fruit expert/connoisseur here - there are my top 10 fruits, ranked

I think avocados have to be somewhere in the top 10.

my favorite fruit wrote:

I think avocados have to be somewhere in the top 10.

LOL, no

hombre3000 wrote:

my favorite fruit wrote:

I think avocados have to be somewhere in the top 10.

LOL, no

No, you're wrong. Avocados are definitely better than apples.

Breadfruit. Great for runners and the reason for the voyage of the HMS Bounty. People ended up living on Pitcairn Island because of breadfruit

https://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-weight-loss/a34237707/what-is-breadfruit/

You’ve never had a good plum and it shows. Bananas are not overrated, they are appropriately rated. Watermelon is good but I concede the prep is a hassle. As for your top 10, cherry is super annoying to eat so I don’t see it finishing at silver medal position. And put peach just below raspberry & strawberry.

Persimmon

Mango

Guava

Apple (not a store bought one)

Apricot

Lemon

Orange

Grapefruit

Mandarins

Pomelo

I like citrus.. to be honest almost all fruit taste great from an old backyard tree that has enough water and sunlight.

bulbasaur wrote:

You’ve never had a good plum and it shows. Bananas are not overrated, they are appropriately rated. Watermelon is good but I concede the prep is a hassle. As for your top 10, cherry is super annoying to eat so I don’t see it finishing at silver medal position. And put peach just below raspberry & strawberry.

A good plum is decent, but not memorable. Kind of tastes like tart sugar water. Extra points docked for an abysmal presentation, possible the the worst of the major fruits. However, plums do have a satisfying texture. I'd rank them in the 25 to 50% percentile of fruits.

Watermelon is massively overrated. Like plums, the taste is basically that of sugar water, but even less flavorful than plums. Presentation is average - the outside is just a big green shell, inside is just red. Hard to eat (seeds). Watermelons get points for versatility and texture. I'd rank in the 25% to 50%th percentile with plums.

Cherry was a bit of a passion pick for me. I love cherries. The texture is phenomenal, the taste of a sweet and sour cherry is sublime, they have a unique presentation/appearance and they are fairly versatile. I agree that making them hard to eat is a neg. I would still keep cherries in my top 3.

No papaya?? Kiwi?

Fraud! Blueberries at number 3? No way.

1. Peach

2. Concord Grapes

3. Raspberry

4. Pineapple

4. Banana

5. Strawberry

6. Cherry

7. Kiwi

8. Mango

9. Tangerine

10. Apple

11. Watermelon

Hey Hombre, that's neat, but haven't you forgotten about figs?

I agree that bananas are overrated (don't they taste like flour?), just like strawberries. However they work well in smoothies. One fruit I don't get is lychee.

To eat per se this is my list:

1. Nectarine

2. Cherry

3. Apricot

4. Pomegranate

5. Apple (yellow or green)

6. Fig

7. Raspberry

8. Chestnut

9. Orange

10. Pear

docLorna wrote:

No papaya?? Kiwi?

Blackberries? Pomegranate? Limes? Galia Melon?

Grapefruit is not overrated. You just haven’t had a good one.

Bananas have to score high due to versatility. It’s a very easy fruit to eat (including knowing when it is properly ripe) and goes well in baked goods, smoothies, pancakes, ice cream, etc. I even grill them sometimes for a change.

Not crazy about hour 4,5,6,7 and 8 pick.

I'd add dates, avocados and kiwis. I agree with you about plums, grapefruits and watermelon.

Grapes don’t even get a mention? A bowl of crisp green grapes is one of my favorite snacks.

Agree with others that avocado and plum are top 10.

Get cherries off the list.

You're definitely not Asian. I'm not either but I appreciate a good fruit. Lychees and Longans. I can eat a whole bag of either easily.

Bananas: they can be good or gross depending on how ripe

Watermelon ? is amazing (vine ripe from the field)

Mango

Raspberries

Peach

Strawberry

Papaya

Honeydew (bad ones are horrible)

Nectarines

Pineapple

Dried dates

Any list without watermelon and mango near the top is wrong... most melons are amazing but can be hard to get the correct ripeness

I like some the above list... But watermelon isn't#1.

Mango and raspberries are top 3 though.

Mango

Raspberries

Banana

Cherry

Watermelon

Blackberry

Cantaloupe ( in not a big HD guy but cantaloupe similarly can be great or terrible). I do like the great ones though.

I couldn't care of I never saw another apple, orange, etc I mean they're fine but just uninspiring. Also tired of strawberries. Half of every container is banged up too ripe, or moldy. Blueberry are just boring.

Peaches and nectarines are ok if good ones. The mealy ones gross me out.

I have an Indian friend that says the mangoes we get in the US are trash which I just don't get. I want to fight him when stats that crazy talk.

DanM wrote:

Breadfruit. Great for runners and the reason for the voyage of the HMS Bounty. People ended up living on Pitcairn Island because of breadfruit

I also love breadfruit.

The problem with the OPs list is he obviously hasn't had many of the fruits that are only available in the tropics. For example, rose apples and soursop are amazing, but can't really be shipped. Soursop has like a 2 dat window of ripeness. People who haven't had it might assume it is basically just a large cherimoya, but it is far better than a cherimoya.

Likewise cocoa fruits are awesome and can't handle shipping without requiring astronomical prices from air freight. So most people aren't even aware it has a pulpy fruit that grows around the seeds we turn into chocolate.

I guess it's always going to be somewhat biased towards the fruits available where you live, unless you're touring the world. Most people won't have tried a lot of the more common fruits in some areas. Applicable all over really.

It would take me a while to come up with a list of 10.

Are we counting tomatoes as fruits?

bfef wrote:

You're definitely not Asian. I'm not either but I appreciate a good fruit. Lychees and Longans. I can eat a whole bag of either easily.

Bananas: they can be good or gross depending on how ripe

Oops I meant Rambutan, not Longan. Rambutans are like Lychees but bigger and they have a peel with soft spikes. After you take off the peel the fruit in there is so damn good I cannot stop eating them until they are all gone. You can get them at Vietnamese markets.