Wondering if grapefruit is really all that great ? It looks great, smells great, but oh wow that bitterness… why ? Why is grapefruit bitter, and what can be done to make it taste better ? Does peeling it really remove the problem ? Is adding sugar all you can ever do ? Let’s find …
Bitter orange juice is the bane of anyone’s morning, and really not what you’re looking forward to when you sit down for a nice brunch. So why is orange juice bitter ? Is there anything you can do about it ? Does it matter if it’s fresh or from a carton ? Does it matter …
We’ve all seen seedless grapes in the market, and recently it was a real boom in those types of grapes, but what is the difference between seedless and seeded grapes? Other than the seeds, obviously. I like grapes a lot, actually, they are my favorite fruit, and when they are in season, I eat a …
Wondering what does star fruit taste like? Well, we got you covered! Star fruit or carambola, call it whatever you want. But the thing is, you can’t stop yourself from drooling once you see it on the streets or at the stores. It is a gorgeous, little fruit that looks like a star when sliced. …
The first time I saw those little oranges, the immediate question was, what does kumquat taste like? They look cute but are they worth buying ? Because they are quite expensive and hard to find in Romania. I am curious about every single exotic fruit out there, but some of them are disappointing, like dragon fruit, …
Olive trees are not growing in my country, but the first time I saw olive trees on vacation, somebody near me instantly said that the raw olives are poisonous, and I didn’t question it at that time. But now I decided to do some research to find out if raw olives are really poisonous and …
Rhubarb, everyone’s favorite fruit-vegetable ! You can find it in pie, smoothies, desserts, and sometimes even savory dishes in the beginning of summer. It’s usually paired with strawberry, so they tend to be on the shelves in the same season. But when should you stop eating rhubarb ? You may have heard something about rhubarb …
Are you staring at a breakfast menu and can’t decide ? Often the names on most menus aren’t very descriptive, so you have to look at the small print. It’s just that some establishments don’s have that small print, especially when it comes to breakfast. So what do those three hotel breakfast types mean ? …
There are quite a lot of vegetables that are safe to be eaten while unripe, but it is the case for green tomatoes as well. Do green tomatoes mean unripe tomatoes? We will discuss in this article how you can eat green tomatoes and what you can do with them if you don’t want to …
You don’t see too often green or unripe oranges in the market or stores, so when you see an orange that is not completely orange, it is perfectly fine to ask yourself if it’s safe to eat? I saw just a few times oranges that had some green spots in the store, but I never …
Passion fruit is an exotic fruit with a weird texture that most certainly doesn’t help you know when a passion fruit is fully ripe. For this reason, I will talk in this article about how safe it is to eat unripe passion fruit and what are the best ways to check if your passion fruit …
Due to its exotic nature and not being the most popular fruit out there, it is quite hard to know when persimmon is ripe. So if you bought some persimmons, it is perfectly fine to ask yourself if they are ripe or unripe and what you can do with them. When I first bought some …
It is increasingly hard to find good, tasting pears that are completely ripe at the market, so it is normal to ask yourself if you can eat unripe pears? Eating unripe fruits sometimes has some health benefits, like mango, but most of the time is not worth eating them raw since they are way too …
“Can you eat unripe mango?” is most probably a question that anyone who tried to eat mango had in mind. This fruit has a great taste and texture, but it is difficult to get it when it is perfectly ripe. It is like avocado, you let it sit for a few days, it doesn’t look …
If you often buy kiwi from the store without carefully picking each of them you can end up with some unripe kiwis, so naturally, the next question is if you can eat unripe kiwi? Because this happened to me as well, I thought I would make an article to explain the problems with unripe kiwis …
Lychee is an interesting-looking fruit that most likely will make you curious about how it tastes and how you have to eat it, but the first thing you will notice is that it is quite expensive. So if you ask yourself why lychee is so expensive and if it’s worth trying, don’t worry; you are …
You know the delicious smell and taste of baked butternut squash, but do you ever had the curiosity if you can eat raw butternut squash? I know I had, and it seemed a weird idea since I always baked it, but after doing some research, I came to some interesting conclusions that might interest you. …
I know it’s almost impossible to pass by the fruit area in the supermarket and not be tempted to buy kumquats when you see them. But if you buy too much, the next question is how you should store kumquats to keep them fresh for as long as possible. They look cute, like grape-sized oranges, …
Even if it may be obvious that lemon zest and lemon juice are not the same things, they can be substituted with each other in some recipes, while in other recipes, there is no way you can use substitute them. So I thought I would check for every difference that people noticed between lemon zest …
Blackberries, like most berries, are a hit or miss. You either buy a carton that’s divine and worth the extra penny, or you find the saddest little things ever. There is no in-between. So what do you do when you find yourself with a carton of bitter blackberries ? Can you try and fix them …