastern DOUCHE.

You douche with a PLUNGER? ...u ok hun?

 

[RS]

WELL THERE YOU GO

 

[Kate]

I buy watermelon, mango and pineapple pre-prepared because I am LAZY

 

[K.C.]

BOTH! Lebanese mother, Iraqi father!

Makes sense. You have the classic MESOPOTAMIAN TAN.

 

[Dark Carnival]

I buy watermelon, mango and pineapple pre-prepared because I am LAZY

PRE-PREPARED WATERMELON???

 

[RS]

Had to google this. It’s a Sharon fruit! I like them.

Like tomatoes with sugar

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Mango is by far my favourite fruit.

I used to hate pineapple. Not so now.

 

[K.C.]

How do you even spit Pomegranate seeds out? They're barely noticeable and are basically part of the WHOLE UNIT.

 

[Phoenix]

I buy watermelon, mango and pineapple pre-prepared because I am LAZY

yeah I get my watermelon precut (with the skin still on). It’s a lot less faff and easier to store.

 

[Suomi]

Fruit Rank

1. Passion Fruit - a gift from Eden
2. Blueberry - as long as they’re sweet and unproblematic
3. Banana - very reliable and actually quite versatile
4. Mango - just delicious but a nightmare to prepare

5. Pineapple - tasty as hell but you have to commit to the preparation. Like Christmas
6. Watermelon - see above
7. Kiwi Fruit - really dishy little thing
8. Pear - the Dannii
9. Apple - the Kylie
10. Raspberry - feel like this should be higher but I’ve just found too many caterpillars in them in my time to fully trust them

 

[RS]

The only fruit we had in Iraq and don’t have here that I really miss is mulberry.

Haven’t had any for almost 30 years!

 

[lolly]

Had to google this. It’s a Sharon fruit! I like them.

Aren't they usually called persimmon here now? I don't remember seeing them labelled as Sharon Fruit for some time now.

 

[Lucille]

How do you even spit Pomegranate seeds out? They're barely noticeable and are basically part of the WHOLE UNIT.

Like anchovy bones, enjoy the CRUNCH!

 

[Kate]

PRE-PREPARED WATERMELON???

Well a whole one is far too big when you live alone and they go OFF in the blink of an eye!

 

[Kate]

Aren't they usually called persimmon here now? I don't remember seeing them labelled as Sharon Fruit for some time now.

Oh maybe. I suppose I haven’t bought any for ages.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Well a whole one is far too big when you live alone and they go OFF in the blink of an eye!

Oh, yeah that's actually very true.

 

[Kate]

What do we think of papaya? There is a WEIRD taste about them

 

[Dark Carnival]

Like anchovy bones, enjoy the CRUNCH!

mmmmm anchovies!

 

[K.C.]

Fruit Rank

1. Passion Fruit - a gift from Eden
2. Blueberry - as long as they’re sweet and unproblematic
3. Banana - very reliable and actually quite versatile
4. Mango - just delicious but a nightmare to prepare

5. Pineapple - tasty as hell but you have to commit to the preparation. Like Christmas
6. Watermelon - see above
7. Kiwi Fruit - really dishy little thing
8. Pear - the Dannii
9. Apple - the Kylie
10. Raspberry - feel like this should be higher but I’ve just found too many caterpillars in them in my time to fully trust them

All Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Hits

Except Pineapple. FLOP.

 

[RS]

Oh maybe. I suppose I haven’t bought any for ages.

Most people call them Sharon fruit here as well, but I think that’s only a ”brand” name. Persimon is the real name

 

[Dark Carnival]

Worst fruit EVER:

Lychee

 

[K.C.]

Well a whole one is far too big when you live alone and they go OFF in the blink of an eye!

Same with AVOCADOS. Love them to death, but they go rancid in the span of about 1.2 seconds.

 

[lolly]

I usually buy watermelon by the quarter from a greengrocer. There's something very satisfying about slicing watermelon for some reason. Probably because I've got a lovely fuck off big knife I don't use for much else.

 

[Phoenix]

There are a bunch of fruit that we had in Syria that I can’t find here like green almonds and loquat