Fruit Basket
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27166)
Australia
June 19, 2017 2:15am CST
# 74
Fruits have always been a constant favorite for my family. We always have one, two, or even three different kinds in a fruit basket on our dining table. The Pixabay picture I used as a header looks very similar to what we usually have. Maybe add bananas to the basket as we seem to always have some of them around too.
I was just looking around my kitchen and inside the fridge; I realized at that particular time I had more than usual number of fruit varieties available. I counted 10 of them; there were bananas, apples, oranges, mandarins, and lemons in the fruit basket. I also saw grapes, cut up watermelons and cantaloupes in the fridge. Then there were a couple of fresh young coconuts and a box of dates that my husband had just bought sitting on the kitchen counter.
And a few days ago, a friend brought some fruits for us too. They were gone now but they would add to the different varieties we already had. He brought some freshly picked guavas from his trees. Also some mangoes and jackfruit he bought from the fresh market.
We love fruits! 
Image credit: Pixabay
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44 responses
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
19 Jun 17
I have a fruit basket on my kitchen counter that always is filled with fruits (oranges, apples, bananas, pears). You will probably also find some cut up watermelon in my fridge.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
19 Jun 17
I love fruit too. I have a craving for some strawberries.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
19 Jun 17
bananas are constant here. then a seller drops by every day offering pineapple and papaya. one fruit i really liked was dark cherries. i've only ever known maraschino cherries on cakes and desserts.
it's interesting that people are able to grow guava and jackfruit trees there. why did you buy fresh young coconuts?
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
20 Jun 17
I've seen my friend's guava trees down here... They are not big trees but bear lots of guavas. I'm not sure if jackfruit trees grow here - my friend bought the jackfruit from the fresh market but they had actually been frozen.
My husband and my middle kids love young coconut water. He'll buy them once in a while when he sees them in the store.
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
21 Jun 17
@hereandthere Are the trees big? The ones my friend has are small - we don't have to climb it to get to the guavas...
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
21 Jun 17
@sishy7 i remember climbing a relative's guava trees when we were young also here in our neighborhood. i almost slipped.
here jackfruit can be cooked in coconut milk when not ripe, and eaten when ripe and added to desserts.
there is a fresh coconut stall here in my neighborhood, but i've never really liked coconut water (buko juice). i prefer buko pie and buko ice drop with mongo (red beans) and buko ice candy. hehe.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Jun 17
sounds like a fruity day! bwahaha
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Jun 17
I hope with all that fruit you have that you still find room to get your daily serving of veggies! haha
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
21 Jun 17
@moffittjc Nah, it's better for me to spread the serving out and just take a little bit at a time...
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Jun 17
@sishy7 Well you should! You'd get all your recommended daily serving of fruits in one sitting!
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
19 Jun 17
We don't have fruit baskets. But we buy fruits alot.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
19 Jun 17
I love it too...Bit right now there's nothing in sight in the house .Except some raisins.
It's mango time now
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
23 Jun 17
You should see my dad buying fruit! 
We buy lots !!
We buy lots !!1 person likes this
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
24 Jun 17
@sishy7
Let's talk about fruits at my parents place
We have pineapples, melons, apples, mangos, is avocado a fruit. In the fridge we have strawberries, grapes, blueberries, peaches, nectarines, pretty much any fruit you want to eat is here
It's seasonal and varies :)
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@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
25 Jun 17
@infatuatedbby that is a lot of fruits... 
yes, I think avocado is a fruit. I love all those summer fruits you have in the fridge...
yes, I think avocado is a fruit. I love all those summer fruits you have in the fridge... 1 person likes this
@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
20 Jun 17
Haven't tried dates. I have read good reviews on it and I am in the search of dates in my country.
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
21 Jun 17
@sishy7 I don't know if they are available here. Or I am not looking.
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
19 Jun 17
We also love fruits but because we are only depending in its season so we don't have much fruits in the table. What the season might have is what we eat. Like now its the season of mangoes and dragonfruits.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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26 Jun 17
Usually go with bananas and apples. I like to cut the banana to put on top of my cereal.
Enjoy apple wedge slices with cheese. Also, I'll put the wedges into my salad. Big fan of cranraisins which I put in both. With summer here, I'm growing tomatoes which I enjoy on sandwiches and in my salad. Fruit is not my #1 go to but I try.
Enjoy apple wedge slices with cheese. Also, I'll put the wedges into my salad. Big fan of cranraisins which I put in both. With summer here, I'm growing tomatoes which I enjoy on sandwiches and in my salad. Fruit is not my #1 go to but I try.@sishy7 (27166)
• Australia
27 Jun 17
@dgobucks226 This is the second nice idea I got for eating apples - another suggested to dip it in peanut butter... yum...
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