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Default Got a favourite fruit?

On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 06:39:51 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:27:24 -0500, Travis McGee >
>wrote:
>
>>On 2/21/2016 11:25 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>> In article >, jmcquown
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd have to say pineapple. How about you?
>>>
>>> Oranges and peaches.
>>>
>>> leo
>>>

>>
>>Watermelon, I think. Although, I still drool at the thought of a nice,
>>ripe, loquat, even though I haven't had one in decades.

>
>I have 2 young, not yet fruiting, loquat trees, but I've never eaten a
>loquat yet. All I know is that a neighbour gave me a dubious look when
>he saw those trees and said: "You like loquats???"


Loquats are okay. My grandparents had a loquat tree and I used to eat
them when I was a kid. The texture is akin to a very ripe pear and I
guess somewhat similar to a pear in flavour.