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I have always loved Pears since I was a kid, but recently I've had a newfound adoration for Strawberries.

For fruit juices nothing beats the good ol' apple juice :)

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[–] Varyk 9 points 5 months ago

Raspberries right now

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Blackberries and raspberries! I still have fond memories of picking them walking the way to and from school

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Raspberries, lychee, mango

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

The only fruit juice I like is orange. Can't stand apple juice or cider. No idea why. I like apples, I just don't like that much apple flavor in my mouth or something.

Actual fruits... my favorites are probably raspberries with the caveat that I hate the seeds getting crushed and's sticking in my teeth. Plums are pretty good if you get them at the perfect ripeness - soft and sweet but not so juicy you look like you just left a porn shoot after eating one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

For the cider, it might be how sweet it is/tastes. You can try drinking it warm/hot or you can try turning it into Mulled Cider if you want to give cider another shot.

I don't chew raspberries, I'm a tongue against the roof of the mouth person, unless I want to spend way too much effort digging a seed out of a tooth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Bananas are a classic, but I'm a big plum fan

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Pineapple, banana, mango. Just about any tropical fruit.

[–] nyahlathotep 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Apples, but they have the most variance unfortunately. The height of apples is amazing, but when you get a bad one it's utterly terrible

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I rate apples on a a scale of "too much apple" to "needs more apple". I also think most apples in grocery stores are just too big.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honeycrisp apples have become my new favorite over the years. Even a mid honeycrisp apple beats the pants off every red delicious or washington I've ever had. Fuji is a close second.

[–] nyahlathotep 2 points 5 months ago

Even then sometimes you just get shitty mealy ones that make me gag. My go to is honeycrisp or cosmic crisp now though

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Mangoes, the tropical kind. Also, grapes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Apricots and peaches

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Pawpaws! If you get them just right, they're like eating a banana-mango custard.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I'm not a big pear fan. Partly the general flavour, but also they always feel gritty to me. But that might depend on variety.

I really like raspberries. There aren't many others I'd consider a favourite but I like plenty of others.

Weirdly, not a big fan of melons or most other tropical fruit.

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

Strawberries won over pears as they can be put into pierogies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh my gosh, now I want a strawberry blintz.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have seen naleśniki with strawberry jam or cream mixed with fresh fruit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

That sounds so good. I wish I could get these things where I live. Might need to learn to make crepes and crepe-like objects.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Sour cherries are my favorite fruit by far. They are good plain or in so many things, pies, cobblers, mixed into yogurt. Mulberries are another favorite. Those I have only had plain by the handful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Blackberries and huckleberries, which makes living in the Pacific Northwest perfect for me. I'm sure I would hate dealing with the invasive blackberry that is found everywhere here if I didn't enjoy the fruit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Berries. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, all the berries!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Peaches or blueberries have to be my favorites. Honestly one of my favorite parts of summer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's a pick-your-own blueberry place near my parents' home and the blueberries are both tastier and cheaper than store-bought, because we pick the ripest ones.

Sometimes we come home with 20-30 pounds and stick em in the freezer. Makes for a killer snack and great for smoothies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dried mango strips are a fantastic snack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Nashi pears, berries, mango. I have a pear and blueberries on me right now.

[–] Willy 4 points 5 months ago

a really good watermelon is amazing and just hits that summer vibe so right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't have any favourite but I like avocados, bananas, sugar apples and cantaloupes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of somebody loving cantaloupe. How interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It tastes like a blend of pumpkin and watermelon to me, quite nice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow, it must taste totally different to you than it does to me. It's always interesting how people perceive taste so differently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Very true and well said. Now I'm curious about how the fruit tastes to you.

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[–] thelsim 3 points 5 months ago

I love passion fruit! The inside looks like a bunch of alien eyes, but it tastes so good.
I just wish they had more filling

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Pineapple and kiwi are my top two favs. I love sour stuff and these are the sourest fruits I know. But there is only one fruit I've tried that I really didn't like at all and that is cantaloupe. Shit tastes like a mango that's lost its flavor.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Hard and tart yellow nectarines are the best. Regular apple juice is good but pressed apple juice is better. Cloudy and thicker, it has a less cloying flavor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Tamarillos! They're pretty rare now, tart and sweet, looks a feijoa and a tomato crossed. Love em!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I am obsessed with grapefruit. Juice, flavour, real deal. You name it I love it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I can’t believe you like pears. Who likes pears? A fresh ripe pear is still mealy, like grainy mushy. Like an apple that’s gone past it’s prime.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You're getting the wrong pears if they're mealy/grainy. I haven't seen the good pears in years, though. Everyone around me just carries those ugly brown ones that are like bags of sand inside 🤢

The good ones are green and have the same texture as an apple. But I don't know what the species/type name is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Asian pears are typically not mealy

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Add bananas and your list is my list, though I did have a hankering for some grapes earlier this week

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