It was in Nigeria that I became aware of grapefruit – a sour or bitter tasting citrus fruit, other than lemons or limes.
My siblings and I were encouraged to consume these fruits, possibly because they were bigger than oranges, but packed with similar nutrients.
Mercifully, we would have our grapefruit slices with a cube of sugar, so the taste would be bearable for a child with a sweet tooth.
Looking back on that time however, one is conscious of the fact that refined sugar is regarded as toxic in some quarters.
Wouldn’t have made more sense to simply have a citrus fruit that tasted naturally sweet?
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