Ugli fruit is AWESOME!!

[GaYellowDawg]

I just tried it for the first time tonight, and it was GREAT. Tart like a tangerine, but almost the size of a grapefruit. If a local produce department carries them, make sure you get some before the growing season is over!

[jobycom]

1. Once you go ugli, you'll never go back.

There's got to be a better joke in there somewhere...

[MajorChode]

2. The great thing about ugli fruit is....

You don't have to worry about someone stealing it, and if they do, who cares?

[DS1]

6. Once you go Ugli, you're not welcome back

wait, that's not it

[MajorChode]

3. They are a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit

I can usually get them in the spring in my area.

[chknltl]

4. I think I may have had an unripe one.

I did not care for the taste. It reminded me of a waxy, weak grapefruit in flavor, it was nothing at all like a tangerine. Is there a way to know which one to pick at the market and if it is ripe enough to eat?

[GaYellowDawg]

5. Here's what I did...

I tried to find ones that felt heavy. I know that's pretty inexact, but if they feel like they've got a little heft to them and they don't have as much green, they're probably ripe. I don't know why people say to cut them in half and eat them like grapefruit. I think they're really good peeled and eaten in sections.

[chknltl]

8. I'll try that. Thanks GaYellowDawg nt

[Kat45]

7. Yum!

I had them for the first time last year. They are good.