I was talking to an old friend

[irisblue]

Our friends parents would get a box of 'real Florida citrus' in winter in the 60s& early 70s.

We would eat oranges, a fresh fruit in snowy times!

My Mom made broiled grapefruit on Sundays, we were living fancy and high that day.

Good memories

[Lulu KC]

1. Yes!

And ours came in a really cool basket that you can buy on Etsy now for $50!

[Easterncedar]

2. Broiled grapefruit! Mmmm

With a little brown sugar. We felt very fancy with that on a Sunday, too. I am going to put grapefruit on my shopping list right now. Thanks!

[erronis]

4. I think my mother poured some sherry on top and added a maraschino cherry in the middle.

I'm guessing the alcohol in the sherry evaporated before us children became alcoholics.

(Didn't matter in my case....)

[erronis]

5. Careful with the grapefruit if you're taking some prescription meds.

I know it has strong interactions with some - in my case blood thinners.

[2naSalit]

3. Mt grandparents...

Would travel from Cape Cod to Tampa in winter to see my aunt and her family. They always sent us one of those crates of citrus, we were a big family, for the holiday. Indian River, never forgot it.

Early 60s.

[murielm99]

6. My parents would send a box of oranges

to us as a gift every year. They were wonderful.

[dsvajda]

7. We snowbird from Kansa City area to Tampa. Due to

"orange greening" disease and a few other factors orange production is down over 80% from peak. Walking into the In the Sam's Club in Riverview you are greeted by boxes of "California Oranges."