My older brother sent me a link to this comic, which given my adventures in the produce section seemed relevant:
The comic is from http://xkcd.com/ who has a cool license on sharing and hotlinking, so I’m not even thieving his work (which kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn’t it?).
Personally, I would move the orange higher up on the tastiness scale, and bananas are definitely tastier than green apples, which should be moved below the tasty-axis. They’re just too tart for my tastebuds. I would also move pears above blueberries. I love blueberries in smoothies or in pancakes or oatmeal, but on their own I prefer the sweetness of pears. While grapefruits can be difficult, if you have the right utensils, they become easier to manage, so I would add a picture of a grapefruit plus a grapefruit spoon higher up on the easy-axis. Coconuts didn’t even make the graph because according to the mouseover text “Coconuts are so far down to the left they couldn’t be fit on the chart. Ever spent half an hour trying to open a coconut with a rock? Fuck coconuts.” (He cursed, not me. Fucking potty mouths.)
If I had any artistic skill, I would sketch in all the fruits I’ve tried recently. Oh wait, I do have some artistic skill. (Sometimes I forget.) I guess I won’t do it because I’m lazy.
Chubby Chick says
February 28, 2008 at 8:31 amCool comic! Strawberries would be at the top of my list. And bananas would definitely be higher than green apples and plums!
Comrade GoGo says
February 28, 2008 at 9:09 amHah! My boyfriend was trying to describe this very comic aloud to me last night. Man, the xkcd dude really has it out for grapefruits.
VerseFameBeauty says
February 28, 2008 at 9:22 amI’d keep watermelon where it is on the difficult axis but move it much farther up on the tasty axis!
Pork Chop says
February 28, 2008 at 9:22 amYou crack my shit up. :-D
Beckett says
February 28, 2008 at 9:32 amMy husband and I love xkcd. We thought this one was great and had a great fruit tastiness debate!
Joanna says
February 28, 2008 at 9:55 amWhere be the apricots? Kiwis? Mangoes?
If red and green apples get separate lines, then I’d argue for the same treatment of red and green grapes.
Way fun.
MamaMaven says
February 28, 2008 at 11:00 amI’ve become a bit of a picky apple eater in the last year, I bet I could do a whole chart on tastiness of different kinds of apples! Love this. I vote yes on the red/green/black grapes as well.
Red says
February 28, 2008 at 12:01 pmxkcd is truly everywhere!
I never thought I’d see a link to xkcd on one a fitness blog…
AndrewE says
February 28, 2008 at 12:31 pmI guess I won’t do it because I’m lazy. Hahaha…welcome to my world. :)
Heather says
February 28, 2008 at 12:43 pmPomegranates? Untasty? They’re the most delicious things ever.. Difficult, yes. They are difficult.
victoria says
February 28, 2008 at 1:39 pmI like the cartoon very much. May I ask a question on another topic? I hope this is not rude: if it is a rude question, please ignore it. But I wonder whether your dramatic weight loss has made skin removal surgery necessary; whether you have already had it or plan to; whether insurance paid/will pay; how much it did/will hurt, etc. OK, there, I asked. Sorry if it was intrusive to bring this up. Even though you’ve already taken a lot of risks putting your weight loss journey on line like this, I understand that there are no doubt topics you don’t want to discuss with the entire internet, and if this is one of them, please forgive me for intruding.
PQ – The skin question is the most frequently asked question I get. I wrote an entry about it here.
don't be so literal says
February 28, 2008 at 10:04 pmHi PQ! I used to cut my grapefruits in half and eat them with the special spoon, but because it was kind of a pain, I rarely bought them. I was given a grapefruit from a friend’s tree recently, and, having no utensils handy, I just peeled and ate it like an orange. I have to say that it was totally delicious. Since then, I’ve been eating one to two ruby reds a day. I usually use my $0.75 Pampered Chef orange peeler, to remove most of the pith, but even when I haven’t had it handy, those grapefruits have been goooood eatin’. I just thought I’d mention the option, in case you’ve never tried it.
Stephanie Quilao says
February 29, 2008 at 6:38 pmI agree on the bananas. But I wanna know where the Kumquats and Lychees are?
sb says
February 29, 2008 at 7:08 pmTotally off topic question… how in the world do you get the entire mouse-over quote to show up? I’m using firefox, and all I can see is:
“Coconuts are so far down to the left they couldn’t be fit on the chart. Ever spent half a…”
I have looked all over for how to make that box display all the text, but can’t find anythign that works. If you have a trick… please share!
Thanks
SB
PQ – Sorry, sb, I don’t know about that one. You can always right-click on an image, select “Properties” and read the “Alternate Text” listed at the bottom of the pop up box. It’s a pain, but it works.
sb says
March 3, 2008 at 3:58 amThanks for that suggestion PQ! That’s actually a lot easier than viewing the source HTML of the page… which was the only thing I’ve figured out on my own. Yes, I am indeed a geek. ;-)
K says
March 3, 2008 at 10:20 amI suppose you’re never going to get a tasty/untasty lineup on which everyone will agree… (Says the woman who will happily eat a slice of lemon.)
Myself, I am wondering whether raspberries are too far off the top of the chart…
Dana says
March 8, 2008 at 7:10 pmHe is so totally wrong about pomegranates. They’re one of my favorite fruits. And I am not a big fruit and veggie person, so that is saying something.
I love that strip. A couple weeks ago there was one about a guy who was staying up late because, quote, “Someone is WRONG on the Internet.” Oh sorry, my ears are burning. Hee.
PQ – OMG, I saw the one about being wrong on the Internet and loved it too.