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HELP - Grapefruits - what to do with 3 trees full?????

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sibble · 08/10/2007 20:00

I have pitifully juiced, frozen and thrown the entire crop of 3 trees for the past 4 years (except the odd breakfast glass which only I will drink). Any ideas for what to do with masses of grapefruits welcomed - PLEASE.

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Blackduck · 08/10/2007 20:01

marmalade

shrooms · 08/10/2007 20:48

Blend in to smoothies with less bitter fruits.
Make jams and jellies
dehydrate in a low, open oven, overnight. Might make them fun to eat for kids
Use in salads, fruit AND veg (trust me, it works)

Failing that,
Learn to juggle
take them to plays and chuck them at the actors
Sell them
try fitting whole ones in your mouth
Fill bin bags with them and use in place of a mattress
Stamp on them
deep fry them and try finding a niche (best bet scotland)
Decorate the house with them by threading them on strings
name them all and try to remember which one is which
raise them as if they were your own
have a bath and see if it takes years off
sit peeling them one by one in a rocking chair muttering to yourself and see if it scares the kids off
take them to football matches and snigger at their faces.

shrooms · 08/10/2007 20:52

Draw faces on them and use instead of pumpkins at halloween
they make good salad dressings also
Offer them to the local church for christingle.
Ferment them and make grapefruit liquer
Fill your pockets with them for ages, then take them out and listen to the compliments on your weight loss.

shrooms · 08/10/2007 20:55

thread the segments on thread and use for jewellry.
barbeque the flesh with smoked tofu and veg kabab skewers,
Use the juice ice cubes in drinks at cocktail parties.

I have way too much free time.

shrooms · 09/10/2007 11:43

Make a ball pool with them for your dcs
Dry out and make pot pourri
put the segments in your mouth with the skin covering your teeth and keep smiling at people
make a snowman/other model out of them using toothpicks to fix together
see if you can get them through customs
Put them on a string and tie to the back of your car so they bump around at the back when you drive. Write 'Just married' on them

Shove one on each finger and give people massages

sibble · 09/10/2007 19:42

shrooms, you are either completely mad or do have too much time on your hands - love them particularly the ferment and make liquor may have to give that one a go. I wouldn't mind but the mandarin tree died (could have had alot to do with the kids climbing it ) the lemon tree hardly fruits so I have to go and buy them and the poxy grapefruit trees are indestructable.

Sadly blackduck we don't like marmalade, although I suppose if all else fails I could donate them to the WI

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shrooms · 10/10/2007 00:09

Tsk tsk... poxy grapefruit trees?!
They are now invaluable thanks to my list of grapefruit uses. You shold be thankful for them - how else would you be able to do all those cool things otherwise. In fact, I'm quite jealous.
I might try to grow a grapefruit tree now. (Or maybe three...)

And perhaps its a bit of both madness and too much free time. Ahem.

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