Friday Top 5: Fruits

Alan has chastised me for listing my top 5s from the top down, since there is no suspense that way. I guess I see his point. I'll do it his way from here on out.

Top 5 Fruits.

Yer damn right. We have a fruit bowl in the living area. We've had fruit bowls in the living area before this, and they never stay for too long since fruit is a semi-regular occurrence in our apartment. Gazing out over my Xbox controller, I see the fruit and I smell the sweet biting aroma of the pears and oranges in there, and I salivate.

5) Oranges

Oranges are great. They make orange juice, primarily. I, however, do not eat oranges in fruit form because they seem to be too much work, and they leave little dingles in my teeth. Also however, however, orange flavored things are perhaps my favorite things, which is why oranges make it into the list. Orange Tic-Tacs just can't be beat.

4) Kiwi

I haven't had Kiwi in ages. I love them. If they weren't so damn hard to find and expensive I'd eat more of them, but they are hard to find and expensive. Sweet and sour, melty and a bit crunchy, they have it where it counts. I guess it sucks that you need to skin them, although I've never tried eating the skin, maybe it's really good.

3) Pears

Pears might have gotten the #2 spot, if it weren't for Honey Crisp apples. The pear is a great fruit, supremely sweet, gooshy (technical term), and green. I can only assume that they're good for you, but I don't know for sure. The main issue that I have with grapes is that they have a very specific "excellence zone" where they are really good. Too ripe and they are hard and I don't like them. Too old and they fall apart in your hands. When they're just right, though, they are just great.

2) Apples

Apples come in many different forms, which is what makes them kind of a tricky business. Green apples are pretty OK, though I can only eat them once a year or so. Red apples are the real apples, though they are just as complicated. Honey Crisp are by far the best in the apple world, though they are often out of season and quite expensive. Most other red apples are too bitter or not crisp enough for me.

1) Bananas

Hands down, best best ever. Stupid people call them proof of intelligent design. I call them really good fruit. They are perfect when they are still green, in my eyes, since at that point they have a bit of a sour flavor that just hits the spot for me. Nutritious delicious, Bananas are far and away #1.

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