View original postIt's a knife with a slightly curved tip. You use this to seperate the flesh of each segment from the skin of the segment. The grapefruit is cut in half, you can put sugar on it if you want to (I let it stand for at least ten minutes, with a good layer of sugar which is then absorbed), then put the knife between the endocarp and the meat and cut until the bottom, following the skin. Also seperate the flesh on one side of the segment, but let the other side sit. Repeat until you have done so for all segments. Then use a normal, small spoon to eat the inside of each wedge, without the icky skin.
There's also apparently a few other versions, including one with twin blades, as well as the curve you mention but some where it's just hooked back and others where it's bent perpendicular to to the blade's plane rather than just curved. I can't imagine shoving any version in my mouth however, and I'm normally fairly comfortable with eating from knife point or blade. I don't mind the skin though so it's unlikely to become an issue, truth be told I've only ever used a grapefruit spoon rather than fingernails when the thing has been presented to me already slice in half.
View original postAnd now I'm hungry...
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I want a grapefruit spoon
- 18/11/2013 11:10:13 AM
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Re: I want a grapefruit spoon
- 18/11/2013 11:25:35 AM
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But do you have a grapefruit spoon to eat it with?
- 18/11/2013 12:21:13 PM
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In fact I do, a lone and old one inherited from my grandmother I believe
- 18/11/2013 12:57:33 PM
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I have a grapefruit knife.
- 18/11/2013 02:17:57 PM
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Huh, never seen one, had to look it up
- 18/11/2013 04:33:02 PM
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This is really funny because I had one for breakfast for the first time in years. *NM*
- 18/11/2013 03:07:49 PM
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I used to have them a couple times a week as a kid, but I can't think of when I last had one
- 18/11/2013 03:54:41 PM
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Someone to follow behind these doggies and pick up the stuff they leave behind.
- 19/11/2013 05:59:53 PM
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I want motivation, and an extra 7 hours a night so I can sleep. *NM*
- 23/11/2013 02:20:17 AM
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