Ive been a citrus whore lately. If I think something has citrus, Im drinking, sucking it, licking it, and devouring it. After voting today, I found myself in the fruit aisle at a local grocery. Ive been eagerly awaiting the upcoming citrus season from Florida because I refuse to eat citrus from Chile. Whats the point in that?

Anyway, so there it was. My bane in the citrus world. A massive five pound green citrus fruit called a pummelo. I havent seen one before today, and stood and stared at it, drooling, like a dog watching a butcher shop through a window. It was expensive too, 2.69. But, hey, the porcines are ruling my life at the moment so any new weapon in the arsenal of H1N1 devastation will be gladly welcomed into the SJG fold.

I bought it, along with some other fruit in case it turned out to be a bust.

I get it home, stroking it in the car as I was driving, and drop it on the table. Not sure how to peel it, or even if it could be peeled, I get the big knife and slash it in two like a watermelon. Then I put the knife down, and have panic attack because my stupid cat decided to lick the knife, so I had to chase him down and make him open his mouth so I could see if he had cut his tongue. I have a bloody bite mark for my efforts and no, he did not cut his tongue.

I get back to the fruit and its pink on the inside like a grapefruit, and wow, the pith around the meat of the beast is about an inch thick and white. Id never have peeled that puppy. I have to use the knife to cut the meat out. After that I just I light into it like a starved fruit bat, just sucking the juices out and tearing away at the tiny oblong containers of juice.

And yes, it was bitter, and not really all that tasty. But there was a whole honking lot of it. But at 2.69 per and the work involved to get to the meat isnt so much worth it. Ill wait on the oranges.