giant fruit!!!

I've certainly seen the little oranges called cuties! I did see some green grapes that were rather large. I shudder to think of what type hybrid or engineering went into the creation of those fruits. I know that when I pick fruit from a tree or vine that I don't see such large ones! I never throw fruit away. If you have a juicer, then combine the fruits into a juice. If you have a food processor, grind, bag, and freeze. Toss the fruit into pancake batter, cake mix, muffin mix to add bulk and fiber. Toss into a smoothie! Yep, always a way to use up the food without wasting any.

Saw them and it's hard to believe you can't eat them because you live alone. You can always make a fruit salad out of it and save it for 2-3 days as well. I doubt these kind of fruits are healthy since it's seldom nature that makes them that way but human being. My thoughts? Why do people always manipulate fruit, nature, vegetables. How come everything needs to be bigger year after year. Not only the amount we eat and drink, but also fruit, bread, pie, cookies. I think only the milkyway is still the same size as 40 years ago in my country, the rest of the bars is about 6 times bigger by now.

yup I have seen them and we usually buy the grapes sometimes we have ot thro them away but the do last quit awhileso they get ate. I can see where one eperson couldnt eat the whole thing! BUt they do have smaller fruit in the stores here.

With all the advancements on genetics when it comes to various food stuffs, we're able to develop all the great huge fruits and veggies. I don't buy a lot of fresh fruits because like you I live alone....well almost- with the four cats and three dogs I'm not totally alone! But I hate wasting the foods too. I end up passing on the overages to one of the soup kitchens...free meals for the needy, homeless helpers...well you know what I am driving at. But I prefer to have the food go to those who would appreciate the extras. I also will hand it out to pan handlers that are at various stop lights so that they get something to eat. I also will take it to school and leave it out for other students to grab on their way to class. Also any extra prepackaged foods get donated to our local food bank. I was given a jar of marshmallow cream, which I wouldn't use in this lifetime or next so it's going to the food bank. It's wonderful hearing from you again. I haven't been feeling too well myself, this bridge thing in my heart really does create a life change! Anyhow between the stress of the end of the college semester and then Bill had a problem with an infection in his hand I was so stressed out that I ended up in the ER too. Like one of Bill's friends stated "the only thing golden about your golden years is your urine!" Anyhow, it is totally wonderful to hear from you again!!

I have not seen fruit that large. I would be suspicious of what they treated the plants with to get the fruit that big. I haven't bought much fruit lately, I crave oranges and especially honey tangerines. I can't find honey tangerines, only the little sour ones or the expensive clementines which are also sour this year. And the oranges, no matter where they are from, are not sweet and juicy but sour and must be old because they won't separate well once you peel them--the sections won't come apart easily but tear and are so messy! I'm really disappointed and wonder why the citrus is so sour this year. It was the same in the summer. I'm glad you're posting again, you must be feeling much better!

I have seen an orange as large as a grapefruit. It was good too, but I think all four of us kids and daddy shared it! Daddy had brought it home from California if I am not mistaken! All I want to know is if they tasted good or were geneticaly modified!! lol..

I have seen large fruit this year, and have thought that some places must have had super growing seasons. With the bananas, I would freeze half and then mush it up and eat it like ice cream when I can only eat half. I cut the apple in half and coat the other half with either orange or lemon juice and seal in a container, or I couk it. The grapes are pretty big, but you can just eat fewer of them.

I remember seeing oranges as big as grapefruit when I was a teenager, so it's not a new phenomenon. However, a couple months ago, I bought what I thought were oranges (prepackaged on the discount rack and therefore unidentified) but when I peeled the first one, it turned out to be a grapefruit! Which was ok, as that's how I eat grapefruit anyway, but I had set my tastebuds for orange...

Only the grapes. Which I bought and don't really like. Takes a lot more time to peel. Those huge fruits would worry me. What kind of things are they doing to make them like that?

You eat those large fruits? Oh, my goodness! You have to stay away from those large fruits. Those fruits grown not in a natural way. Syntactic and chemicals were put into the plantation, that's why they can grow so large. By the way, if you eat those fruits, they can affect your health. It is not recommended for anyone to eat large fruits.

there's lots of big and mega-size fruits nowadays. It makes me wonder who's hands was playing with the nature of our food. Big is not always economically relevant to present situation. On the news yesterday, it was stated that more people are living alone compared to 10 years ago. If i remember correctly, the stat said more than 4 people living in a house 10 years ago, but it falls to mere 1.89 people per house now. If each house bought big fruit and can't finish it before they gone rotten, just count how much fruit was turn into waste. Better go feed the monkey behind my house.

No, I have seen these mega fruits, I was actually saying the other day how small the portions have become.

I'm a fruit lover...I would very much like to eat mega fruits if it will be available...

wow giant!!! were they planted and grew naturally? I mean no some chemicals were put as it was growing. but yes, natural grown gigantic fruits are great. I like them. This morning I went to my land lady's backyard and picked, giant carambolas or star fruit. I like them so much and specially now that it is very cold here it is good source of vitamin C. that I am sure that nothing was used to have that kind of produce.

We buy fresh, organic and, generally, local fruits and veggies. They are all what one would likely classify as being "normal-sized." So, I really am not familiar with the "mega-fruit" phenomenon. If it really is too much for you, there is always the option of freezing the remainder so that you are not in the position of tossing the food. You could also consider drying the leftovers if you have a food dehydrator.