Tonight I was in the mood for something exotic. I picked a fresh ruby red grapefruit from our fruit bowl and tried to think of a creative way to eat it. I could peel it like an orange, but I'm not a huge fan of peeling grapefruit...(I'm not sure anyone is), or I could cut it in half and scoop out the triangular sections, but that seemed boring. And then, a light bulb went off in my head: grill the grapefruit! I sliced the grapefruit in half and flipped them upside down on the grill, so the peel was facing upwards. After about 2 minutes, I took a spatula and flipped the grapefruit halves right-side up on a plate to reveal the diagonal burnt grill marks slicing the grapefruit. I let the halves cool for about 30 minutes and then decided it was time to taste my new creation. I carefully sliced out each individual triangular piece of grapefruit, grabbed my "grapefruit" spoon with the serrated edge and scooped out piece by piece. The grapefruit had a mix of savory and sweet flavors. The sweetness of the juice with each bite of grapefruit and the savory flavor of the after-bite from the crunch of the grill marks. The grilling helped reveal the hidden taste of the grapefruit, making each bite sweeter rather than its normal tartness.
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