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> Of all the citrus that we have, there are only three "natural" plants: the mandarin, pomelo and citron.

Well, not quite… there’s a bunch of other, more niche Citrus species too. For instance, here in Australia you might see finger limes (Citrus australasica) now and again. But it’s true that all the most widespread citruses are hybrids of those three.

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Pomelo, if one hasnt had it, is AMAZING (if you like citrus)

but mostly for thgose who like pulp. The corpuscles in pomelo are huge - and its super delicious.

Highly recommend (its basically a gigantic 'orange' with its own flavor.

And much like a pomegranate or a crab, half the experience is taking it apart.

My local grocery store had them for a few weeks but doesn’t stock them anymore. A shame, because they are delicious.

They're a bit finicky though. The ones I find in the grocery store are often quite dried out (overripe I guess?).

If you get a juicy one though they really are amazing.

Is it somewhat like grapefruit then? Never eaten a pomelo.

It's the same fruit, "pomelo" in Spanish is "grapefruit" in English.

edit: ok, according to Wikipedia, "pomelo" is an ancestor of grapefruit. But in Spanish, "pomelo" is grapefruit.

Nah, pomelo is like 2x larger, its skin is as thick as a picky, and has no bitterness in its tsate

Right. I was confused because in Spanish "pomelo" means grapefruit.

I thought this too until I was corrected by a Cuban person. In (her) Spanish pomelo means pomelo and toronja means grapefruit.

Now there is definitely room for more than one of us to be right but I thought I should mention it.

Ah, yes: to be clear, different Spanish(es) have different words for things. Some differences are hilarious, such as the word for "to pick up" in Spain ("coger") meaning "to fuck" in Argentinian Spanish.

In Argentinian Spanish, "pomelo" is 100% "grapefruit". I'm sure of this: I'm Argentinian.

But yes, it's likely that we are both right and in Cuba this isn't the case!

So is it an idiom in Argentina to say "go fuck a grapefruit"?

Haha, no, we use a different verb for "pick up"/"grab": agarrar.

So thankfully no sex with grapefruits is strictly necessary.

Much less bitter than a grapefruit. It's a sweet, delicious fruit.

That What I remember from this excellent documentary about citrus[0].

I would also plug "Weird explorer" playlist on citrus[1]. His youtube channel where he tries to cover as much fruits as he can(his estimate is around 1% of all fruits)

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMKJCvJKBk

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diy5s8_gNYM&list=PLvGFkMrO1Z...

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