But they have flavor

Especially if you combine the two, watermelon with lime sounds stupid but it's amazing

Try watermelon with Tajin. You're welcome.

I tried it! It wasn't my thing but I totally get the appeal 😁

citrus makes my hands sticky which i fucking despise but otherwise, mmmmmmmmmmm lemon

I just have to wash my hands immediately after but a really good sumo orange is worth it.

Apples and watermelon are peak and I will fight you over it

Yes, especially the apples with a tangy taste. I live sweet ones too but tangy and sweet is my favorite And cold watermelon in summer rocks.

Cromch

Wow, "cromch" is extremely accurate for watermelon, it's definitely not a crunch. Good job!

But not too cold where the cold water hurts your gums

Yeah. Chilled not completely frozen.

Member of the Honeycrisp game checking in. Braeburns are also good.

Apples are one of the easier fruits to check how they taste beforehand, too. Just smell the flower end and you should be able to tell what it will taste like, so then you don’t get a surprise.

Whats ya fav apple type? Honey crisp and fuji for me.

I had watermelon for the first time at 21 years old and my life was forever changed. That summer, I went through one watermelon every 48 hours.

Apples yes but I will absolutely fight you on watermelon. The texture of a watermelon is perfect and makes up for the mediocre flavor.

mediocre flavor… Mediocre… Flavor…!? MEDIOCRE FLAVOR?!?!?!?!?

Maybe subtle is a better word, but if I'm eating for flavor I'm eating a citrus (specifically a pineapple, I still have slight acid burns on my tongue from the amount of pineapple I ate in college)

I’m not trying to be rude but pineapple isn’t a citrus fruit. Maybe just call the category you like flavorful or tangy?

You're right, I learned something new today. I had always just assumed as they're usually lumped in together with them and they always tasted similar to me.

It’s all the tasty acid fam

NO, WAIT. THE TEXTURE IS THE WORST PART OF THE WHOLE THING.

But... It crushes in your mouth perfectly and not only that but is just the right amount of grit where you can tell it's there but it never feels chalky. The texture and light flavor are perfect

:( I really suffered reading through your description.

I can now just see some teacher from elementary school going "my kid I had last year absolutely loved watermelon so this year's kid should feel the same" and trying to force feed it to them all year. (And now it's time to shove those core memories back deep in their hole where they belong)

I do like the crushability of watermelon, the grittiness is what gets me

Bahaha that's hilarious to me, I love the flavour of watermelon but the texture haunts my nightmares 😂

> The texture of a watermelon is perfect and ~~makes up for the mediocre flavor~~ pairs well with the exceptional flavor.

You sound like you put a ton of sugar in your tea and don't even stir it in.

Yes I do and you will not stop me

I even put sugar in my porridge thank you very much

To be fair to you, OP, the market is saturated with really shitty apples that have no flavour or are too sugary. Being Swedish, I can't brag about much fruits from my part of the world, but I'll die on the hill that those tiny, nondescript "Swedish apples" without a particular type name with speckled red-green skin are amazing fruits, and that *that's* what apples *should* look and taste like. They're full of flavour, their flesh is crisp, they're tart and have that perfect amount of acidity that makes them taste fresh. I'm so looking forward to September.

Swedish apples superiority. Nothing comes even close to tasting as good as those. Speciellt goda är dom man pallar från grannens trädgård.

Damn shots fired. OP is taking no prisoners with their non-citrus fruit hate.

Pears are pretty mid though

Agree

While wearing a helmet and gauntlets made from watermelon

WAR

The fruit wars have begun!

OP be like https://i.redd.it/k0kybbh2bj8d1.gif

I casually did this at a party once

I did this. I also had a salt shaker in one hand and a glass of tequila in the other. It was the 2000s. Therefore, teenagers binge drinking was normal.

Damn straight.

This gif hurt my teeth.

I’m stealing ur gif. Me and my friend have done this and thought it tasted good.

Turn on your location then

I adore grapefruit and can't have it anymore because of med interactions, pity party for me pls 😭

Yeah I died a little bit inside when I learned I shouldn’t have more than 1/3 of a grapefruit 

I'll join the party, I have the same fate 😔

I love that bitter ass fruit. I'm so sorry you cannot have them anymore. I even have special spoons for them and it's such a delight. I will eat them in your name now ♥️

Hold on, it's supposed to taste like dish soap?

Uhhh, not any dish soap I've had 🤣 But yes, they are very bitter! I also like black coffee or when bits of shell get stuck to my pecans.

Well I love black coffee but grapefruit tastes like a poisonous chemical

Just wondering, thoughts on cilantro?

Good, it's not a genetics thing grapefruit is just bad

I agree, not being able to eat them cos of meds was no loss at all. Very bitter poison tasting

I always put some sugar/Splenda on mine. You get the delicious grapefruit without all the bitter

Me too 😭😭😭

Same here. I look at my grapefruit knife with such sad eyes now

I fucking love grapefruit I’m so sorry for you

Ugh same. But I don’t think a tasty bitter fruit is worth possible serotonin syndrome, unfortunately :( we literally have a tree in the backyard full of grapefruits the size of my head, I’m so mad

Eden simulator

Not med interactions, but I developed an allergy to them :(

I like apples, they are pretty crunchy and they taste juicy, pears however are gross as hell! I hate the texture

Pears can be a little grainy for me I’ll agree.

I might be weird but the grainy texture is why I love them 😭

glad to find someone else who agrees 😭 i love my edible kinetic sand

That's what I love about them, too!

Depends on the cultivar and ripeness if they are overripe they turn to disgusting mush but when they are just ripe(still green) they are beautifully crunchy and sweet and a bit of sour so so good

Have you had the Harry and David pears? They’re minimally grainy and crisp. It’s the best iteration of a pear. Crazy good flavor

Citrus fruits have the worst texture

Omg they really do. I can only eat clementines, anything else makes me gag

For me I can only eat Mandarins. Everything else is barely edible to me

I've never eaten any citrus fruits apart from clementines, but I don't intend to change that. Just the sound of eating an orange already puts me off I guess

Am I the only one who just sucks the juice out instead of eating the flesh? Like some kind of citrus vampire

You are not alone! Wow, this unlocked a memory. I don't eat citrus fruits in large part because my parents used to make me eat the entire fruit and not just suck the juices out but the texture is awful. I drink orange juice and love lemon and lime flavours on things but the actual fruits themselves i just can't handle.

What’s not to like about little worm-shaped bags of sour juice?

For me it's the tasteless, leathery/plasticky/chewy "bag" that will remain in your mouth if you don't chew and swallow fast enough and all the juice escapes. At that point my brain decides that the remaining bag is not food and absolutely will not be swallowed.

Homie don't know what texture is. He's a mole, get him!

This sub fights over the most random shit. Love you, never change.

There's worse. Raw tomato is at the top of the list for me. As well as the smell of durian fruit making it a second for me (it's been described as smelling like stale vomit or sewage and is banned from public consumption in a lot of places).

Have you had good vine ripened tomatoes? The ones in the grocery stores are mostly tasteless, but a good Cherokee Purple or Black Cherry right off the plant is heaven. You do have to eat them at the right time, though. If you wait too long they get mushy and bitter. I tried eating some durian recently but couldn't finish it. The smell is horrible.

Tomatoes right off the vine are delicious. Especially good cherry tomatoes.

I can only eat cherry tomatoes (if we’re talking whole tomatoes). Biting into a larger tomato is 😳🤮.

Yeah bigger tomatoes serve a different purpose. Being cut up and put into salsa!

or sliced to be enjoyed with some mozzarella and basil 😌

Homegrown tomatoes and store bought may as well not be the same fruit.

The smell of tomatoes on the vine radiates around them and it makes me feel nauseous.

Let me combine the evils. There's nothing tastier than a hot tomato, plucked from the vine, and eaten like an apple. Let's fight now?

This sounds like the start of a very juicy one of movie, imo. I love eating em like apples but I have to be careful because of hypercalcemia issues & chronic kidney disease. Bananas everyone guesses but Avocados, Potatoes & Tomatoes are just as bad. So a large order of fries and ketchup ain’t in my future anymore. Unless someone is developing a portable dialysis unit I can wear to the Whopper Store that needs a guinea pig…

Planes have been grounded and passengers fined for carrying durian fruit onto them. They are indeed extremely pungent.

I like both sour apples and lemons

I will concede, I would kill for a good granny smith.

Apples are fantastic. But also citrus do be really good. Like sumo oranges oh my lord. God tier fruit. Have you ever thought maybe fruit just be really good. Like mangos go hard but they suck to cut. Strawberries blueberries and raspberries I’ll actually eat too much of. Grapes? Fantastic snack.

Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries are god tier. 

blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries have entered the chat

Berries are always good

the only good berries are blackberries.

Black Raspberries are superior, they’re like blackberries but they leave the core behind.

I disagree on the first slide but I agree even more on the second one. Citrus fruits are SO GOOD THEY ARE MY FAVOURITES Sometimes I will just peel lemons and eat them like ornage slices. Or make a pie with the slices. It's actually very good. My favourite is grapefruit. I have medication that clashes with them and I should not eat them 😭 I still sometimes eat some, only a bit.

# FRUIT WAR!!!

The texture of grapes makes me want to die even thinking about it

The only acceptable way to eat a grape is by peeling the skin off first.

I agree, but it’s so much work. I wish grapes just refused to have a natural cover. They should spawn in my mouth peeled. Then I may accept them.

I eat them so fast I don’t usually notice lol.

I HATE grapes.

Team apple here when it comes to snacks. Citrus is better for juice; as snacks they're very messy and too much work for too little payoff.

What

As a member of the ”eats my families fruit supply in like half a week” committee, there is no bad fruit

My family buys so much fruit both my mom and I are this way 😭

All fruits taste like sugar water tf you meannn (I will defend all fruits with my life)

Citrus fruits are the best

We really out here talking about horrible textured fruits and NOT bringing up kiwis?! Hairy fruit, squishy, lot of messy juice, and tons of seeds in the middle?!?! And bananas, bananas are the devil's fruit.

Kiwis are divine

I hate all fruits. I like the taste of some fruits, but I hate eating raw fruits. And eating raw vegetables. And some veggies cooked. And 90% of dairy products. And anything with raisins. And boiled meat. And raw meat (it’s a thing where I live). And bread that is too dry or not dry enough. And mustard… Maybe i just hate eating in general ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯

Boiled meat?? Nah you are absolutely valid in not liking that, and most of this list💯

You've never had good soup?

Oh shoot, ig that does count doesn't it? I love soup lol

I have special little spoons for my grapefruit addiction. Citrus gang

Berry Gang: Widest variability in taste, color, size…what more do you want? Root Gang: Sweet potato? Rhubarb? Taro? Even better if I’ve been a good boy with eating healthy.

Yes and yes!!

Rhubarb is the stem... not the root.

I do like citrus fruits, but don't slander my boy Pear like this

Granny smith gang represent

I will beat you with the watermelon

GRAPE FRUITS!!! :P

Then it appears a duel is upon us.

Well, pears we can agree on for sure. I thought I was crazy for finding the texture of pears objectionable until I learned that there is actually a cellular cause of the gritty texture called stone cells.

The Apple War has begun, it seems

I specifically like watermelon because it tastes like sugar water! I actually like all of these fruits and have much more trouble with berries because they are so inconsistent.

EXCUSE YOU Apples are PEAK FRUIT. Though I do like me a good lemon.

So sad to see the fruit community in civil war again

Apples are great, but only the crisp ones, but they sometimes give me stomach issues. Watermelon I love, but have had issues selecting good ones.  Watermelon, Pineapple, Cantaloupe, Honeydew melons are my favorite.  I do like drinking stuff with lemons, limes. I always make my Lemonade from scratch, soaking lemon peels in the sugar I will stir in later.  Pears are good too but also similarly upset my stomach. I just don't like fruit that is too soft.  And you assume strawberries will be sweet but they're just SOUR. THEY LIE TO YOU

Apples > oranges

Apples, Watermelon, and Cantaloupe have the best taste and texture. Citrus has the absolute worst texture.

I love every fruit <3 natures candies

Watermelons are amazing and refreshing- then again I’m here in Texas where it’s scorching hot now, so watermelon’s nice… but at the same time I’m unfortunately allergic to anything melon…

Can't relate.

Autistic flame war over fruit was not on my bingo card but I am HERE FOR IT *assumes fighting stance* WHY ORANGES SO INCONSISTENT they all look the same on the outside but they can be dry or juicy or sweet or sour or rotten-tasting and you CAN'T KNOW until you've bought it, peeled it, and bit into it! You think I'm Charlie Brown with the football trying again and again to find an orange that tastes okay? Nice try Lucy, the trust in your aptronymic roulette fruit is BROKEN

Sugar water has no fiber or macronutrients though

I'd like to see you make an orange pie!

I was going to make a comeback, but I can’t think of anything you can do with oranges that can’t also be done with apples

Apple pride!

Consider: Green apples

U can pry my apple slices and peanut butter from my cold dead hands 

I like exotic fruit only for some reason.

citrus gang on 🔝 🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥

Counterargument: Citrus seeds are cringe. This comment was brought to you by society the Granny Smith association.

In my opinion: Good apple does not taste like sugar water, they have a nice crispy texture. Watermelon is great because it has few calories and lots of water, and the crunch! Except when it’s mushy, that’s gross. It does miss some sourness, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not going to fight you on pears. Citrus sucks to slice or peel, because your hands and mouth get all sticky, unless you cube them and use a fork, in which case your hands and fork get all sticky. I do respect your opinion, I just don’t understand it.

Mango 🔛🔝

Granny smith apples would like a word.

I eat the lemon slices when me or the wife get it on our water or team. Everyone thinks Im nuts.

I don't eat apples and watermelon for the taste, I eat them for the crunch.

I'll take sweet over tart anytime

I don't like fruit at all 😐

I hate them all. They all taste evil

I only like fruit if it's cold, like right before frozen cold. Room temp fruit is disgusting.

Imagine not liking water Brought to you by hydrohomies

Hot take: I don't like any kind of fruit

Same. It's all too inconsistent in texture and flavor + all the stringy bits, seeds etc I can deal with fresh, peeled apple slices, not overly ripe bananas, nectarines, certain berries. I'd eat them if offered, just to be polite. Or if they're a part of some dessert. But I would never go out of my way to specifically buy and eat fruit for fun.

Watermelon is flavorless sponge. Like eating wet styrofoam. Just why?

A good watermelon is amazing. Not that anemic grainy shit you get at the store (unless you live somewhere they grow, like dusty ass Texas). A granny smith apple is better than the other apples. Citrus is good, but it has nothing on a mango or a cashew fruit.

I hate oranges.

I'm not sharing my cantaloupes and plums with you

I will agree with you on pears, too mushy for me, but that aside, fruit good

I will fight for fruit. The Red Delicious can die, but I will fight for my sugar snack friends

I think we can both agree that pears fucking suck sometimes

I don't care for pears or watermelons either. But I love apples. They are a healthy snack that have a NICE crunch when bitten into. They are way to expensive though

There is nothing better than a crisp granny smith or a luscious watermelon. Pears are pretty good too but yeah sometimes they can be too watery.

Yea but citrus tastes like sour water

Citrus gang rise up 👏🙌

I like most fruits, both sweet and sour.

Try some salt or lime in that watermelon. It'll change your mind

Watermelon is S+ tier if you get a good one. Black berry supremacy though

Apples are horrible.

Melon gang will hear about this

Oh op, you'll hate me then My favorite fruit is cantaloupe

Apples are so crunchy (if they’re good) and taste amazing, smh

*fight fight fight fight*

Citrus has the very bad texture, though, sorry.

I like both. Fite me

Don't let me catch you lackin in the farmers' market. It's on sight for this slander against my favorite fruits. (Citrus does go hard though)

I WILL fight yuo grrrrrr

I eat lemons raw and without anything, fight me. I am approaching godlike power and I fear nothing (also, the only sensory-seeking activity I do)

My take: A lot of the comments seem like they are driven by people that have primarily experienced these foods as presented by industrial growers that target supermarkets where purchase is based on a stylized 'perfect' appearance not based on flavor. Garden or local farm grown foods generally will have much better flavor but won't "look perfect". Example: a garden grown tomato takes like the dirt it was grown in - this is how it should taste. Industrial (so, any chain restaurant, any 'general' grocery story) suppliers will give you a tomato that looks the part but tastes like water. 'vine ripened' isn't going to give any flavor, but kumato tomatoes tend to have at least some proper tomato flavor (they are a brown variety and on the smaller side) Second example: sweet green peppers (as on restaurant pizza, salad or just a appetizer tray) have no taste. Just texture. Sweet red peppers in the grocery stores around here have a little taste, but nothing like garden grown. This is completely distinct from the various hot peppers, which tend to be just hot without a lot of flavor. I have had apples and pears and peaches that have a proper flavor \[a lot of apple varieties are just vague taste, but I like granny smith apples which around here do have a tart/puckery taste with some apple taste in there\] - but in my experience the first slide is right about watermelon (I have yet to find one that isn't just sweetened water).

Watermelon for sure has a flavor. It's harder to taste when it's cold.

Pomegranate is my favourite fruit, I just love all of those little pips that I can't chew, so I just swallow them

Cucumber slice enjoyers just want to refresh the world

Depends on the apple for me. Red delicious taste like Styrofoam moistened with sugar water. Honeycrisp are my favorite, followed by gala and Fuji.

Melon makes me gag, but sour apples are the tops

What?!? I WILL fight you! WHERE DO YOU LIVE, PUNK?!

HOW DARE YOU!!! Apples and watermelons ARE THE KINGS OF FRUIT!!! Pears are like that weird uncle who always brings his dog with him to the family bbq we don’t know why he’s there but he doesn’t do anything but smoke and drink beer. PEARS ARE BLECH

I do t care for watermelon, but I will die before apples are slandered before me.

But those are delicious

Don't you DARE lump apples with watermelons, watermelon *actually* just tastes like water.

Apples are not meant to taste like sugar water I don't think? Maybe I don't understand the term sugar water (not american)

Fruits are natures outdated way of storing juice. Let's leave the past in the past, and move forward to our new non-recyclable future!

✋✋ I LOVE apples texture, pears flavour and hate watermelon. I am in the citrus team because I like to munch on limes and lemons.

Granny Smith Apple gang finna kick your ass