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Julie Bove[_2_]
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Free Grapefriut
"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
>
says...
>> > > >> I'll admit I find a half grapefruit inefficient to eat. I usually
>> > > >> peel them like an orange and extract the supremes with a paring
>> > > >> knife. It's messy, but satisfying.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
>> > > >
>> > > > Supremes is a new term to me.
>> > > >
>> > > > Janet UK
>> > >
>> > > Really? I guess you never watched Jacques Pepin then.
>> > >
>> > >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huFjPGrq1Og
>> >
>> > You should have listened to him. Pepin calls them grapefruit
>> > "segments" throughout. He never calls them "supremes". It's right there
>> > in your own link, stupid.
>> >
>> > Brits always call them segments, just like Pepin does.
>> >
>> > Janet UK
>>
>> Segments could have the "wrapper" attached. Supremes are always
>> the pulpy flesh alone.
>
> Here, grapefruit segments are just the flesh, separated exactly as
> Pepin demonstrates and names.
So what do you call the individual pieces of citrus fruit with membrane
attached? Oh yeah. You Brits probably grow them with no membranes.
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