On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 11:44:44 AM UTC-6, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:26:45 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 10:44:17 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2021-01-11 7:51 a.m., songbird wrote:
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> On Sunday, January 10, 2021 at 10:00:31 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 1/2 a cantaloupe, peeled and diced, an avocado and several large strawberries now warming gently..they are ready! :-)
> >> >>>
> >> >>> BRB...
> >> >>>
> >> >> Do you not care for chilled or at least room temperature fruit? I can't imagine
> >> >> downing a warm avocado or strawberries.
> >> >
> >> > it isn't uncommon here for us to leave out a bowl of melon
> >> > or other fruit so it will get closer to room temperature before
> >> > eating and i've microwaved some to warm it up a bit. i also do
> >> > that with salads here or there if i don't want a cold meal.
> >> I eat a lot of fruit and most of it is eaten warm.... especially melon..
> >
> >I don't eat much fruit. Raisins in my oatmeal are warm. Prunes are room temp.
> >Apples are room temp on weekdays and fridge temp on weekends.
> I like mangoes out of the fridge. I've never warmed up fruit unless it
> was part of something baked.

I store most of my fruit at room temp like apples and mangoes and only put in the refrigerator stuff like strawberries, etc. And I normally warm my mangoes slightly on Defrost in the microwave before eating. Nothing like a body temp mango! "Her lips were like a warm mango" is a phrase I saw a man on TV say years ago! :-)

John Kuthe, RN, BSN...