Post #790859 by mikehooker on Thu, Nov 1, 2018 4:10 PM

I know the Florida citrus industry has been suffering the past several years because of disease. Hopefully they're able to sustain a white grapefruit supply moving forward.

Florida whites usually make it to Austin between December-January and each year I find myself buying up more and more. I typically don't enjoy the flavor of pink or Texas red grapefruit but I can sit and devour me some whites. Last year I bought enough to eat one or two a week for a couple months, make plenty of fresh Zombie's, Donga Punches and Navy Grogs, and squeeze and freeze something like 70 ounces of juice which would allow me a couple Navy Grogs each week for the whole offseason. At this point with Navy Grog season around the corner, I'm down to about 5 ounces. I find even after nearly a year, despite taking on some freezer burn, the frozen supply tastes better than any bottled variety I've tried.

Last Christmas my wife drove out to Jacksonville to visit her family and found a nursery that had fruiting white grapefruit trees. One would fit in her vehicle, the other far too big. She had planned to surprise me by bringing one back. But the reasonable sized one was on hold for a customer coming down from Georgia so they wouldn't sell it to her. I have no tree. Just a sad tale.